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The Benefit Of Distance Learning, Mary Porter
The Benefit Of Distance Learning, Mary Porter
Theses Digitization Project
This project will address the issues concerning the benefits of distance learning, a growing area in our education system today. Distance learning takes place when the teacher and students are separated, and technology is used to bridge the instructional gap.
Web Tools: An Aid For Cognitive Learning, Shari Ann Pate
Web Tools: An Aid For Cognitive Learning, Shari Ann Pate
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to provide students and teachers with a disk of tools to aide in the development of Web pages either in the classroom or through online (distance education) learning. Many of the tools supplied on this disk have been field tested in a high school Web design class. When students are allowed to be creative and are able to fuse interesting visual displays the results can be significant in increasing cognitive and multiple intelligences skills.
Designing A Teaching Web Site And Understanding By Design Web-Based Instruction Modules, Kathryn Louise Arrandale
Designing A Teaching Web Site And Understanding By Design Web-Based Instruction Modules, Kathryn Louise Arrandale
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project was to design a school web site and instructional web templates to make targeted standards-based instructional units and portions of the curriculum accessible to teachers, students, and the community via the school internet.
Multimedia As A Tool For Learning: The Design & Development Of A Hyperstudio Project On The Celebration Of Chicano Culture, Kathy Elliott Markos
Multimedia As A Tool For Learning: The Design & Development Of A Hyperstudio Project On The Celebration Of Chicano Culture, Kathy Elliott Markos
Theses Digitization Project
This project was intended to demonstrate how multimedia can be utilized to differentiate instruction in order to meet the diverse needs of all students, and educate teacher credential candidates about cultural awareness and acceptance.
Zoophonics Keyboards: A Venue For Technology Integration In Kindergarten, Marie Bess Forst
Zoophonics Keyboards: A Venue For Technology Integration In Kindergarten, Marie Bess Forst
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the project was to create a program of instruction that seamlessly meshed with my current emergent literacy curriculum, a popularly used phonics program entitled Zoo-phonics, which can easily be applied by other kindergarten teachers using the same phonics instruction program.
A Multimedia Website For The Battle Of Gettysburg, Mark Norman Rasmussen
A Multimedia Website For The Battle Of Gettysburg, Mark Norman Rasmussen
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis explains the development of a website for eighth graders about the Battle of Gettysburg. One purpose of the project is to provide several primary source documents, pictures, video from a reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg, clips from movies about the Civil War, and other material that suppport the students in their learning. The second purpose is to fulffill standard 8.10 of History-Social Science Content Standards for eight grade. This project will help students fulfill this requirement.
Developing Extended Communities Of Practice To Support Implementation Of Inspiration® In Elementary Classrooms, Michael Richard Towne
Developing Extended Communities Of Practice To Support Implementation Of Inspiration® In Elementary Classrooms, Michael Richard Towne
Theses Digitization Project
This project examined the need for continuing education for teachers, particularly in the area of technology integration. It includes an exploration of the interdependence of technology and pedagogy. It developed an on-line extended community of practice to support professional educators attempting to implement Inspiration®, a commercial software application. The project presents a research-based justification for employing cognitive mapping strategies in a wide variety of pedagogical contexts, provides a dynamic list of examples demonstrating concrete applications which are connected to content and technology standards, and examines current design features for websites.
Practicing Teacher Perceptions Of Technology And Technology Integration In K-12 Education, Stephanie Lyn De Jong
Practicing Teacher Perceptions Of Technology And Technology Integration In K-12 Education, Stephanie Lyn De Jong
Theses Digitization Project
This cross-sectional study assessed participants' perceptions of classroom technology integration and compared them to variables such as years of teaching experience, age, gender, computer access, technology training and level of technology adoption in the classroom.
Night Of The Twisters: A Comprehensive Unit, Shawn Davis Brown
Night Of The Twisters: A Comprehensive Unit, Shawn Davis Brown
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the project was to develop a comprehensive literature unit that integrates essential meteorology study within the relevant chapters of the book. Since the development of such a unit needed to encompass much more than merely the reading of the book and the study of applicable meteorological material, a multi-faceted literature experience was designed.