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Instructor Beliefs Related To Technology Use After Professional Development, Bethany Ann Croton

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Faculty in higher education often see themselves as researchers and identify less as instructors. The problem is that nearly every profession has embraced technology in new ways, except in the world of education and students need 21st-century skills to be competitive in the workforce. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore instructors' lived experiences and beliefs regarding teaching and technology integration before, during, and after completion of a professional development program at a Midwestern Tier 1 research institute. The study was framed by Rogers's diffusion of innovation theory and the sustainability education academic development framework. The research …

K–2nd Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #2 • Theme: Weather, Dennise Torres, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Design and name your Buddy, Weather words and math words, Check the weather, Adjectives, Make a rain stick, Letter of the day - C, More or less, Ten more and ten less

Day 2 • Check the weather, Journal outside, Letter of the day - D, What's the problem?, Walk around the neighborhood, Skip, count, and hop

Day 3 • Check the weather, Match the pictures to the weather words, Letter of the day - E, How many suns?

Day 4 • Check the weather, Letter of the day - F, Look around your house, I wish …

K–2nd Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #4 • Theme: Shapes And Feelings, Dennise Torres, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Design and name your Buddy, Check the weather, Weekly words - feelings and shapes, Let's move, Letter of the day - M

Day 2 • Check the weather, Feelings, Shapes around the house, Letter of the day - N

Day 3 • Check the weather, Matching feelings, Feelings change, Calm down yoga, Ordering objects, Letter of the day - O

Day 4 • Check the weather, Helping others feel better, Nouns, Sides and corners, Letter of the day - P

Day 5 • Check the weather, Sorting shapes, My weekly assignments, Letter of the day - Q, …

K–2nd Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #5 • Theme: Transportation, Dennise Torres, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Suggested Weekly Schedule

Day 1 • Design and name your Buddy, Check the weather, Weekly words - types of transportation, What is transportation?, Weekly words - verbs, What is a verb?, Letter of the day - R

Day 2 • Check the weather, Transportation book, Favorite way to travel, Count and graph, Letter of the day - S

Day 3 • Check the weather, Acting out verbs, Sort, Matching games - verbs, Letter of the day - T

Day 4 • Check the weather, Singular and plural, Patterns, Where would you go?, Letter of the day - U

Day 5 …

3rd–5th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #1 • Theme: Family, Sarah Ansari, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Choose a Buddy, Family tree, Matching game, All kinds of families, My family tree, Graph: family members, My family by ___

Day 2 • Our five senses, My 5 sense at home, My 5 senses: math + addition, Get up and move!, My senses

Day 3 • My feelings, Feelings, Feelings poetry, Get up and move! yoga, My 5 senses: math, subtraction

Day 4 • Families by Aliyah, My family by ___, My family: math, multiplication, Get up and move!

Day 5 • My dictionary, Word search, Crossword puzzle, My week

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

Answer …

3rd–5th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #3 • Theme: Community, Sarah E. Ansari, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Choose a Buddy, My community, Matching game, My 5 senses: in my community

Day 2 • Geometric shapes, My community in geometric shapes, Get up and move!, Geometric shapes on my walk

Day 3 • My first community in geometric shapes, Compare and contrast: my communities, geometric shapes: perimeter and area, Get up and move! yoga

Day 4 • My communities by Mateo (Mexico and Nebraska), Compare and contrast: my communities, My communities writing, Get up and move!, Angels in my community

Day 5 • My community, My dictionary, Word search, Crossword puzzle, My week

My Packet …

6th–8th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #1 • Theme: Introductions & Feelings, Tricia Ramaekers, Mary Royers, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Where am I?, Feelings vocabulary, It's nice to meet you, About me, Daily journal

Day 2 • Feelings and time, How old are you?, Word unscramble, Opposite feelings, How are you feeling? comic strip, Daily journal

Day 3 • How do they feel?, How to solve a word search, Feelings word search, How are you feeling? comic strip, Daily journal

Day 4 • Sequencing comic strip, About them, Emoji dictionary, Daily journal

Day 5 • Essential question: how am I feeling today?, Daily journal

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

Answer Keys

6th–8th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #1 • Theme: Introductions [Students With Interrupted Formal Learning], Jessica Millen, Brooke David, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Introduce yourself, Introduce someone else, Say and write letters: the English alphabet

Day 2 • Talking to a friend reading, Talking to a friend writing, Talking to a friend speaking

Day 3 • I am poem

Day 4 • New vocabulary, Say, Write, Categorize likes and dislikes

Day 5 • All about me

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

6th–8th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #2 • Theme: Family, Tricia Ramaekers, Mary Royers, Claudia T. Yunes, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Reading daily practice

Roll your sight words

Family vocabulary

Family vocabulary practice

Family vocabulary writing practice

Family names

This is my family

Physical characteristics vocabulary

Memory game

True or false?

