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Digital Equity In Education: A Multilevel Examination Of Differences In And Relationships Between Computer Access, Computer Use And State-Level Technology Policies, Jonathan D. Becker

Educational Leadership Publications

Using data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) state assessment and a survey of state-level technology policies, this study examined digital equity in education as a multilevel organizational phenomenon with data from 70,382 students in 3,479 schools and 40 states. Students in rural schools or schools with higher percentages of African American students were likely to have less access to computers. With respect to computer use, girls and students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch were more likely to use computers more frequently when computers are available in the classroom. With respect to relationships between computer access and …

Tools For Teaching Intersession In A Year-Round School, Rebecca Jane Santana

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project was to create a website that would assist teachers who teach intersession at the year round school. The goal is to allow teachers to spend less time on paperwork and focus on what they need to do in order to service their students and help them meet their goals.

Using Webpages And Streaming Audio Instructions To Support Students In The Completion Of Assignments In A Biology Class, Daniel Checo

Theses Digitization Project

This project focused on the development of a group of web pages that provided support to students enrolled in Biology and Advance Placement Biology classes at Colton High School. It was developed using a modified user-centered methodology. It incorporated streaming audio technology to assist student in the completion of assignments.

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. …

Why Are Those Computers Sitting Over There Gathering Dust, Bradford Ralph Austin

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project was to create electronic books (E-books) for kindergartens to read during their center time. The E-books are intended for kindergarten teachers to use to help their students learn to read while utilizing the technology resources in their classroom. These E-books are teacher created so the cost is minimal and they can be copied and distributed to each student without worrying about copyright laws. Teachers can customize them to fit the current thematic unit they are teaching and once created, they can be used repeadedly without being damaged like paper books.

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

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.

Website Design And Development For College And University Recreation Programs Accredited By The Nrpa/Aalr Council On Accreditation, Michael Lee Nunally

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study identified current trends in website design and development for college and university recreation programs accredited by the NRPA/AALR Council on Accreditation. Emphasis was on design, content, governance, and development. The study was an attempt to provide insight for program administrators by identifying current practices related to website design and development. This was the first study to identify current trends in website design and development at nationally accredited recreation programs. This information can be used to evaluate existing websites and plan future website development.

Data were collected using an electronic survey instrument created with E-listen software. Three invitations were …

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.

Relational Database For The Master Of Arts In Education Instructional Technology Program, Keith Anthony Castillo

Theses Digitization Project

This project was created to develop a database for students and teachers to allow accurate, efficient and reliable tracking of student's academic information. The database was designed specifically for faculty and students within the Master of Arts in Education, Instructional Technology Program at California State University, San Bernardino.

Conceptual Guidelines For Educators In The Development Of Their First Educational Websites, Feng-Wen Ho

Theses Digitization Project

The Internet is a revolutionary technology that is bound to change every aspect of society and the educational system in particular. Following the rapid spread of the Internet, the new developments in the World Wide Web (WWW) technology have created a high level of interest and enthusiasm among many educators.

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.

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.

Curriculum For Website Design In Secondary Schools, Robert Stewart Hicks

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to develop a computer based curriculum to motivate and aid students on the secondary level in website development. This is accomplished by developing a website and classroom curriculum that will expand the knowledge of students. Brainstorming, organizing ideas and categorizing concepts are specific skills that are acquired course.

Integration Of The Internet In Career Exploration In Education, James Wayne Asher

Theses Digitization Project

The basis of this thesis is a discussion of the pros and cons of incorporating the Internet as an educational tool for exploring career pathways.

Educators And Technology, Using Multimedia As A Teaching And Presentation Tool, Linda Eve Moore

Theses Digitization Project

This project was intended to demonstrate how teachers can tailor classroom instruction to save time, increase student participation, enhance learning outcome, and build student self-esteem using a multimedia approach.

World Wide Graphics, Alysha Marie Timmons

Theses Digitization Project

The scope of this project describes World Wide Graphics (WWG) a software package that provides instructors with the tools needed to present a web-based presentation to a group of students while having the ability of enhancing the prepared HTML slide with userdrawn graphics and highlighting.

