Studies in Ed Tech
Does One-to-One Work? A Review of the Literature
By Scott Sarraiocco
Advocates of one-to-one computing claim it works wonders, but does research support their claims? Bloom's Taxonomy Blooms Digitally
By Andrew Churches
The skills required for the digital age give new relevance to the list of skills that we learned back in the old days. Technology and the Three Districts: Part 3
By Judy Coderre
The third in a series of three focusing on technology integration in a rural, rural/suburban, and an urban school district. Technology and Three Districts: Part 2
By Judy Coderre
The second in a series of three focusing on technology integration in a rural, rural/suburban, and an urban school district. Technology and the Three Districts - An Overview
By Judy Corderre
There are big differences between urban, suburban, and rural school districts and major similarities in their attempts to integrate technology, as this three-part series will show. Technology and the Three Districts: Part 1, a Suburban District
By Judy Coderre
This first part of a three-part series examines technology integration in a suburban district, exploring what works, what are the challenges, and what is in store for their future. Assisted Reading Software – Teachers Tell It Like It Is
By Ann Orr and Loreena Parks
Assisted Reading Software is designed to help students conquer reading problems – but how do teachers feel about the software? Find out here. Teachers and Technology -- What's Left?
By Cynthia Kleyn-Kennedy
How can we equip teachers with the skills needed so that they can effectively integrate technology into their classrooms? Graduate Students Grade Online Instruction
By Dr. Sue E. Hoppe
Online learning is becoming an increasingly popular option for many of today's busy students - but does it do the job? A team of 110 graduate students investigated this question, and here are their findings. Bridging the Digital Divide with an EETT Grant
By Paula S. Ford, M.Ed. and Neil Mercurius, Ed.D.
How an NCLB-related grant helped one school infuse technology into the learning experience. Teachers and Computer Use
By Robert Vos, Ed.D.
A look at computer use by classroom teachers in one school district and recommendations about improving teacher practice. An Action Research Project
By Barbara Franklin
Research on a computer-based reading program that seems to work with a group of economically disadvantaged middle-school students. Selecting Silicon: Why Parents Choose Online Charter Schools
By Alison A. Carr-Chellman and Beth R. Sockman
What advantages do these virtual learning environments offer that they attract some parents away from brick-and-mortar schools? An Administrator's Guide to Change Management
By Benjamin B. Rudd
How can school leaders help reluctant educators embrace technology integration? IT Challenges in Higher Education
By Cynthia Gautreau
What's stopping college faculty from using technology in the classroom? The answers to this question will sound very familiar to K-12 educators. Research: Improving Silent Reading Performance
By JoEllen Waddell
A rural Wisconsin school performed a three-month study of AceReader Pro reading fluency software. The results are in. PALMing Your Way Through the Educational Maze
By Marty Mayer and Dina Mayne
Educators who are seeking a way to manage their tasks and obligations find that handhelds help them with professional development, administrative tasks, lessons and managing the classroom. The Effects of Classworks in the Classroom
By Damon Patterson
The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) on student achievement, specifically the impact of Classworks, a computer-assisted instructional program. Interactive Whiteboards for Interactive Teaching and Learning
By Diane D. Painter, Elizabeth Whiting and Brenda Wolters
Two issues face teachers today: The need to recognize that the Information Age has brought new demands on how we teach and how we make better use of technology. Read how two teachers addressed these issues. Learning Communities And Educational Technology: Part I
By Steve Garcia
Combining these two powerful forces in education may lead to collaborative learning environments that promote and sustain the integration of information technologies. Part I examines research on learning communities and Internet-based learning activities. Learning Communities and Educational Technology: Part II
By Steve Garcia
Combining these two powerful forces in education may lead to collaborative learning environments that promote and sustain the integration of information technologies Part II explores the implementation of a school district's K-12 Technology Learning Community program. Informed Insight: Parental Attitudes toward Technology
By Clyde Winters
This study explored parent attitudes toward technology in the schools and the resulting technological literacy of their children and linked computer use with doing assignments at home. Creating a Technology Climate Where the Self-directed Learner is Nurtured
By Rickey Moroney
Read how middle school students can become more self-directed performers and producers of computer technology projects through the use of self-assessment rubrics in the social studies classroom Walking in Miranda's Shoes: Believing That We Can
By Carol Koceja, Kelly O'Brien, and Carl Peake
This article is designed to encourage educators who work with student with disabilities to consider using technology as a pivotal part of the curriculum. Incorporating the SMART Board for Smart Teaching
By Bobbi F. Adrian
This action research report illustrates the positive effects of using a SMART Board interactive whiteboard in a fourth-grade classroom. Bridging the Technology Proficiency Gap Through Peer Mentoring
By Frank Rudnesky, Ed. D.
To bridge the gap between the most proficient and the least proficient technology-integrating teachers, one school district in southern New Jersey undertook a ten-month research project. Read about the results. How Do We Reach Them?
