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Prieto, Linda; Arreguín-Anderson, María G.; Yuen, Timothy T.; Ek, Lucila D.; Sánchez, Patricia; Machado-Casas, Margarita; García, Adriana – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
This paper presents four projects in which mobile devices are used to support authentic learning in an afterschool technology club, "La Clase Mágica" (LCM@UTSA), designed to motivate underrepresented elementary school children in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The implementation of mobile devices into our LCM@UTSA is…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Teaching Methods
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Machado-Casas, Margarita; Sánchez, Patricia; Ek, Lucila D. – Multicultural Education, 2014
Drawing from a larger qualitative four-year study of an after-school technology partnership called "La Clase Mágica" at the University of Texas at San Antonio (LCM@UTSA), the authors focus on how digital literacies mediate the literacy learning of Latina/o bilingual immigrant parents. They also discuss how the elementary school and…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, After School Programs, Partnerships in Education, Technological Literacy
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Ek, Lucila D.; Machado-Casas, Margarita; Sanchez, Patricia; Alanis, Iliana – Journal of School Leadership, 2010
As informed by scholarship on transformative leadership, cultural work in educational leadership, and preK-20 collaborations, this article draws from a qualitative research project between a university that is a Hispanic-serving institution and an elementary school located in a Latino/a area. We examine the perspectives of a Latino principal and a…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Transformational Leadership