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Perceptions And Hiring Practices Of Tennessee Superintendents And Directors Of Schools Relating To The Desired Technological Skills Of High School Principals, J. M. Reed May 1996

Perceptions And Hiring Practices Of Tennessee Superintendents And Directors Of Schools Relating To The Desired Technological Skills Of High School Principals, J. M. Reed

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to reveal what technological skills are inquired about by superintendents/directors of schools in the state of Tennessee when hiring high school principals. The study further reveals perceptions that superintendents/directors of schools have for the desirability of high school principals to possess technological skills and their perceptions of how capable current high school principals are for possessing those skills. The study was based on a total population of 139 school superintendents in the state of Tennessee. Surveys were mailed in early Nov, 1995. One hundred-two surveys were completed and returned. Findings were divided into two …


Multimedia Prereading Strategies, Mary J. Wise Jan 1996

Multimedia Prereading Strategies, Mary J. Wise

All Graduate Projects

Prereading activities are important in enabling students to comprehend and enjoy the books they read. Teachers are always in need of good prereading activities, and the increasing popularity of computers offers opportunities to fill this need, however, technology is not keeping up with educators' needs in this area. While there is an overwhelming quantity of commercially produced computer software programs, they are invariably generic in nature. No software relating to prereading strategies appears to be available. A CD containing multimedia prereading activities was produced to accompany a selected list of elementary level trade books. The CD is intended to be …


Active Learning On The Internet : Flexible Development Framework For Museum Web Site Activities, H. Courtney White Jan 1996

Active Learning On The Internet : Flexible Development Framework For Museum Web Site Activities, H. Courtney White

Graduate Student Independent Studies

Provides museum professionals with a flexible framework for developing museum web site activities and allows them to question, evaluate, and change their web site in response to the museum's and visitors' needs.


Celebrations: The Addition Of Visual And Performing Art Elements To A Current Literature-Based Curriculum At Woodcrest Christian School, Deborah Ann Blades Jan 1996

Celebrations: The Addition Of Visual And Performing Art Elements To A Current Literature-Based Curriculum At Woodcrest Christian School, Deborah Ann Blades

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Students With Autism: A Light/Sound Technology Intervention, Patricia Powell Woodbury Jan 1996

Students With Autism: A Light/Sound Technology Intervention, Patricia Powell Woodbury

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of light/sound technology to promote sensory integration which facilitates the learning capacity of children with autism by reducing their high state of arousal, increasing time on task and decreasing acting-out behaviors. This research extended the work of A. Jean Ayres and Lorna King who theorized that the autistic individual's brain does not register, modulate or integrate sensations that most people notice; auditory and visual inputs are ignored more than other types of sensory stimuli. This study utilized light/sound technology to stimulate and desensitize these sensory channels to facilitate processing of …


Hyperreport: A Multimedia Management Tool For Report Of Information Writing, Stephanie D'Antignac Reeves Jan 1996

Hyperreport: A Multimedia Management Tool For Report Of Information Writing, Stephanie D'Antignac Reeves

Theses Digitization Project

This project, entitled HyperReport, is a computer based program that helps students by guiding them through the HC development process. With it, students learn to create a storyboard, design a project map, and create a hypercompositon stack using HyperStudio. They learn to organize their media and use an established sequence for incorporating graphic, sound, text, and animation elements to their stacks.


Factors Affecting Technology Integration: A K-12 Inland Empire Profile, Carol Elizabeth Doucette Jan 1996

Factors Affecting Technology Integration: A K-12 Inland Empire Profile, Carol Elizabeth Doucette

Theses Digitization Project

In this thesis, a survey design was used following closely the objective of descriptive research. The idea was to take a sample of the population of teachers in the area, gather demographic data, and find out if the reasons they fail to fully integrate technology into their classrooms can be attributed to skill deficiency, motivation, lack of environmental support or a combination thereof.


Amazopoly A Game Of Survival In A Tropical Rain Forest, Michael William Morris Jan 1996

Amazopoly A Game Of Survival In A Tropical Rain Forest, Michael William Morris

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Multimedia Technology In The Secondary Classroom: Teaching Strategies And Interdisciplinary Curriculum Design, Susana Chesus-Beck Jan 1996

Multimedia Technology In The Secondary Classroom: Teaching Strategies And Interdisciplinary Curriculum Design, Susana Chesus-Beck

Theses Digitization Project

This is a handbook of multimedia technology and multimedia production teaching strategies that include the following: lesson and unit plans, worksheets, with teacher directions and student instructions, interdisciplinary activities for use in secondary level classrooms, lists of useful reading material, and sources of supplies used in the described student multimedia activities.


Managing Change For A Distance Learning Initiative: An Evaluation, Jeanie Pollard Kline Jan 1996

Managing Change For A Distance Learning Initiative: An Evaluation, Jeanie Pollard Kline

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

The purpose of this case study was to examine the degree to which those managing change for a distance learning initiative followed David Nadler's (1989) four action steps designed to reduce resistance in making the transition from the former operational state to a newly-created state.;The four action steps include providing opportunities for participation among employees, allowing employees to identify current operations that will not work in the new organizational state, rewarding behavior that assists in the transition, and allowing sufficient time for the change to take place. The findings in this study revealed that participation was the critical component that …


The Effect Of Adjunct Illustrations On Year 8 Students' Comprehension Of Scientific Text, Jackie Knapp Jan 1996

The Effect Of Adjunct Illustrations On Year 8 Students' Comprehension Of Scientific Text, Jackie Knapp

Theses : Honours

Illustrations are present in the majority of Secondary Science textbooks. The type of illustration used and its purpose varies from text to text. The four most common forms of illustration are the photograph, hand drawing, line drawing and scientific abstract diagram. Some illustrations such as glossy photographs serve no other purpose than to attract the student to the text and motivate them to read. Others such as the scientific diagram present a lot of information in a condensed form and their purpose is to clarify concepts. Some at these more complex illustrations are often difficult to interpret especially for younger …