By Susan Nelson
Learning Through Sports is a language and math based learning system that attempts to get students actively involved in practicing academic skills. Walking in Miranda's Shoes: Believing That We Can
By Carol Koceja, Kelly O'Brien, and Carl Peake
This article is designed to encourage educators who work with student with disabilities to consider using technology as a pivotal part of the curriculum. What Do You Mean COPYRIGHT Does Not Mean I Have the Right to Copy?
By Diane D. Painter
This paper addressed the cyberethics initiatives that involved fifth and sixth grade students. You’ll be amazed at what these students understand and perceive about copyright and fair use. What Do They Need to Know About Cyber Safety?
By Diane DeMott Painter
Read what educators have learned about what their students know and what they need to know in order to be safe when using the Internet. Observations, Reflections, & Research of a Laptop Classroom
By Marian Campbell & Jerry Woodbridge
Early research supports the use of one to one computing. This study found that daily use of laptops greatly increased student confidence and technical abilities and improved their learning. Myths and Facts of Learning Technology
By John Finnis
This analysis focuses on where technology has the greatest potential to contribute to learning and where it is inappropriate. Study Groups and WebQuests
By Parry Graham
Research suggests that technology has a positive impact on learning, but the key is understanding what that means and setting up programs that work. Reducing Test Anxiety To Increase Testing Performance
By Karla Ludemann
In this research project, a teacher who uses computers for testing and thinks that it increases student self-confidence, tests strategies to increase students’ performance. It's About T.I.M.E.! (Technology Improving the Methods of Education)
By Willie Ennis, III and Shannon Mocanu
It is about time for all educators to at least give technology infusion a try. What's holding them back? How can they afford not to teach with technology? Technology Integration as a Transforming Teaching Strategy
By Jerry Woodbridge
Results of a study revealed that the extent of technology integration depended on teachers' beliefs, perceptions, and practice and that understanding it may be helpful in transforming teaching. Digital Kaleidoscope: Learning with Multimedia
By Jerry Woodbridge
Research supports student and teacher construction of multimedia/hypermedia projects being used effectively as an instructional tool in the classroom. Writing Improvement and Tutorial Software
By Charles W. Bindig, Ed.D.
This study shows that tutorial software can help students improve their writing skills. In this case, they improved by 12.91% over a control group...
Authentic Assessment of Pre-Service Students
By Marlene Goss
Since quality teachers use constructivist teaching methods in their classroom, this study used an instrument for measuring constructivist teaching on a handheld collecting device.
Young Webmasters Program
By Steve Taylor
Young Webmasters programs were designed to prepare students with basic knowledge of web design and the inner workings of the World Wide Web. In addition academic features include geometry, algebra, physics, health science, social studies and chess. The program fulfilled its goal of providing a high quality course in web design for middle and high school students while closing the academic gap. This report presents information and its keys to success.
Science Education and Urban Youth: A Look At the JASON Project in Philadelphia
By Harouna Ba and Bram Duchovnay
The challenge of making laboratory and inquiry skills relevant is difficult. In addition, there is much to be done for urban science education reform, especially for minority and low-income students. Yet the landscape is not entirely bleak. This article focuses on the results of two evaluation studies the impact of the JASON Project on students and teachers in the Philadelphia school district in an attempt to shed light on tools and techniques that might contribute to science and technology teaching and learning within disadvantaged urban schools.
What Cognitive Modeling Has Taught Us About Math Learning
By Steven Ritter, Ph.D.
The history of cognitive modeling provides a good example of how the latest research in cognitive psychology is guiding the development of educational software that gains an intimate knowledge of individual students' abilities and problem-solving strategies and uses that knowledge to customize instruction and help students learn. In this case, student problems with mathematics form the basis of research into creating a system that can learn how students learn and tutor them to improve skills.
Universal Design of Distance Learning
By Sheryl Burgstahler
Increasing access to more students is a common reason given for providing instruction in a distance-learning format. However, these access arguments usually focus on people separated by distance and time and rarely include consideration of students with disabilities. In fact, the design of many distance-learning courses erects barriers to the full participation of students and instructors with some types of disabilities. This article discusses access issues and presents design considerations for assuring that a course is accessible to potential instructors and students with a wide range of disabilities. The field of universal design provides a framework for this discussion.
Students Generating Web Pages:
Implementation of Problem-Based Learning in the Classroom
By Lynn Dombrowski, Ed.D.
The purpose of this research was to determine if there were improvements in student skill acquisition and performance when students performed in a generative, collaborative environment. A team of students in Chemistry class determined a specific environmental research topic, analyzed a problem statement, researched the selected topic, developed course material and instructional lessons, and generated a Web document. Read what Lynn learned in this research project about teaching strategies and techniques for educators to pursue in the classroom.
Get On the Bus : Baltimore County's Parentmobile Takes Parent Involvement On the Road
By Andy Gersick
Andy and a colleague spent time with educators in Baltimore who are rethinking the issue of parent involvement. The Parentmobile project is tackling low parent involvement by physically bringing educational technology out into the community. It is breaking down the logistical and psychological barriers that keep Baltimore County parents from getting more involved in their children's education.
