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Direct linkLiu, Min; Rosenblum, Jason A.; Horton, Lucas; Kang, Jina – Computers in the Schools, 2014
Given the growing popularity of digital games as a form of entertainment, educators are interested in exploring using digital games as a tool to facilitate learning. In this study, we examine game-based learning by describing a learning environment that combines game elements, play, and authenticity in the real world for the purpose of engaging…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Educational Environment, Educational Needs
Stansbury, Jessica A.; Wheeler, Evangeline A.; Buckingham, Justin T. – Computers in the Schools, 2014
Technological advancements and growing dependence on media outlets as sources of information compete for the attention of individuals born in a rapidly expanding digital age. As a result, educators using traditional, nondigital teaching methods struggle with keeping students engaged in the classroom. The present study assessed the extent to which…
Descriptors: Video Games, Technology Uses in Education, Statistics, Introductory Courses
Andersson, Annika; Räisänen, Kalle – Computers in the Schools, 2014
This article focuses on class blogs and presents results from 1:1 schools in Sweden. While Swedish schools are increasingly using Web 2.0 technologies (e.g., wikis and blogs), most of this use is still at an experimental stage. To further the understanding of how blogs are and can be used, we compare class blogs used in practice with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Publishing, Web Sites, Cooperation
Lowman, Joneen – Computers in the Schools, 2014
The study investigated the impact of podcasts and vodcasts accessed through an iPod on fourth-and sixth-grade students' vocabulary acquisition. Students were randomly assigned to either a podcast group or a vodcast group. Regardless of group assignment, each student completed three six-minute podcasts or vodcasts a day for three days. On…
Descriptors: Multimedia Materials, Technology Uses in Education, Grade 4, Grade 6
Dornisch, Michele – Computers in the Schools, 2013
A disconnect exists between students' comfort with using technology for learning and teachers' comfort in using technology for teaching. Students report the desire for more engaging technology-based assignments. Teachers cite multiple reasons for their hesitancy to use technology in their teaching. The current study investigates whether…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
Coggins, Porter E. – Computers in the Schools, 2013
The purpose of this article is to present several implications and recommendations regarding what elementary school children, aged 9-12 years, know about computer passwords and what they know about why computer passwords are important. Student knowledge can then be used to make relevant curriculum decisions based in conjunction with applicable…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Computer Attitudes
Manfra, Meghan McGlinn; Lee, John K. – Computers in the Schools, 2012
In this study the authors investigate whether a whole-class educational blog could facilitate culturally relevant instruction and authentic intellectual work in U.S. history. Qualitative data were collected and analyzed that included student comments posted to an educational blog, classroom observations, and follow-up interviews. Based on the…
Descriptors: Assignments, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Prior Learning
Gunter, Glenda A. – Computers in the Schools, 2012
In this article the author presents a meta-analysis of the findings from several studies conducted over multiple years with various types of learners that investigated exemplar/signature pedagogical practices incorporating video to motivate otherwise reluctant and struggling learners. Noting that newer technologies are making today's learners less…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Web Sites, Pretests Posttests, Quasiexperimental Design
Pre-Service Teachers' Maturing Perceptions of a TPACK-Framed Signature Pedagogy in Science Education
Hechter, Richard P. – Computers in the Schools, 2012
Teacher education programs across North America are transforming. What were once piecemeal programs consisting of often unrelated courses are now becoming coherent and intertwined trajectories toward teacher certification. Part of this transformation can be attributed to the weaving of "signature pedagogies" throughout overarching program…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
Larkin, Kevin; Jamieson-Proctor, Romina; Finger, Glenn – Computers in the Schools, 2012
National professional standards for teachers in Australia (AITSL, 2011) expect teacher education graduates to demonstrate technological, pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK). Those standards have emerged concurrently with the development of a new Australian mathematics curriculum. Thus, the expectation is that graduates can demonstrate the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Action Research
Hur, Jung Won; Suh, Suhyun – Computers in the Schools, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine effective ways to integrate an interactive whiteboard, podcast, and digital storytelling for language proficiency development in English language learners. Researchers integrated these three technologies into a 60-hour intensive summer English program and investigated their impacts on student vocabulary…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Video Technology, Vocabulary Skills
Mark, Lauren; Ratliffe, Katherine T. – Computers in the Schools, 2011
The experiences of 247 middle school children around cyberbullying were examined through in-class questionnaires. Their use of different media, their experiences with cyberbullying, and the relationships among school type, gender, and grade level were analyzed. Of the students in this sample 33% of female and 20% of male students reported being a…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Questionnaires, Gender Differences
Smith, Judith J.; Dobson, Ellen – Computers in the Schools, 2011
New information and communications technologies (ICT) are redefining teacher education. A university faculty member and an instructional technology consultant incorporated information and communications technologies within a graduate university methods course. The following research questions explored student perceptions of using Web 2.0 tools as…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Literacy, Educational Technology
Ausband, Leigh T.; Schultheis, Klaudia – Computers in the Schools, 2010
This paper describes an international project completed by groups of pre-service elementary education students in four countries. Students utilized Web 2.0 technologies to design and conduct a study on a topic of their choosing related to curriculum and instruction, in elementary schools. This paper also presents results of a survey given to two…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Technology Uses in Education
Lambert, Judy; Gong, Yi – Computers in the Schools, 2010
This study investigated major course changes in 11 sections of a stand-alone educational technology course redesigned around 21st century skill sets as opposed to technical skill development. Conducted in the fall of 2007 and spring 2008 with a random sample of 100 pre-service teachers, independent and paired sample t tests and correlational…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Educational Technology, Skill Development, Education Courses