Mapcast : Real-Time Collaboration With Concept Maps, Brett Greay

Theses : Honours

This thesis describes the development of the application mapCAST, a computer-based concept-mapping tool that allows synchronous collaboration via TCP/IP networks, such as the Internet The useability and feasibility of mapCAST as a computer-based tool was examined and analysed in a real world situation. Results indicate that mapCAST is successful as a collaborative tool in a situations involving knowledge organisation, but lacks certain functionality that many Macintosh users are accustomed to.

A Multimedia Paradigm Of Engaged Learning: An Intergenerational Approach, Kymberli Fahlbeck Mulford

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Ethnoquest: An Interactive Multimedia Simulation For Cultural Anthropology Fieldwork, Carey Brunner Van Loon, Frances Berdan, Edward A. Stark

Theses Digitization Project

EthnoQuest, an interactive multimedia CD-ROM simulating a visit to a fictional village named Amopan, was conceived as an adjunct to college-level classroom instruction in introductory anthropology courses. Since these classes typically involve large numbers of students, the logistics on conducting actual fieldwork pose serious problems for instructors and students alike. The conception of an engaging, interactive, accessible learning tool that incorporates appropriate pedagogical principles has found its ultimate expression in EthnoQuest.

Educational Use Of Video Tape And Cable To Communicate Information, Donna Lynne Maury, Mary Ann Burke

Theses Digitization Project

As educators, communicating timely, important information to parents and to the community is a challenge. By using video technology, the ability to convey such information is not only possible but rather simple. Taking it one step further, utilizing cable television allows for the transmission of a variety of information to every living room in our community.

Using Educational Databases In The Form Of Electronic Portfolios: A Method In Coaching Athletics, Annette Richelle Papin

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Middle School Science Software Curriculum, Robert Paul Pascua

Theses Digitization Project

In order for computer hardware to be utilized to its potential in the middle school classroom, relevant computer software programs must be readily available for teacher and student use. Computer use has increased both in school and home settings and with this increased use comes an increased need for programs suitable for the subject matter taught in the classroom. Current educational research indicates that student performance is increased with the use of software that is directly relevant to the curriculum.

Science software relevant to the middle school science curriculum is available and freely distributable for educational use. The difficulty lies …

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

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Multimedia Prereading Strategies, Mary J. Wise

All Graduate Projects

Prereading activities are important in enabling students to comprehend and enjoy the books they read. Teachers are always in need of good prereading activities, and the increasing popularity of computers offers opportunities to fill this need, however, technology is not keeping up with educators' needs in this area. While there is an overwhelming quantity of commercially produced computer software programs, they are invariably generic in nature. No software relating to prereading strategies appears to be available. A CD containing multimedia prereading activities was produced to accompany a selected list of elementary level trade books. The CD is intended to be …

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

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Emerging Practices In K-6 Multimedia Methods Of Instruction In The Bethel School District, Glenn E. Malone

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this study was to assess and describB the conditions and practices in the Bethel School District's elementary schools with regard to the use of a multimedia approach to instruction. A sample of the 260 classroom teachers, 13 principals, and 13 learning resource center specialists in the Bethel School District's 13 elementary schools (K-6) were surveyed using questionnaires covering the implementation of multimedia methods of instruction. The results showed current multimedia methods of instruction are rare in the elementary classrooms of the Bethel School District because of a lack of technological inservice and current multimedia hardware.

Group Lesson Training Packet(S) On The Selection And The Uses Of Personal Computers In Ther Home, Cora Gladys Vowell

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project report was to provide a group lesson training packet on the selection and the uses of personal computers in the home including information on their history, their basic components, the criteria to evaluate the need for one, and resource materials available on the topic. The instructional materials developed included: a leader's guide, visual aids, a videocassette tape, an activity sheet, information sheets, two evaluation tools, and a partial listing of existing Extension instructional materials on microcomputers.