Videoconferencing: Creating a Space for New Discourse In Literacy and Language Education

Pamela Solvie

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2199–2202

The purpose of this research study is to investigate the use of videoconference technology's ability to create space and opportunity for students to participate in discussions with others focusing on related issues. Though distant in terms of...

Topics: Students

Making Vocabulary Visible: Using Technology to Support Literacy Acquisition in Early Literacy Instruction

Pamela Solvie

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 4114–4119

Familiarity of words that appear in text increases reading rate and supports use of context cues leading to increased comprehension. This research study examines vocabulary instruction in two rural primary school classrooms when technology in the...

Understanding Diversity and the Teacher’s Role in Supporting Learning in Diverse Classrooms: Scaffolding Early Childhood Preservice Teacher’s Growth in Initial Placements with Technology

Pamela Solvie

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 22, No. 3 (July 2013) pp. 317–361

**Invited as a paper from SITE 2012** This research project sought to examine the ways in which early childhood preservice teachers develop an understanding of diversity and the teacher’s role in supporting learning in diverse classrooms. ...

Wiki Work: Encouraging Preservice Teachers' Construction of Knowledge in Reading Methods Courses

Pamela Solvie

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 3602–3604

Wiki work in pre-service teacher reading methods courses was incorporated to address learning styles of pre-service teachers and make effective and efficient use of instructional and learning time in a constructivist setting. Experiences in the wiki ...

Understanding Diversity and the Teacher's Role in Supporting Learning in Diverse Classrooms: Scaffolding Early Childhood Preservice Teachers' Growth in Initial Placements with Voice Thread

Pamela Solvie

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 1948–1951

This research is part two of a larger project that seeks to examine technology tools that support preservice teachers in considering their own cultural background, the diversity represented in classrooms, and their beliefs concerning efficacy as...

Understanding Diversity and the Teacher’s Role in Supporting Learning in Diverse Classrooms: Scaffolding Early Childhood Preservice Teachers' Growth in Initial Placements with Technology

Pamela Solvie

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 1615–1616

This research project seeks to examine the ways in which early childhood preservice teachers develop an understanding of diversity and the teacher’s role in supporting learning in diverse classrooms. Perservice teachers in their initial foundations ...

Teaching for Success: Technology and Learning Styles in Preservice Teacher Education

Pamela Solvie; Engin Sungur

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 12, No. 1 (March 2012) pp. 6–40

This study, using mixed methods design research, examined the achievement of third level preservice teachers when advice in the form of text and resources was provided based on students’ identified learning styles. In this study, Kolb’s learning...

Technology and democracy in education: Three initiatives viewed through a Deweyan lens

Pamela A. Solvie

(2004) pp. 1–221

To examine the role technology serves to advance particular visions for democracy in education I begin by explaining four general models of democracy and the principles which under gird these models. The models chosen (classic, conservative, liberal,...

Teaching for Success: Linking Technology and Learning Styles in Preservice Teacher Education

Pamela Solvie; Lindsey Senske

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2681–2684

Abstract: David A. Kolb’s research (1984, 2005, 2007) on learning styles identifies four learning style preferences based on how learners prefer to grasp and process information within the learning cycle. This quasi-experimental research study...

Teaching for Success Linking Technology and Learning Styles in Higher Education

Pamela Solvie; Engin Sungur

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 2312–2318

David A. Kolb’s research on learning styles (1984, 2005, 2008) identified four learning style preferences based on how learners prefer to grasp and process information within the learning cycle. This quasi-experimental research study examines the...

Using Technology Tools to Engage Students with Multiple Learning Styles in a Constructivist Learning Environment

Pamela Solvie; Molly Kloek

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 7, No. 2 (June 2007) pp. 7–27

This research study investigated the use of technology tools to support constructivist learning experiences in a preservice teacher education reading methods course. Learning opportunities based on Kolb's learning styles model were used to support...

Topics: Elementary Education, Achievement, Literacy, Educational Technology, Planning, Research Methods, Students, English Language Arts, Teaching Methods