My family tree

My relationships

Sentence frames

Actions

Action sentences

A family story

My family story

Gendered vocabulary

Physical descriptions

Vocabulary dictionary

Essential questions

Math numbers practice

Numbers in word form and expanded form

Let's move!

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

6th–8th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #4 • Theme: My Home, Tricia Ramaekers, Mary Royers, Claudia T. Yunes, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Rooms and chores in a house vocabulary cards

Vocabulary practice

Furniture and appliances vocabulary cards

Home objects vocabulary cards

Vocabulary Go Fish

Parts of an address

Writing a letter

How I feel about chores

Prepositions: where in the home?

Where in your home?

Phone numbers

Find the family member

Find the room

Who lives in your home?

What are they doing?

Draw and write: what are you doing?

Rooms in a house

Welcome to Sam's house!

Compare

Design a paper house

Vocabulary dictionary

Essential question

Where am I? What is a home?

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

6th–8th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #3 • Theme: Time And Seasons [Students With Interrupted Formal Schooling], Brooke David, Jessica Millen, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Daily schedule vocabulary, The English alphabet review

Day 2 • What's your favorite class?, Numbers 11-20

Day 3 • What time is it?, Write about time in your country, What time?, Ku Moo's schedule

Day 4 • Calendar vocabulary, Calendar reading, Days of the week, Seasons, Calendar questions

Day 5 • Weather vocabulary, Weather and seasons reading, Compare and contrast seasons, What's the weather like in your country?

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

Answer Keys

6th–8th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #5 • Theme: Neighborhood, Tricia Ramaekers, Mary Royers, Claudia T. Yunes, Tricia Gray, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Sight word phrases 1-minute race

Directions vocabulary cards

Directions vocabulary practice

Neighborhood responsibilities

Write the directions

Neighborhood vocabulary

Vocabulary memory game

Walking around my neighborhood

What is a good neighbor?

Neighborhood sentences

Vocabulary dictionary

Creative writing

Essential question

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

6th–8th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #7 • Theme: Staying Active [Students With Interrupted Formal Schooling], Jessica Millen, Brooke David, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Staying active, Staying active bingo, Are you thirsty?, Do you drink enough water every day?

Day 2 • Exercise reading and sorting, Exercise past tense activity

Day 3 • After school activities, Let's move!

Day 4 • What can you do to stay healthy?, I am healthy, Comparing healthy habits

Day 5 • Eating healthy food, Sort the words, What makes a good friend?, Adjectives, All about me

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

6th–8th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #5 • Theme: Community Helpers [Students With Interrupted Formal Schooling], Jessica Millen, Brooke David, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Community helpers vocabulary, Community walk, What is the problem?

Day 2 • Can you help me please?, Who can help you at school?

Day 3 • Ku Moo helps

Day 4 • Who do you help?, Planning for writing: beginning, middle, and end, Check the plan, Plan your writing: Beginning, middle, end

Day 5 • Writing a personal narrative: beginning, middle, and end, Read Mukendi's story, Write your personal narrative: beginning, middle, end

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

Answer Keys

9th–12th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #4 • Theme: My Home, Mary Royers, Tricia Ramaekers, Claudia T. Yunes, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Rooms and chores vocabulary cards

How I feel about chores

Find the family member

Where in the home?

Where in your home?

Rooms in a house

Home objects

Categorize home objects

Home object search

What are they doing?

What are you doing?

At my home

Compare

What do you do here?

Phone numbers

Who lives in your home?

Welcome to Sam's house!

Design a paper house

Vocabulary dictionary

Where am I?

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

6th–8th Grade: English Level 1, Learning Packet #6 • Theme: Food [Students With Interrupted Formal Schooling], Jessica Millen, Brooke David, Lydiah Kananu Kiramba, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Kitchen vocabulary, My kitchen, Dishes and utensils in the kitchen

Day 2 • Food vocabulary, Categorize likes and dislikes, Sort the pictures

Day 3 • Cafeteria practice, Describing food, How does the food taste?

Day 4 • Rice around the world, Making rice sequence, Recipe: how to cook rice, Ratios

Day 5 • Write a recipe, Science: volume, All about me

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

Kinder – 1st Grade: Spring Activity Packet #3, Jessica Mitchell-Mccollough, Tricia Gray, Alexa Yunes-Koch, Icmee Admin Team

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1-2 of English Proficiency (K-5)

These packets are self-contained. Everything a child will need to be successful with the activities is provided in the packet. Students will only need a writing utensil. Additional tools like crayons or scissors can be used, but do not have to be.

