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Enhancing Teaching And Learning Through Ipad Integration In A Clinic-~Based Literacy Course, Kyle F. Kaalberg
Enhancing Teaching And Learning Through Ipad Integration In A Clinic-~Based Literacy Course, Kyle F. Kaalberg
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
A re-conceptualized clinic-based literacy methods course offered the opportunity to engage participants with digital media, i.e., iPads, as a part of reading and writing instruction. This multiple case study highlights the experiences of those involved with the course: two instructors, 18 teacher candidates, and the 18 elementary tutees who received literacy tutoring. Framed through a new literacies perspective and TPACK framework, the study focused on teacher candidates' use of iPads with their literacy instruction of elementary tutees, tutees' learning experiences, and the ways in which course instructors' TPACK was influenced.
Data collection involved multiple case study methodology (Merriam, 1998; Yin, …
Technology Integration In A Title I Elementary School: An Exploratory Case Study, Barbara Louise Radecki
Technology Integration In A Title I Elementary School: An Exploratory Case Study, Barbara Louise Radecki
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
The purpose of this study was to determine how technology was integrated into the curriculum of a Title I high achieving elementary school in a large school district in the Southwestern United States. Three research questions guided the study: How did teachers integrate technology and curriculum in a Title I, high achieving elementary school? How did that integration translate into the classrooms of this Title I, high achieving school? What existed in the school environment that promoted the integration of technology into the curriculum?
Six volunteer teachers from grades kindergarten through fourth filled out two screening instruments, were interviewed twice, …