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Lisa Kervin
University of Wollongong
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Peer Tutoring with iPods in Elementary Schools
Lisa Kervin; Carroll Hindle
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 2054–2058
Abstract: This research was undertaken to explore and develop a pedagogical framework to support classroom teachers in using iPods and/or podcasting technologies in their educational settings. The overall project involved two elementary school...
Topics: Teachers, Elementary Education, Educational Technology, Learning Outcomes, Classrooms
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Turning into Teachers before Our Eyes: The Development of Professional Identity through Professional Dialogue
Jessica Mantei; Lisa Kervin
Australian Journal of Teacher Education Vol. 36, No. 1 (January 2011) pp. 1–17
This paper examines the development of professional identity in early career teachers enrolled in an "add-on year" of an undergraduate teacher education degree. Through a series of readings focused on reflection and pedagogy, participants engaged in ...
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Applying Synchronous Methods during the Development of an Online Classroom-Based Simulation
Brian Ferry; Lisa Kervin
Campus-Wide Information Systems Vol. 23, No. 3 (2006) pp. 149–158
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report the impact of an online simulation that was designed to provide pre-service teachers with experience in dealing with complex classroom situations associated with the teaching of literacy. Design...
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Assessing Emergent Readers' Knowledge about Online Reading
Lisa Kervin; Jessica Mantei
Reading Teacher Vol. 69, No. 6 (2016) pp. 647–651
The ability to ask questions is essential to learning, reasoning, and understanding. This column introduces a sequence of activities that incorporate the use of digital images and online texts into intentional opportunities for even the youngest...
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Using Computers to Support Children as Authors: An Examination of Three Cases
Lisa Kervin; Jessica Mantei
Technology, Pedagogy and Education Vol. 18, No. 1 (March 2009) pp. 19–32
The changing nature of literacy is well documented within the literature, challenging educators to examine their pedagogies in light of the needs of learners in the current climate. The development and creation of non-linear texts within primary...
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Authentic Learning Supported by Technology: Ten Suggestions and Cases of Integration in Classrooms
Jan Herrington; Lisa Kervin
Educational Media International Vol. 44, No. 3 (September 2007) pp. 219–236
Technology use in classrooms is often employed for all the wrong reasons--such as convenience, pressure from school administrators, the belief that students need to be entertained, and so on. In this article, the authors argue that technology...
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Pedagogical, technical and organisational considerations for using an online simulation with pre-service teachers
Lisa Kervin; Brian Ferry
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 1712–1720
Simulations are fast becoming a popular way to use technology to engage users in learning about and critically reflecting upon workplace practices and experiences. This paper reports on our development and implementation of an online classroom...
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“Virtual Writing Conferences” as a bridge between the university and classroom contexts
Lisa Kervin; Jessica Mantei
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 3555–3559
We define a "virtual writing conference" as focused, written dialogue between two writers using computer technologies. In this study, we have worked with a cohort of exit year students in a university (all completing their final year of study for a...
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Digital Storytelling: Capturing Children's Participation in Preschool Activities
Lisa Kervin; Jessica Mantei
Issues in Educational Research Vol. 26, No. 2 (2016) pp. 225–240
Children should be active participants in the environments in which they engage. However in the prior to school setting, it is not necessarily clear to educators how children understand their role and place within that community. Lave and Wenger's ...
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Taking iPods into the field to capture and share teacher wisdom stories
Lisa Kervin; Jessica Mantei
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2008 (2008) pp. 496–499
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Enhancing the Development of Pre-service Teacher Professional Identity via an Online Classroom Simulation
Lisa Carrington; Lisa Kervin; Brian Ferry
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 19, No. 3 (October 2011) pp. 351–368
The development of a professional identity plays an important part in pre-service teacher education. However, very little is explicitly taught about how one can develop a teacher professional identity via pre-service teacher education (Allen, 2005:1)...
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Enhancing the development of pre-service teacher professional identity through the use of a virtual learning environment
Lisa Carrington; Lisa Kervin; Brian Ferry
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1402–1409
This paper reports on a comparative case study of first and final year pre-service teachers (PSTs) enrolled in an undergraduate education degree who engaged with a virtual learning environment (VLE) provided by an online classroom simulation. The...
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ClassSim: Preparing Tomorrows Teachers for Classroom Reality
Lisa Kervin; Brian Ferry; Lisa Carrington
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 3204–3211
This paper reports on an on-line simulation that we have developed to support our pre-service teacher education program. The purpose of this paper is three fold: first it reports on the need identified within the literature for pre-service teacher...
Topics: Software, Teachers, Virtual Environments, Classrooms
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The BEST site on the internet: An online resource for beginning and establishing successful teachers
Anthony Herrington; Jan Herrington; Lisa Kervin
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 2646–2651
Beginning teachers face enormous challenges in their first year of teaching. High attrition rates of teachers within the first five years attest to the difficulties inherent in commencing professional life as a teacher. This paper describes the...
