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Engaged: A Teacher Resource Based On Fun Factor, Jay Marcus Jones
Engaged: A Teacher Resource Based On Fun Factor, Jay Marcus Jones
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project was to develop a teacher resource in which content is both standards based and student demonstrated as "fun" in which to participate. The form of this resource is a website called Engaged. It will ultimately consist of several folioed and interconnected web pages. Academic content is to be all teacher supplied. At risk youth are in danger of being left behind, not only in schools, but by society as a whole. Through classroom teachers it has the potential to provide at-risk-youth a vital bridge across the digital divide.
Interactive Multimedia E-Learning System, Wen-Yi Shih
Interactive Multimedia E-Learning System, Wen-Yi Shih
Theses Digitization Project
This project is an interactive, multimedia, on-line learning system. It provides a friendly and simple interface to let kids easily learn their ABC's. Teachers and administrators can modify and view files and database information from a normal web browser to customize the student's learning experience. The web browser is written in Java Server Page (JSP), Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) and Macromedia Flash.
Development Of A Usable Website For An Electric Motorboat Drag Racing Physics Project, Reno Don Barry
Development Of A Usable Website For An Electric Motorboat Drag Racing Physics Project, Reno Don Barry
Theses Digitization Project
The project developed a web site for a high school physics projected called "Electric Motorboat Drag Racing." The web site was produced following the ADDIE instructional design model (analyze, design, develop, implement, evaluate) and was designed using key usability concepts identified through research: speed, content, appearance, and navigation (SCAN). The web site was developed and tested by asking experts for their feedback and by having participants use the web site. The web site was implemented in physics classrooms and data from 43 participants were evaluated. The data showed 97 percent of the participants' boats successfully completed the five-meter drag race. …
Using A Teacher Created Website To Provide 24/7 Access To Student Assignments: An Abstract, Dianne Lenore Austin
Using A Teacher Created Website To Provide 24/7 Access To Student Assignments: An Abstract, Dianne Lenore Austin
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project was to create a website that would assist students in the process of submitting the correct assignments with a minimal amount of frustration for all parties concerned: teachers, administrators, parents, and students.
Integrating Computer Software Within The Houghton Mifflin Language Arts Program, Leslie Serine Ouren
Integrating Computer Software Within The Houghton Mifflin Language Arts Program, Leslie Serine Ouren
Theses Digitization Project
This project was created for third grade teachers who use the Houghton Mifflin Language Arts series and want to integrate computer software into their writing curriculum. The website created includes all the writing assignments that the students are to complete and the required software used to complete the assignment.
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.
Instructional Designer's Toolkit: A Practical Approach To The Effective Design Of Instruction, Andrew Casimer Masiewicz
Instructional Designer's Toolkit: A Practical Approach To The Effective Design Of Instruction, Andrew Casimer Masiewicz
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the project was to develop a web-based instructional design tool. The tool provides guidelines, templates, and checklists to simplify the overall process, and give the designer a path to follow to help manage the instructional design project. It is based on the generalized model of Instructional Systems Design (ISD), but is applicable to the design of instructional materials for delivery by an instructor, by Computer-based Training (CBT), or a combination of instructor-led and technology-based delivery.
A Tutorial System For Studying Chromatography Techniques, Hossam Mohamed Hassan
A Tutorial System For Studying Chromatography Techniques, Hossam Mohamed Hassan
Theses Digitization Project
The goal of this project is to use the Generic Tutorial System for the Sciences (GTSS) tools to develop a prototype interactive chromatography simulation with the Chrom-Quiz system. This will demonstrate Chrom-Quiz/chromatography integration as a teaching system.
The Development, Design, And Theory Of Educational Interactive Multimedia Software, William James Chapman
The Development, Design, And Theory Of Educational Interactive Multimedia Software, William James Chapman
Theses Digitization Project
This project provides teachers and students with background information regarding software design. Specifically it will focus on design theory including content, interface, graphics, animation, navigation, and audio issues which may arise during the design and construction of educational multimedia software. The design issues represented here are demonstrated in the software "You can make a difference ... Human Rights".
Web Page Design Class Curriculum For The Secondary Level, Corey Lamoin Knowlton
Web Page Design Class Curriculum For The Secondary Level, Corey Lamoin Knowlton
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to create and implement a web page design curriculum for the secondary level.
Educational Technology: An Online Tutor Training Course, Cd Jackson Jr.
Educational Technology: An Online Tutor Training Course, Cd Jackson Jr.
Theses Digitization Project
The goal of this online tutoring course project is to institutionalize an online tutoring training course. This instructionally designed model will target College of the Desert students serving as tutors. The students taking this course will generally be freshmen and sophomore students. A questionnaire was used to determine what the needs would be in order to build the online course.
Integrating Technology Into The English As A Second Language Curriculum: Computer-Assisted English Language Learning, Ibrahem Rotha Pen
Integrating Technology Into The English As A Second Language Curriculum: Computer-Assisted English Language Learning, Ibrahem Rotha Pen
Theses Digitization Project
The project integrates computer technology with English as a second language curriculum and instruction. It utilizes the World Wide Web to deliver computer-assisted instruction in English grammar, reading and conversation. Moreover, the project shows the impact of computer technology in helping students develop critical thinking skills, problem-solving skills, and meaningful and applicable skills for employment.