My Plan for the Week

Day 1 • The Colors of Spring • Check the Weather • Read Life Opposites on My Walk • Opposites Activities • Adding Ants

Day 2 • Check the weather • Neighborhood Walk • Adding Ants • Journal

Day 3 • Check the weather • Read The Colorful Garden • Shapes Activities

Day …

Kinder – 1st Grade: Spring Activity Packet #2, Jessica Mitchell-Mccollough, Tricia Gray, Alexa Yunes-Koch

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1-2 of English Proficiency (K-5)

These packets are self-contained. Everything a child will need to be successful with the activities is provided in the packet. Students will only need a writing utensil. Additional tools like crayons or scissors can be used, but do not have to be.

My Plan for the Week

Day 1 • Check the weather • I will wear... • Neighborhood Walk Activities • Journal

Day 2 • Check the weather • I will wear... • Let’s Color • Read Life Cycle of a Butterfly • Butterfly Activities • Journal

Day 3 • Check the weather • I will wear... • Acting …

Kinder – 1st Grade: Summer Packet #2 • Theme: Differences, Tricia Gray, Jessica Mitchell-Mccollough, Alexa Yunes-Koch

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1-2 of English Proficiency (K-5)

These packets are self-contained. Everything a child will need to be successful with the activities is provided in the packet. Students will only need a writing utensil. Additional tools like crayons or scissors can be used, but do not have to be.

Day 1 • My Buddy • Check the Weather • Let’s Write! • What will you wear? • Body Parts #1 • Body Parts #2 • Let’s Move! • Build a Creature • Let’s Count!

Day 2 • Check the Weather What will you wear? • Review • Read the story: All Bodies Are Strong and Beautiful • …

Kinder – 1st Grade: Summer Packet #1 • Theme: Summer, Tricia Gray, Jessica Mitchell-Mccollough, Alexa Yunes-Koch

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1-2 of English Proficiency (K-5)

These packets are self-contained. Everything a child will need to be successful with the activities is provided in the packet. Students will only need a writing utensil. Additional tools like crayons or scissors can be used, but do not have to be.

My Plan for the Week

Part 1• Check the Weather • Summer in Nebraska • Clothes sort • Weather in the Summer • Read Colors of the Summer • Weather activity • Summer art activity

Part 2 • Check the weather • Counting • Feelings • Read Feelings are Like the Weather • Feelings activities

Part 3 …

2nd-3rd Grades, Level 1-2: Summer Packet #1, Theme Summer, Tianna Bankhead, Molly Heeren, Jessica Spencer, Samantha Stuefer, Alexa Yunes-Koch

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1-2 of English Proficiency (K-5)

This packet is focused on summer vocabulary and summer fun activities. This packet will allow your child to explore recycling materials, learning about the states of matter and reviewing different shapes and their attributes. Each day will allow your child a journal page to reflect on what they learned for the day. Try your best and have fun with this packet!

Este paquete se centra en el vocabulario del verano y las actividades divertidas que se hacen durante este tiempo. Este paquete le permitirá a su hijo/a explorar materiales reciclados, aprender sobre los estados de la materia y revisar diferentes …

2nd-3rd Grades, Level 1-2: Spring Week 3, Tianna Bankhead, Molly Heeren, Brandon Heinz

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1-2 of English Proficiency (K-5)

This week the packet focuses on the weather outside. There are also some math activities including subtracting so students can continue to practice those skills.

Esta semana el paquete se centrará en el tiempo atmosférico. También, hay algunas actividades de matemáticas incluyendo restas, para que los estudiantes continúen practicando esas destrezas.

2nd-3rd Grade, Level 1-2: Spring Week 2, Tianna Bankhead, Molly Heeren, Brandon Heinz

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1-2 of English Proficiency (K-5)

This week’s packet we focus on Spring cooking and baking. Spring is a time where there are many holidays and celebrations such as Ramadan, Easter, Holi, and many more. We encourage you to work with your students if you can and try some home cooking. The included activities make room for students to cook with you, draw a picture about the cooking experience and write about the experience. Remember, this packet is meant as a tool for fun learning and not frustration. We hope this packet gives you the opportunity to bring your family together.

