Facilitating Pre-Service Teachers’ Understanding of Technology Use With Instructional Activities

Min Liu; Kurstin Hamilton; Jennifer Wivagg

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 183–189

This presentation reports a project that explores how instructional activities can be best structured to facilitate pre-service teachers’ understanding of technology use in classrooms and pilots several formative assessments as a way to track...

Potentials of Mobile Technology for K-12 Education: An Investigation of iPod Touch Use for English Language Learners in the United States

Min Liu; Cesar C. Navarrete; Jennifer Wivagg

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 17, No. 2 pp. 115–126

This case study investigated a m-learning initiative by a large school district in the United States to provide iPod touch devices 24/7 to teachers and students of English Language Learners. We described the initiative and presented the research...

Comparison of Four Implementation Techniques Using the Same Educational Game

Renata Geurtz; Min Liu; Jennifer Wivagg; Dorothy Lee; Maria Chang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 4510–4518

This study examined how a group of middle school teachers implemented a multimedia enriched problem-based learning (PBL) environment to teach sixth grade science. . A description of contrasting narratives of two pairs of teachers is presented,...

Examining How Teachers Use Mobile Devices in Their Teaching: A Multiple-Case Study

Min Liu; Cesar Navarrete; Erin Maradiegue; Jennifer Wivagg

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 315–325

Literature has discussed such benefits of using mobile technology as flexibility, accessibility, interactivity, and motivation and engagement; and indicated mobile technology can provide valuable resources for students in K-12 education and...

Topics: Teaching/Learning Strategies, Evaluation of Impact, Exemplary Projects

Affordances and Challenges of Using iPods to Support Learning by English Language Learners at the Middle School Level: Perspectives from Researchers, Teachers, and Instructional Technologist

Min Liu; Jennifer Wivagg; Erin Maradiegue; Cesar Navarrete

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 1952–1959

While mobile devices have become very popular for communication and entertainment, there is lack of research about how these devices can contribute in educational settings. This paper describes an effort to use iPod touch devices as a teaching tool...

Mobile Learning and English Language Learners: A Case Study of Using iPod Touch As a Teaching and Learning Tool

Min Liu; Cesar Navarrete; Erin Maradiegue; Jennifer Wivagg

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 25, No. 3 (July 2014) pp. 373–403

"** Invited as a paper from SITE 2012 **" Educators have become increasingly interested in the learning benefits that mobile technology can provide to students in and out of classrooms. While there is considerable enthusiasm for using mobile...

Examining How Middle School Science Teachers Implement a Multimedia-Enriched Problem-Based Learning Environment

Min Liu; Jennifer Wivagg; Renata Geurtz; Shih-Ting Lee; Hyeseung Maria Chang

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning Vol. 6, No. 2 (2012) pp. 46–84

This study examined how a group of ten middle school teachers implemented a technology enriched problem-based learning (PBL) environment. The goal was to understand their motivation, document their implementation techniques, and identify factors...