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Infographic: Issues Hindering School Instruction, Jo Earp
Infographic: Issues Hindering School Instruction, Jo Earp
Teacher infographics
In the Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) 2019 assessment programme, school principals were asked about issues that hindered their school’s capacity to provide instruction. This infographic shows the proportions of children in the six SEA-PLM 2019 countries who attended a school where the principal reported each issue hindered school capacity to a 'large' or 'moderate' extent.
Teacher Perceptions Of Curriculum-Driven Technology After Working With Instructional Technology Coaches In Middle Schools In One Southeastern School District, Julie Pepperman
Ed.D. Dissertations
The use of curriculum-driven technology in K-12 public schools was mandated by federal law. School and district leaders were required to provide curriculum-driven technology professional development and support to teachers. The use of the curriculum-driven technology coach was an option some schools chose to meet the curriculum-driven technology professional development requirements and needs of their teachers. The purpose of this research was to explore one school district’s middle school teachers’ perceptions of the importance of curriculum-driven technology and their perceived self-efficacy in using curriculum-driven technology in instructional practice after collaborating with a curriculum-driven technology coach. This qualitative study was conducted …
Efficacy And Implementation Of Automated Essay Scoring Software In Instruction Of Literacies To High Level Ells, Aaron J. Alvero
Efficacy And Implementation Of Automated Essay Scoring Software In Instruction Of Literacies To High Level Ells, Aaron J. Alvero
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This thesis explored the integration of automated essay scoring (AES) software into the writing curriculum for high level ESOL students (levels 3, 4, and 5 on a 1-5 scale) at a high school in Miami, Fl. Issues for Haitian Creole speaking students were also explored. The Spanish and Haitian Creole speaking students were given the option to write notes, outlines, and planning sheets in their L1.
After using AES in the middle of the writing process as a revision assistant tool, 24 students responded to a Likert Scale questionnaire. The students responded positively to the AES based on the results …
Technology Literacy Skills Needed In Further Education And/Or Work: A Delphi Study Of High School Graduates’ Perspectives, Christina Louise Smith
Technology Literacy Skills Needed In Further Education And/Or Work: A Delphi Study Of High School Graduates’ Perspectives, Christina Louise Smith
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Technology and the importance of computers in education have been recognized since the educational reform movement of the 1980’s. Change that acknowledged a need for high school students to: understand the computer as an information, computation, and communication device; use computers for personal and work-related purposes; and understand the world of computers, electronics, and related technologies (A Nation at Risk, 1983, p. 26). The study, A Nation at Risk recognized our nation’s lack of computer technology skills and since, the standards in education have changed to design curriculum and integrate technology to better prepare high school students with necessary ready …
Challenges Before Traditional Media In The Age Of Digital Media-How To Integrate It With Digital Media-The Way Ahead, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr
Challenges Before Traditional Media In The Age Of Digital Media-How To Integrate It With Digital Media-The Way Ahead, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr
Ratnesh Dwivedi
You may have heard of digital media, but you may have no idea what it is and how it can help you out when it comes to marketing. It's definitely important that you get up to speed so you can use this to benefit your business. Basically digital media refers to any type of electronic media out there. Today media can be accessed in many ways, including with hand held devices like mobile phones, laptops, desktops, mp3 players, and more.Digital media must be stored in an electronic way, so there is a lot of digital content on the internet today, …
Using Technology In The Efl Classroom In Saudi Arabia, Neil Oby Morris
Using Technology In The Efl Classroom In Saudi Arabia, Neil Oby Morris
MA TESOL Collection
This paper explores the ways that technology, specifically the use of laptop computers and cellular phones, may be incorporated in the EFL classroom to enhance learning and lower the affective filter of male Saudi Arabian university students.
Saudi Arabia presents the EFL teacher with many challenges that are unique to this gender-segregated Islamic kingdom. Meeting these challenges and turning them into learning opportunities that other EFL teachers may find useful within their teaching contexts is the purpose of this paper.
The appendix includes a writing rubric and a 40-day materials introduction calendar. The calendar illustrates the day-by-day introduction of material …
Technology Use In A First-Year Composition Program, Estee Natee Beck
Technology Use In A First-Year Composition Program, Estee Natee Beck
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
This study examines how instructors view and work with technology in a firstyear composition program at a four-year, public university in central Appalachia. Six interview questions were developed for this study as a means to explore the instructor’s definition of technology, level of use (functional, critical, and or rhetorical), difficulties using technology, pedagogy, and socioeconomics of the student population. Using qualitative methods to find patterns in the data, correlations were present among participant responses with functional uses, access, and socioeconomics. Educators primarily use technology functionally for the purpose of creating linear-based essays; have broad access to technology, but do not …
Volume 18, Number 01, G. William Hill Editor, Linda M. Noble Editor, Tom Pusateri Editor
Volume 18, Number 01, G. William Hill Editor, Linda M. Noble Editor, Tom Pusateri Editor
Reaching Through Teaching
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Volume 17, Number 01, G. William Hill Editor, Linda M. Noble Editor
Volume 17, Number 01, G. William Hill Editor, Linda M. Noble Editor
Reaching Through Teaching
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Volume 16, Number 02, G. William Hill Editor, Linda M. Noble Editor
Volume 16, Number 02, G. William Hill Editor, Linda M. Noble Editor
Reaching Through Teaching
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Self-Efficacy & Technology: Teaching And Learning Using A Handheld Computer, Mildred M. Pearson Dr.
