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Developing On-line – Evil or a Godsend?
Diana Williams; Joan Henley; Joanna Grymes
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) p. 1136
Many Universities are jumping on the on-line course and program bandwagon, but is this a good thing or a bad thing? Research shows that some students are good on-line students and some are not. It could be said that some professors are good on-line...
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Revamping Integrating Technology Courses To Include Common Core And Revised Licensure Programs
Diana Williams; Joan Henley; Joanna Grymes
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4758–4759
Due to changes in licensing, the creation of Common Core Standards, the changes in technologies available, universities are changing their licensing programs and revamping the technology courses. A question arises, should technology courses focus on ...
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The Top 50 Apps for Smartphone and Tablets for Young Children and How They Align With Developmentally Appropriate Practice
Joan Henley; Diana Williams; Joanna Grymes
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 2134–2135
Living in a digital age is rapidly changing the face of early childhood education. This presentation provides the findings from a study that rates the top 50 Apps most downloaded and/or ranked as a top application for use by families specifically...
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Apps Here, Apps There, Apps Everywhere … Drowning in Apps
Diana Williams; Joan Henley; Joanna Grymes
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2885–2886
Apps for both the Apple environment and the Android market are prevalent and growing by leaps and bounds. Choosing the apps becomes extremely complicated. Using a rubric/ evaluation tool provided by the presenters will help teachers learn to select...
Topics: K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related, Development of Future Faculty
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Screen Time in Early Childhood Contexts: Considerations, Controversies and Conversation
Joanna Grymes; Diana Williams; Joan Henley
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1891–1892
The primary focus of this session is to review current research on the interaction of digital technology and young children, and then engage in a discussion about some areas of concern in considering screen time via digital technology with young...
Topics: Early Childhood Education, Mobile Learning, Information Technology Diffusion/Integration
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Supporting Teachers and Families in Choosing Developmentally Appropriate Literacy Learning Apps for Young Children
Joanna Grymes; Joan Henley; Diana Williams
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1893–1894
A report from the Campaign For Grade-Level Reading (Guernsey, et al., n.d., p. 21) identifies that without supporting parents in making choices about it, technology will not be the “game changer” we hope in terms of educational outcomes. This...
Topics: Early Childhood Education, K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related
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Effectively Organizing and Managing an Electronic Portfolio
Jackie McBride; Joan Henley; Joanna Grymes; Diana Williams
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 975–980
Electronic portfolios (e-folios) are often used as a means of evaluating students’ performance in many higher education institutes. E-portfolios provide a creative way of organizing, summarizing, and sharing student artifacts, and demonstrating...
Topics: Portfolios, Graduate Education & Faculty Development, Assessment and E-Folios