El paquete de esta semana …

2nd-3rd Grades, Level 1-2: Summer Packet #4 • Theme: 4th Of July - U.S.A., Tianna Bankhead, Molly Heeren, Jessica Spencer, Samantha Stuefer, Alexa Yunes-Koch

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1-2 of English Proficiency (K-5)

This packet gives some information on the Fourth of July, or Independence Day. This is a holiday celebrated in the United States where you will hear and see a lot of fireworks. You will also see a lot of families celebrating by wearing red, white and blue, hanging up the American Flag and maybe even having a party with their family. Please know that this packet is to help you understand why the holiday is celebrated and we do not expect you to celebrate or enjoy the holiday. For math you will continue to work on measuring and telling time. …

2nd-3rd Grades, Level 1-2. Summer Packet #3 • Theme: Community, Tianna Bankhead, Molly Heeren, Jessica Spencer, Samantha Stuefer, Alexa Yunes-Koch

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1-2 of English Proficiency (K-5)

This packet theme is Community. You will be working on water conservation, clouds and storm safety. There will be activities provided to help you know how to save water and stay safe during a storm. The math part of the activities will focus on know how to measure objects and liquids. It will also have a short activity on telling time on an analog clock. Please remember this packet is to continue to support learning. This is not a tool for frustration. Please have fun while working on the activities!

Este paquete es sobre la comunidad. Los estudiantes trabajarán sobre …

2nd-3rd Grades, Level 1-2: Summer Packet #2, Theme: Differences, Tianna Bankhead, Molly Heeren, Jessica Spencer, Samantha Stuefer, Alexa Yunes-Koch

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 1-2 of English Proficiency (K-5)

This packet will focus on the importance of differences. We are all different and it is okay to be different from one another, it is what makes us strong and unique. This packet will also review shapes and measuring in math. It also reviews the water cycle in science. Have as much fun with this packet as you can!

Este paquete se centrará en la importancia de las diferencias. Todos somos diferentes y está bien serlo los unos de los otros, es lo que nos hace fuertes y únicos. Este paquete repasará las formas y las medidas en matemáticas, además, …

6th–8th Grade: English Level 2, Learning Packet #2 • Theme: Vietnam, Ronnie Grace, Tricia Gray, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 2 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Traveling to Vietnam!, Vocabulary you need to know, Where in the world are we?, Vietnam's flag, Pack your suitcase!, What do you know? What do you want to learn?

Day 2 • Vocabulary review, The life cycle of a rice at a rice paddy, Math review

Day 3 • Math review, Let's play pickleball!, Lanterns in Vietnam!

Day 4 • Vocab review, Halong Bay, Instagram post!, How pearls are made, Pearl questions

Day 5 • Vocab review, Vietnam reflection, Time to move!, Goodbye, Vietnam!

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

Answer Keys

9th–10th Grade: English Level 2, Learning Packet #3 • Theme: Finding Your Voice, Morgan Spanel, Aaron P. Johnson, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 2 of English Proficiency (K-12)

Day 1 • Finding your voice, week 2: defending your opinion, Who do you think is the better basketball player?, Identifying compare and contrast language, Practicing compare & contrast words and phrases

Day 2 • Pro & con language, Is your pet really your best friend?

Day 3 • Pet ownership, The science behind decision making and preferences, What's in YOUR brain?

Day 4 • Pro & con language, Measuring circles

Day 5 • Standing up for what you believe, Journal: write your opinion on your chose issue

My Packet Journal

Reference Sheet

2nd-3rd Grade: English Level 3, Learning Packet #2 • Theme: Careers, Samantha Monter, Tricia Gray, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 3 of English Proficiency (K-12)

These packets are self-contained. Everything a child will need to be successful with the activities is provided in the packet. Students will only need a writing utensil. Additional tools like crayons or scissors can be used, but do not have to be.

SECTIONS:

My Plan for the Week

Instructions Key

My Buddy, Choose a Buddy

Vocabulary - Dictionary of Career Words - Vocabulary Sentences

Reading - Mini-book about Healthcare Workers - All About Teachers - Read the Interview - Meet the Assistant Principal

Writing/Grammar - Compare a Doctor and Dentist - The Verbs of Careers - Find the Verbs - …

2nd-3rd Grade: English Level 3, Learning Packet #5 • Theme: Ocean, Samantha Monter, Tricia Gray, Alexa Yunes

ICMEE Learning Packets: Level 3 of English Proficiency (K-12)

My Plan for the Week

Choose activities from the different content areas to complete each day. You can choose one or two activities from different areas to do during the day. Below is a list of the activities in each content area.

Reading/Writing - Map of the World - All about Oceans - Map it - All about Clownfish - Jellyfish - Sea Turtles - If I was an oceanographer writing prompt

Vocabulary - Dictionary - Vocabulary Matching - Vocabulary Sentences

Math - Crack the Code - Read and Write

Brain Break - Create a Sea turtle - Roll a …