{"title":"Using Multimedia with Kindergarten to Increase Homework Participation.","authors":"Mary L. Tunstall, P. Bull","doi":"10.26634/jsch.7.3.1674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26634/jsch.7.3.1674","url":null,"abstract":"This study stemmed from a concern that homework instruction, verbal and print oriented, did not reflect a 21st century learning strategy for kindergarten students due to their reading levels and their abilities to consistently follow written instructions to complete tasks. The study examined 18 kindergarten students' perceptions of using multimedia, video and screen capture, as a medium for homework instruction and activities. The study guided by the constructivist teaching approach, described how multimedia was used as a motivational tool to engage students in literacy instruction and knowledge construction. Findings show that use of multimedia motivated and engaged students in learning both in school and at home. Students stated that multimedia activities were fun. Mean scores from pre-survey to post-survey show positive dispositions to the integration of multimedia in the class and homework activities. Findings also show that multimedia helped students create knowledge and work as a team. A by-product of this study was increased parental involvement in students' learning. Parental supervision was required for students to play DVDs or to access online files at home. This request turned out to be a positive outcome of the study.","PeriodicalId":242221,"journal":{"name":"Journal on School Educational Technology","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117222902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cross Curricular Connections: An Innovative Model for Curriculum Transaction.","authors":"H. Harish, R. K. Kumar, B. Raja","doi":"10.26634/JSCH.7.3.1668","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26634/JSCH.7.3.1668","url":null,"abstract":"Students want to discuss each and everything related to the subject as well as the personal matters with their teacher. This shows that they trust their teachers so much than anyone else. So it is the duty of the teacher to teach the subject with more and more concrete examples and connections with the day to day life. They should connect the subject with all disciplines so that rather than opening the new memory location the information will store on the location which was already created on the brain. In the light of the above discussion researcher (authors) decided to carry out a research (article) on Cross Curricular Connections. Cross Curricular Connections to science instruction can result in rich and meaningful experience for students. The article that follows describes Cross-Curricular or interdisciplinary connections and their values to learners. Then, it lists specific considerations a Science teacher, or any other teacher, should consider before setting aside instructional time to make Cross Curricular Connections.","PeriodicalId":242221,"journal":{"name":"Journal on School Educational Technology","volume":"357 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122862554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using iPad2 for a Graduate Practicum Course.","authors":"L. Sachs, P. Bull","doi":"10.26634/JSCH.7.3.1676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26634/JSCH.7.3.1676","url":null,"abstract":"iPads and iPhones continue to impact academia, but the iPad2 provides features that could enhance teacher education programs. This paper addresses how eight graduate students and a faculty used iPad2 to support a graduate practicum course. Participants were asked to report how they used their iPad2 each week in the form of a written log and complete a survey after seven weeks. Participants used the camera or video feature to create educational tutorials, record video logs, record interviews, capture student footage for parent night presentations, record guest speaker presentations for future playback, archive students acting in performances for homework instruction, document follow up communication after professional development sessions. Others used Apps to improve delivery of instruction and record student collaborative group work with video and camera footage. Over 86% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that if given a class set of iPad2's, student learning and performance would improve.","PeriodicalId":242221,"journal":{"name":"Journal on School Educational Technology","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123733201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reviewing the Barriers Associated with the Technological Needs of Teachers in the 21st Century Education.","authors":"Faezah Seyedarabi","doi":"10.26634/jsch.7.3.1675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26634/jsch.7.3.1675","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reviews barriers associated with the use of ICT tools by teachers in their classroom teaching at 'technical', 'teaching' and 'school' levels. The aim of this review is to highlight the fact that there is currently less research work on the kind of technology teachers need for adopting ICT tools in the 21st century education. There has been much work carried out on easing ICT and internet barriers through resourcing and teacher training. However, there is less work on the sort of technology that teachers would like to use for their teaching, particularly when searching online for teaching resources. Hence, a call for further research in web 'personalisation', an emerging direction that is currently adopted by technologists and the government was made as a proposed new approach or possible solution to the technical barriers","PeriodicalId":242221,"journal":{"name":"Journal on School Educational Technology","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132147589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using Prezi to Motivate Middle School Science Students.","authors":"C. Bender, P. Bull","doi":"10.26634/JSCH.7.3.1669","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26634/JSCH.7.3.1669","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the effects of the use of a non-linear multimedia presentation model, Prezi, on middle school students' attitude toward learning science, engagement in school science, and the impact on learning science. Prezi was used as the primary instructional model for an intensive six-week intervention period in seventh grade science classrooms. A total of 28 students, from two science classes, participated in the study. Each student completed a preand post-survey to determine attitudes and beliefs about learning science and also completed two surveys at the end of the intervention to determine the effectiveness of Prezi as an instructional tool. Findings indicate small improvements in both students' attitudes and beliefs about learning science in general. However, results do show that Prezi is effective as a learning tool because it engages students in learning, helps students retain information, and for its ease and style of design and presentation. Results also indicated that Prezi was, most notably, effective in informing students about science topics, presenting information in an