Self-Efficacy & Technology: Teaching And Learning Using A Handheld Computer, Mildred M. Pearson Dr.
Faculty Research and Creative Activity
No abstract provided.
Self-Efficacy & Technology: Teaching And Learning Using A Handheld Computer, Mildred Pearson
Self-Efficacy & Technology: Teaching And Learning Using A Handheld Computer, Mildred Pearson
Faculty Research and Creative Activity
No abstract provided.
Self-Efficacy & Technology: Teaching And Learning Using A Handheld Computer, Mildred M. Pearson Dr.
Self-Efficacy & Technology: Teaching And Learning Using A Handheld Computer, Mildred M. Pearson Dr.
Mildred M. Pearson Dr.
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Volume 16, Number 01, G. William Hill Editor, Linda M. Noble Editor
Volume 16, Number 01, G. William Hill Editor, Linda M. Noble Editor
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Meeting The Challenge: Training An Aging Population To Use Computers, Carol Bean
Meeting The Challenge: Training An Aging Population To Use Computers, Carol Bean
The Southeastern Librarian
Older adults present a special challenge to libraries offering computer training. Many of those seeking training have little, if any, prior experience with the concepts and skills necessary to use computers, yet their ability to learn those concepts and skills is hampered by the aging process. This article summarizes the factors in aging which most affect learning computer skills, and how those factors can be mitigated.
Volume 15, Number 01, G. William Hill Editor
Volume 15, Number 01, G. William Hill Editor
Reaching Through Teaching
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Kindergartners Perception Of The Classroom Computer, Kathleen Strub-Richards
Kindergartners Perception Of The Classroom Computer, Kathleen Strub-Richards
Kathleen A Strub-Richards
Computers have an overwhelming influence in the school and home environment. Computers are available in many early childhood classrooms and young children have easy access to them. This case study examined the youngest members of the elementary school’s perception of the classroom computer. A seven-week research study explored the role of the computer in a kindergarten classroom. Sixteen kindergartners were interviewed and observed. The children’s perceptions of the computer were recorded through conversations, interactions with the computer, classroom observations and computer lab observations. Computer programs, computer integration and the role of the teacher were examined. Results from the interpretation of …
Volume 14, Number 01, G. William Hill Editor
Volume 14, Number 01, G. William Hill Editor
Reaching Through Teaching
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Volume 13, Number 02, Don Forrester Editor
Volume 13, Number 02, Don Forrester Editor
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Volume 13, Number 01, Don Forrester Editor
Volume 13, Number 01, Don Forrester Editor
Reaching Through Teaching
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Volume 12, Number 02, Don Forrester Editor
Volume 12, Number 02, Don Forrester Editor
Reaching Through Teaching
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Internet Users’ Manual For English Language Teaching Professionals: Enjoyable Internet Understanding, Jack Bailey
Internet Users’ Manual For English Language Teaching Professionals: Enjoyable Internet Understanding, Jack Bailey
MA TESOL Collection
This paper serves as an overview of the Internet and its resources available to English Language Teaching professionals. The intended audience is both instructors new to Internet technologies as well as those well versed in the Net but looking for further resources. Initial sections give the reader a brief overview of the Internet, its history, and its most prominent component parts including e-mail, mailing lists, newsgroups and chat rooms. Primary emphasis is placed on the categorizing and description of key web sites most useful to English Language instructors and administrators. Each site listing contains addresses (URLs), general site descriptions and …
Volume 12, Number 01, Don Forrester Editor
Volume 12, Number 01, Don Forrester Editor
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Volume 11, Number 02, Lana Wachniak Editor
Volume 11, Number 02, Lana Wachniak Editor
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Volume 11, Number 01, Lana Wachniak Editor
Volume 11, Number 01, Lana Wachniak Editor
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Volume 10, Number 02, Lana Wachniak Editor
Volume 10, Number 02, Lana Wachniak Editor
Reaching Through Teaching
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Volume 10, Number 01, Lana Wachniak Editor
Volume 10, Number 01, Lana Wachniak Editor
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Volume 09, Number 02, Richard F. Welch Editor
Volume 09, Number 02, Richard F. Welch Editor
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Volume 09, Number 01, Richard F. Welch Editor
Volume 09, Number 01, Richard F. Welch Editor
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Mcmillan Magnet School: A Case History Of A School Acquiring A Critical Mass Of Computer Technology And Internet Connectivity, Neal Grandgenett, Neal Topp, Bob Pawloski, Pamy Mooney, Kerry Newman, Robert Goeman, Wayne Fisher
Mcmillan Magnet School: A Case History Of A School Acquiring A Critical Mass Of Computer Technology And Internet Connectivity, Neal Grandgenett, Neal Topp, Bob Pawloski, Pamy Mooney, Kerry Newman, Robert Goeman, Wayne Fisher
Teacher Education Faculty Publications
McMillan Magnet Center is located in urban Omaha, Nebraska, and specializes in math, computers, and communications. Once a junior high school, it was converted to a magnet center for seventh and eighth graders in the 1983-84 school year as part of Omaha's voluntary desegregation plan. Now 'the ethnic makeup of the student population is about 50% black and 50% white, with a few other minorities. This document seeks to archive McMillan's success in its mission to become a technology magnet school, including nationally recognized achievements in ~ethnology integration and Internet connectivity. McMillan's technological leadership came about thanks in large part …