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...

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

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

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 ...

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...

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

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