understandable way, and that Prezi would be an effective learning tool if used in other courses.","PeriodicalId":242221,"journal":{"name":"Journal on School Educational Technology","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132515143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"K-12 Student Use of Web 2.0 Tools: A Global Study.","authors":"C. Toledo, Maryfriend Shepard","doi":"10.26634/JSCH.7.2.1649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26634/JSCH.7.2.1649","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past decade, Internet use has increased 445% worldwide. This boom has enabled widespread access to online tools and digital spaces for educational practices. The results of this study of Web 2.0 tool use in kindergarten through high school (K-12) classrooms around the world will be presented. A web-based survey was sent out through online social networks (e.g., Twitter, Nings, and blogs). From a list of 25 types of digital tools, 189 participants chose the online tools that their K-12 students used in educational settings. The data analysis identified tool-use across grade levels and trends based on teacher demographics. At all four levels students most frequently used wikis, blogs, and multimedia presentation tools. Further analysis revealed six categories that described how teachers were designing instruction for students to use online tools.","PeriodicalId":242221,"journal":{"name":"Journal on School Educational Technology","volume":"111 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114590538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Availability and Use of Science Laboratories at Secondary Education Level.","authors":"T. Raju, N. Suryanarayana","doi":"10.26634/JSCH.7.2.1653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26634/JSCH.7.2.1653","url":null,"abstract":"This study focuses on the availability and use of Science Laboratories at the secondary education level in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is commented that most of the schools do not possess well equipped laboratories and even when equipment is available some science teachers are not utilizing the laboratory facilities. Another issue is many of the laboratories do not possess appropriate equipment and many schools use expired chemicals that can skew experiments as well as be hazardous to students and teachers. The data were collected from 50 science teachers working in both government and private management secondary schools by way of a statement questionnaire. The items denoting various facilities in the science laboratories and the availability of equipment and utility by the science teachers are more important. The tool is a self developed tool and was standardized by conducting item analyses using the statistical procedures of chi-square tests. The reliability of the test is 0.75 and the validity is 0.86. So the tool is highly reliable and valid. The data were analyzed by way of means, standard deviations, t-values and chi-square tests for testing the various hypotheses framed. The results declare that there are no significant differences between male and female science teachers, rural and urban science teachers, below 5yrs and above 5yrs experienced science teachers and graduate and post graduate science teachers in the availability and effective use of science laboratories at secondary schools, demerits of science laboratories and measures taken for effective use of science laboratories. On over all observation of the study some educational implications were given.","PeriodicalId":242221,"journal":{"name":"Journal on School Educational Technology","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123948409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. O. Gbore, Abe Thomas Olabode, Adodo Sunday Olufemi
{"title":"Skewness and Comparability of School Based Continuous Assessment Scores.","authors":"L. O. Gbore, Abe Thomas Olabode, Adodo Sunday Olufemi","doi":"10.26634/JSCH.7.2.1652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26634/JSCH.7.2.1652","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":242221,"journal":{"name":"Journal on School Educational Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130120480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of Simulations on the Mental Models of Students in the Online Learning of Science Concepts.","authors":"K. Laxman, Yap Kueh Chin","doi":"10.26634/jsch.7.2.1647","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26634/jsch.7.2.1647","url":null,"abstract":"A simulation is a representation or model of a real or imagined specific object, system or phenomenon (Merrill, Vincent, Reynolds, Christensen and Tolman, 1996). The professional flight trainer is a good example of a highfidelity simulation that comes with hydraulic arms to move the pilot trainee around, functional 'surround cockpits' with mock-up controls and instrument panels and videographic pictures of the terrain. Operating within such a simulated environment the pilot trainee feels that s/he is really flying in an airplane or space shuttle and are not required to spend too much of time in the real cockpit (Zhou, Martin, Brouwer & Austen, 2000).","PeriodicalId":242221,"journal":{"name":"Journal on School Educational Technology","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122431607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Building Professional Learning Communities in Special Education through Social Networking: Directions for Future Research.","authors":"Elizabeth L. Hardman","doi":"10.26634/JSCH.7.2.1651","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26634/JSCH.7.2.1651","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the challenges inherent in building professional learning communities (PLCs) in special education and describes how two Web 2.0 tools were used to build a community that engages general and special education teachers, school administrators, and teacher educators in implementing research based inclusive practices that are known to have a positive impact on student learning. A wiki and ning were selected to provide the network's infrastructure because these applications have the capacity to support collaboration and networking when community members are separated by geographical location and time. The first year of the project was focused on developing web pages for community consumption and building membership. The membership grew from 50 at the end of the first year to 150 during the second year but data collected on member use showed that the membership contributed very little to community development and relied almost entirely on the network administrator to direct and manage all facets of community work. The success of any PLC is ultimately dependent upon members' level of engagement in community work. Thus, continued research should explore the processes that support community development and teacher engagement in community work, and most importantly, the degree to which participation in community work impacts student achievement.","PeriodicalId":242221,"journal":{"name":"Journal on School Educational Technology","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124674988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}