Topics: Teachers, Professional Development, Evaluation
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Toward a Sociomaterial Understanding of Writing Experiences Incorporating Digital Technology in an Early Childhood Classroom
Lisa Kervin; Barbara Comber; Annette Woods
Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice Vol. 66, No. 1 (2017) pp. 183–197
This article examines the resources, tools, and opportunities children enact as they engage with teacher-devised writing experiences within their classroom space. We begin with discussion about classroom writing time from the perspective of both the ...
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Online Advertising: Examining the Content and Messages within Websites Targeted at Children
Lisa Kervin; Sandra C. Jones; Jessica Mantei
E-Learning and Digital Media Vol. 9, No. 1 (2012) pp. 69–82
It is recognised that from a young age children spend considerable portions of their leisure time on the Internet. In Australia a number of child-targeted magazines have associated websites, which have high and ever-increasing readership. We do not...
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Blogging Beginning Teaching
Anthony Herrington; Lisa Kervin; Joanne Ilias
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 2232–2239
Weblogging is fast becoming a popular way to use technology to critically reflect and comment on workplace practices and experiences. This paper analyses the weblogs of beginning teachers who are members of an online community of practice. The...
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The need for choice and control: Preparing the digital generation to be teachers
Brian Ferry; Lisa Kervin; Lisa Carrington; Kay Prcevich
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2007 (2007) pp. 282–289
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Rethinking the Literacy Capabilities of Pre-Service Primary Teachers in Testing Times
Eileen Honan; Beryl Exley; Lisa Kervin; Alyson Simpson; Muriel Wells
Australian Journal of Teacher Education Vol. 38, No. 10 (October 2013)
This paper demonstrates how teacher accreditation requirements can be responsibly aligned with a scholarly impetus to incorporate digital literacies to prepare pre-service teachers to meet changing educational needs and practices. The assessment...
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Interactive Whiteboards: Interactivity, Activity and Literacy Teaching
Irina Verenikina; Kris Wrona; Pauline Jones; Lisa Kervin
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 2605–2614
This paper explores the implementation and the use of the Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) in literacy teaching in an Australian primary school. A socio-cultural approach (Vygotsky, 1978) and Activity Theory (Engestrom, 2001) are used to explore the...
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The Design of an Online Community of Practice for Beginning Teachers
Anthony Herrington; Jan Herrington; Lisa Kervin; Brian Ferry
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 6, No. 1 (March 2006) pp. 120–132
Beginning teachers face enormous challenges in their first year of teaching. High attrition rates of teachers within the first five years attest to the difficulties inherent in commencing professional life as a teacher. This paper describes the...
Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Mentoring, Preservice Teacher Education, Teachers, Community
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Operationalizing Nine Design Elements of Authentic Learning Environments in a Classroom-based On-line Simulation
Brian Ferry; Lisa Kervin; John Hedberg; Jan Turbill; Brian Cambourne; David Jonassen
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 3096–3103
Herrington, Oliver and Reeves (2003) assert that many researchers and teachers now accept that well designed multimedia environments provide an alternative to real-life settings. Researchers report that educational software advances have...
Topics: Virtual Environments, Teachers, Classrooms
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Educator Development Through Games and Sims
Brian Ferry; Lisa Kervin; David Gibson; Rhonda Christensen; Dong Uk Cheong
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1436–1438
This panel presents an opportunity for the audience to hear of three different approaches to educator development through games and simulations. The three projects took different approaches to address a similar problem; that of learning about the...
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Incorporating Real Experience into the Development of a Classroom-Based Simulation
Brian Ferry; Lisa Kervin; Brian Cambourne; Jan Turbill; John Hedberg; David Jonassen
Journal of Learning Design Vol. 1, No. 1 pp. 22–32
This paper reports on the design of an on-line simulation that enhanced preservice teacher practicum experience in the important area of literacy teaching. Research with more than 200 users of the simulation showed that it developed pre-service...
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The Use of an On-line Classroom Simulation to Enhance the Decision Making Skills of Beginning Teachers.
Brian Ferry; John Hedberg; Jan Turbill; Brian Cambourne; David Jonassen; Lisa Kervin; Sarah Puglisi
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 3041–3046
This paper describes the development and initial use of a simulation in teacher education. The simulation allows the user to take on the role of the teacher of a simulated Kindergarten classroom (children whose ages range from 5 to 6 years). As the...
Topics: Teachers, Classrooms, Students
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JTATE Special Issue: Digital Games and Simulations in Teacher Preparation
Teresa Franklin; Len Annetta; Lin Lin; Tao Zhang; Pg Schrader; Leanna Achambalt; Conrad Oh-Young; Lilly Lu; Erin Peters Burton; Wendy Frazier; Richard Lamb; Rebecca Cheng; Margaret Chmiel; Marie Iding; Joan Nordbotten; Lisa Carrington; Lisa Kervin; Brian Ferry; Mariya Yukhymenko
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 2534–2535
Today’s pre-service teachers have grown up with ubiquitous access to computers and the Internet, which has changed how they learn and how they will teach (Prensky, 20011). Virtual worlds, games and simulations are not new to pre-service teachers and ...