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Engaged: A Teacher Resource Based On Fun Factor, Jay Marcus Jones Jan 2007

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 Jan 2006

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 Jan 2006

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. …


Integrating Computer Software Within The Houghton Mifflin Language Arts Program, Leslie Serine Ouren Jan 2005

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.


Using A Teacher Created Website To Provide 24/7 Access To Student Assignments: An Abstract, Dianne Lenore Austin Jan 2005

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.


Web Tools: An Aid For Cognitive Learning, Shari Ann Pate Jan 2004

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.


A Tutorial System For Studying Chromatography Techniques, Hossam Mohamed Hassan Jan 2003

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.


Instructional Designer's Toolkit: A Practical Approach To The Effective Design Of Instruction, Andrew Casimer Masiewicz Jan 2003

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.


Educational Technology: An Online Tutor Training Course, Cd Jackson Jr. Jan 2002

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.


The Development, Design, And Theory Of Educational Interactive Multimedia Software, William James Chapman Jan 2002

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 Jan 2002

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.


Integrating Technology Into The English As A Second Language Curriculum: Computer-Assisted English Language Learning, Ibrahem Rotha Pen Jan 2002

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 Jan 2001

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 Jan 2001

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 Jan 2000

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.


Improving Students' Math Problem-Solving Skills In A Computer-Assisted Learning Environment, Yongjian Zhen Jan 1999

Improving Students' Math Problem-Solving Skills In A Computer-Assisted Learning Environment, Yongjian Zhen

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


The Use Of A Computer Assisted Learning Program For Teaching And Reinforcing The Basic Mathematical Skills, Benny Edward Boswell, Henrietta Gale Boswell Jan 1999

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.


Incorporating Internet Technology As As Educational And Learning Tool, Charles Bernard Helsper Jan 1998

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 Jan 1998

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 Jan 1997

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.


The Book Look Nook: An Informational System Literature Search Program, David Roy Karlquist Jan 1997

The Book Look Nook: An Informational System Literature Search Program, David Roy Karlquist

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Educational Software That Requires No Training To Use, Michael Joseph Beck Jan 1997

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.


Using The Computer To Motivate At-Risk Students As Writers, Janet Yvonne Parrish Jan 1997

Using The Computer To Motivate At-Risk Students As Writers, Janet Yvonne Parrish

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


A Hypermedia Field Trip Through Old Town Temecula, Vivian Terese Burke-Scheuerell Jan 1997

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.


Multimedia Technology As A Presentation And Archival Tool For Teaching History/Social Science, Patricia Weigel Amicone Jan 1997

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.


Pueblo Home: An Interactive Multimedia Cd-Rom On Pueblo Architecture, Jo Thompson Jan 1995

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 Jan 1994

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 Jan 1994

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.