Expanding Global Awareness: The Use of Student-Developed Multimedia Created in a Cooperative Learning Environment

Jane D. Steelman; Lisa L. Grable; Ellen S. Vasu

International Journal of Social Education Vol. 19, No. 2 (2005) pp. 41–48

How can a classroom teacher reconcile the need for students with diverse backgrounds and abilities to master specific learning objectives within a content area with the simultaneous need for them to build their technology skills? Student-made...

Constructivism and Technology Use: Findings from the Impacting Leadership Project

Amy Overbay; Ashley S. Patterson; Ellen S. Vasu; Lisa L. Grable

Educational Media International Vol. 47, No. 2 (June 2010) pp. 103–120

This study used two surveys, the Activities of Instruction 2.0 (AOI 2.0) and the School Technology Needs Assessment (STNA) to assess the relationship between teachers' level of constructivism and their level of technology use. Results indicate that...

Developing a Science Inquiry-Based Web Site: The Science Junction

Lisa L. Grable; April J. Cleveland; David G. Haase; John C. Park; Alec M. Bodzin

WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 1999 (1999) pp. 846–849

NC State University provided funds for a project called The Science Junction. The primary purpose of The Science Junction is to promote the "doing" of science by students of grades 4-12 through Web-based activities and resources. Other purposes of...

Topics: Science, Teachers

Using Web Resources to Promote Hands-On Collaborative Science Inquiry: The Science Junction

Lisa L. Grable; Alec M. Bodzin; April J. Cleveland; David G. Haase; John C. Park

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1507–1510

The evolution of web browsers with multimedia capabilities that handle java scripting has enabled authors to move from a "click and look" environment to one in which the user can be involved through communication, interaction and reflective thinking....

Topics: Science