Creating A Student Accessible Online Syllabus, Kenneth Louis Decroo
Creating A Student Accessible Online Syllabus, Kenneth Louis Decroo
Theses Digitization Project
This project addresses how to create an online syllabus that is accessible to students and parents, that empowers students to take responsibility for their own learning while enhancing school/home communication, and serves as a graphic representation of what students have accomplished. Web quests are used as the principle means of instructional delivery to engage middle school students in problem-based projects that address real life situations using rigorous and relevant curricula. Elements of an online syllabus and the content of the course it supports are examined. The role, an online syllabus plays in fulfilling the goals of techno-constructivism, the move from …
Using Web Pages To Enhance Communication And Learning In The Math Classroom, Joy Cappello Gorman
Using Web Pages To Enhance Communication And Learning In The Math Classroom, Joy Cappello Gorman
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this document is to review the incorporation of technology into a math classroom. With technology becoming more a part of our growing society it is important for teachers and students to stay up with the times.
Computer Assisted Language Activities: Are They All The Same?, Lynn Denise David
Computer Assisted Language Activities: Are They All The Same?, Lynn Denise David
Theses Digitization Project
This study examines English language learners working in pairs on two different types of computer programs to determine whether the quantity and quality of discourse varies with the type of software program. Also, to investigate how collaborative CALL activities can be designed to promote oral academic language proficiency.
The Use Of A Computer Assisted Learning Program For Teaching And Reinforcing The Basic Mathematical Skills, Benny Edward Boswell, Henrietta Gale Boswell
The Use Of A Computer Assisted Learning Program For Teaching And Reinforcing The Basic Mathematical Skills, Benny Edward Boswell, Henrietta Gale Boswell
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to provide an instructional computer program that will be an alternative way to teach and reinforce basic mathematics skills for any student that is having difficulty in any given area and for students that are falling behind in the regular math class.
Improving Students' Math Problem-Solving Skills In A Computer-Assisted Learning Environment, Yongjian Zhen
Improving Students' Math Problem-Solving Skills In A Computer-Assisted Learning Environment, Yongjian Zhen
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Incorporating Internet Technology As As Educational And Learning Tool, Charles Bernard Helsper
Incorporating Internet Technology As As Educational And Learning Tool, Charles Bernard Helsper
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
There Back Again In Coachella Valley: A Multimedia Presentation On Historical Sites In The Coachella Valley, Lani Sue Ray
There Back Again In Coachella Valley: A Multimedia Presentation On Historical Sites In The Coachella Valley, Lani Sue Ray
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Effective Use Of Multimedia In The Classroom: Enhancing Third Grade Science Curriculum, Patricia Bower
Effective Use Of Multimedia In The Classroom: Enhancing Third Grade Science Curriculum, Patricia Bower
Theses Digitization Project
This project involves the development of a unit in science that integrates the use of technology in the problem-solving approach and the development of information literacy skills.
Multimedia Technology As A Presentation And Archival Tool For Teaching History/Social Science, Patricia Weigel Amicone
Multimedia Technology As A Presentation And Archival Tool For Teaching History/Social Science, Patricia Weigel Amicone
Theses Digitization Project
This project was created to provide teachers with a model multimedia project that demonstrates the use of multimedia as both a presentation tool and an archival instrument. It provides teachers with a simple guide to help them teach students how to use multimedia as a productivity tool in the classroom. This outline gives a step by step format that guides teachers and students through the development and presentation process. In addition, an evaluation rubric is provided that offers teachers a concise means to monitor student learning.
Using The Computer To Motivate At-Risk Students As Writers, Janet Yvonne Parrish
Using The Computer To Motivate At-Risk Students As Writers, Janet Yvonne Parrish
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
The Book Look Nook: An Informational System Literature Search Program, David Roy Karlquist
The Book Look Nook: An Informational System Literature Search Program, David Roy Karlquist
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
A Hypermedia Field Trip Through Old Town Temecula, Vivian Terese Burke-Scheuerell
A Hypermedia Field Trip Through Old Town Temecula, Vivian Terese Burke-Scheuerell
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project was to develop a computer-based instructional material for Temecula third grade teachers to use with their history/social science curriculum. What evolved was a stack about Old Town Temecula that supports the Framework, an integration of technology into the history/social science curriculum. The project connects the past and present by focusing on the historical buildings in Old Town Temecula. As an instructional tool the stack provides teachers with the pre field trip materials and follow-up activities to use when doing a field trip to Old Town Temecula.
Educational Software That Requires No Training To Use, Michael Joseph Beck
Educational Software That Requires No Training To Use, Michael Joseph Beck
Theses Digitization Project
The goal of this project is to create a piece of educational software that most anyone can use without prior instruction. The intended audience is secondary level students and up. The content of the software is in the form of a data bank on vertebrates and invertebrates of the Caribbean ocean.
Pueblo Home: An Interactive Multimedia Cd-Rom On Pueblo Architecture, Jo Thompson
Pueblo Home: An Interactive Multimedia Cd-Rom On Pueblo Architecture, Jo Thompson
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Multimedia And Motivation: The Design And Development Of Hypercard Stack On Dinosaurs, Deborah J. Hirschman
Multimedia And Motivation: The Design And Development Of Hypercard Stack On Dinosaurs, Deborah J. Hirschman
Theses Digitization Project
For this project the program Walk with Dinosaurs was developed using Keller's Theory of Motivation. Walk with Dinosaurs is a interactive multimedia tool for presenting an integrated thematic unit. As a HyperCard stack, it intoduces students to factual information on dinosaurs in an appealing and motivating way.
Multimedia And Motivation: The Design And Development Of Hypercard Stack On Dinosaurs, Deborah J Hirschman
Multimedia And Motivation: The Design And Development Of Hypercard Stack On Dinosaurs, Deborah J Hirschman
Theses Digitization Project
For this project the program Walk with Dinosaurs was developed using Keller's Theory of Motivation. Walk with Dinosaurs is a interactive multimedia tool for presenting an integrated thematic unit. As a HyperCard stack, it intoduces students to factual information on dinosaurs in an appealing and motivating way.