The ThinkQuest Challenge: A Constructivist Learning Environment through an After-School Computer Club
By Diane D. Painter
Diane understood the need to engage all students in creative problem-solving and researching activities that tap into oral and visual communication skills. She also knew that the after-school club was based on constructivist philosophy and resulted in ThinkQuest Junior web pages. The students control all elements of their web sites and feel a great sense of accomplishment when the end product is posted on the Internet. In this article, Diane studied at the learning that occurred during the process.
The Role of Gender in the Design of Electronic Learning Environments for Children
by Dorothy Bennett and Cornelia Brunner
With the explosion of the use of the World Wide Web and other virtual environments for teaching and learning, there are new opportunities to challenge stereotypical approaches to the design of electronic learning and gaming environments for children. What clues can research provide about how gender continues to shape young people's experiences with technology? What do educators look for when selecting gender-equitable environments for students? How does one begin to imagine electronic environments that engage girls and boys? To answer these questions, the researchers at CCT asked 80 children in elementary and middle schools, "If you were writing a science fiction story in which the perfect instrument (a future version of your own) is described, what would it be like?" The results provide insights into how to approach learning that varies by gender.
What Happens When First Graders Work with Reading Buddies in an Electronic Literacy Program?
By Lee F. White
The purpose of the Fairfax County Public Schools Language Arts program is to develop students who perform to the best of their abilities as confident communicators -- at ease with reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Lee's research project focused on the Program of Studies, individual children's strengths and goals, and developmentally appropriate practice while balancing these with student interest. Lee describes the program in detail and concludes that literacy development is a combination of many different factors.
Preparing for Successful Telementoring Relationships
by Kallen Tsikalas
Kallen describes two recent telementoring projects conducted by the Center for Children and Technology that she has worked on as a research and implementation specialist. Citing specific examples from the projects and the literature at large, she illustrates the nature of mentoring and the ways in which success may be defined and may manifest. Kallen also makes recommendations for increasing success in future telementoring programs.
Telementoring: Using Online Communication for a Student Mentoring Project
By Naomi Hupert
Researchers at the Center for Children and Technology (CCT) conducted a study of tele-mentoring. By linking high-school women engaged in science, engineering, or computing classes to professional women working in those fields, the researchers hoped to offer to those students both support and guidance, enabling them to make informed choices about their futures and possibly encouraging them to continue on their technical career paths. Naomi presents the process and findings.
High-School Students Explore the Impact of Technology within Their Communities
By Daniel Light
For the past eight years, researchers at CCT have been part of the multifaceted technology integration and reform efforts underway in Union City, New Jersey. A central part of the focus has been the impact of technology in students' lives in an effort to learn how they think about and use technology. Daniel reports that the students have been informants of research but not collaborators. So they decided to engage young people as researchers, encouraging them to explore the role that technology plays in their communities and in their lives. Daniel reports on the first authentic research project with 15 ninth graders in Union City, which provides greater insight into how young people think about technology.
Digital Portfolios: An Enduring Promise for Enhancing Assessment
By Michelle Riconscente
Despite predictions that digital portfolios were just another trend in the search to enrich the assessment of student achievement, they continue to offer powerful possibilities for improving teaching and learning. Portfolios have survived for two substantial reasons. First, advances in Internet-based technology have irreversibly affected the way our society communicates and shares information. Second, the ongoing concern over standards and student achievement in a global economy has provided a steady motivation for educators to explore alternative modes of assessment. Michelle describes two portfolio projects, outlines some of the lessons we have learned about the process, and offers a selection of resources for further exploring and implementing digital portfolios.
Professional Development for Inclusion
By Laura Jeffers and Babette Moeller
Of course technology can make an important difference for students with special needs, but together with the electronic magic there must be a well-thought out scheme involving sharing, planning and collaboration. Laura and Babette describe an ideal program, a model of professional development not just for special education but for all disciplines, and one which has allowed them to better understand individual students, to collaborate more effectively, and to share competencies in understanding technology.
History Goes Digital: Teaching With On-line Primary Sources
By Bill Tally
How does using real archives change the way students learn history? Bill
explores the ideas that emerged from giving students actual Library of Congress resources such as Civil War photographs by Matthew Brady. Find out how these amazing collections not only spark student curiosity but also foster thinking skills as students analyze and interpret these primary sources. Consider too what the new challenges these resources pose for teachers.
The Telementoring Project: Taking a Look at Diversity Online
By Naomi Hupert
Telecommunications is genderless, raceless, and ageless, isn't it? In 1993, the staff at the Center for Children and Technology (CCT) began work on "Telementoring Young Women in Science, Engineering and Computing," an experimental project funded by NSF that was designed to link female high school students interested in the sciences, engineering, and computing to adult women mentors via the Internet. Read this research report to learn what they found about diversity issues on-line.
Student Web Pages—Putting a City on the Internet
By Han-Hua Chang, Andres Henriquez, Margaret Honey, Nancy Ross, and Kilimanjaro Robbs
Union City, New Jersey is making miracles again. Find out how wide-scale community networking can build not only a sophisticated technical infrastructure but also a self-sustaining human infrastructure for creative and effective use of Web resources for teaching and learning.
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