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Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2011
To the more than 600 million members of Facebook and the expanding legions of Twitter users, one can add a growing number of schools and districts. Whether communicating with parents and the public, enhancing classroom instruction and staff development, or rallying school spirit, administrators and teachers are beginning to leverage the…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Internet, Teacher Student Relationship, Educational Media
Gerber, Hannah R.; Price, Debra P. – English Journal, 2011
Today's youth come to the English language arts class with a diverse range of ideas and experiences that give them the ability to develop and blossom into proficient and talented writers for multiple audiences; constant engagement with new media and digital literacies provides them multiple opportunities and multiple channels through which to…
Descriptors: Video Games, Creative Writing, Audiences, Language Arts
Ohler, Jason – Educational Leadership, 2009
Modern literacy has always meant being able to both read and write narrative in the media forms of the day, whatever they may be. Just being able to read is not sufficient. A new dimension of literacy is now in play--namely, the ability to adapt to new media forms and fit them into the overall media collage quickly and effectively. A strong case…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Library Role, Art Products, Literacy
Malik, Ishan Z. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Urban African American students lack an abstract understanding of algebra and are below their academic level in comparison to other ethnic groups, and this is a pervasive problem (McKinney, Chappell, Berry, & Hickman, 2009). The purpose of this quantitative study using a quasi-experimental design was to determine whether the use of…
Descriptors: African American Students, Quasiexperimental Design, Ethnic Groups, Learning Disabilities
Bickford, James O.; Falco, Ruth A. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2012
Introduction: The study reported here evaluated whether there was a difference in students' outcomes for braille fluency when instruction was provided with traditional braille media or refreshable braille. Students' and teachers' perceptions of the efficacy of the use of the different instructional media were analyzed. Methods: Nine students from…
Descriptors: Braille, Emergent Literacy, Reading Fluency, Written Language
Demiray, Emine – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2014
The most important factor that enables women to become individuals in society is education. It is also a very crucial part of rectifying the circumstances they are in. Besides formal, mass and distance education institutions, there are some other mechanisms to support women's individuality, their personal development and improve gender equality.…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Expectation, Distance Education
Ndede-Amadi, Atieno A. – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2013
The objective of this study was to determine the time and level of Information Systems (IS) awareness among Kenyan university students and the choice of IS as a field of specialization. The study posited that the choice of a field of specialization is dependent upon a student's awareness of its existence, its utilization in the real world, its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Systems, Information Science Education, Specialization
Bello-Bravo, Julia; Dannon, Elie; Agunbiade, Tolulope; Tamo, Manuele; Pittendrigh, Barry Robert – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2013
Cell-phone ready educational videos, translated into local languages, are a recent phenomenon in developing nations. One of the reasons for the emergence of this approach is due to the scarcity of other forms of educational materials with appropriate content for low literate learners. Additionally, the World Wide Web (WWW) has very little to offer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Educational Media, Educational Methods
Laxman, Kumar; Chin, Yap Kueh – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2011
Numerous flash or java applet based simulations have been developed to improve students' comprehension of Science concepts, particularly the more complex or "dry" ones. Simulations have been reported to be effective as instructional aids in scaffolding scientific learning by students since simulations support the explication of implicit…
Descriptors: Simulation, Electronic Learning, Scientific Concepts, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Li, Yan – International Education Studies, 2011
This paper introduces the importance of middle school students' interests in learning biology. Considering the psychological characteristics of middle school students, this paper suggests several practical ways for inspiring students' interests in learning biology.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Interests, Science Interests, Biology
Ren, Cheng; Zhang, Shulian – European Journal of Physics, 2009
A teaching aid for demonstrating the transverse mode structure in lasers is described. A novel device called "multi-dimension adjustable combined cat-eye reflector" has been constructed from easily available materials to form a He-Ne laser resonator. By finely adjusting the cat-eye, the boundary conditions of the laser cavity can be altered, which…
Descriptors: Lasers, Demonstrations (Educational), Physics, Science Instruction
Vega, Eddie – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
This article presents several reports that highlight the events at the 2008 Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention in Orlando, Florida. At the annual convention this year, the Multimedia Production Division goal was to continue to share information about the latest tools in multimedia production,…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Management Systems, Instructional Materials, Educational Technology
Erdogan, Mehmet – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2010
The purpose of the study was to make an assessment on the needs of university students regarded to be aware of environmental problems and sustainable development concept introduced in an undergraduate course. As a first part of course evaluation project, the needs assessment (NA) study comprising three steps was realized with 85 undergraduate…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Needs Assessment, Course Evaluation
Hubenthal, Michael; O'Brien, Thomas; Taber, John – Educational Media International, 2011
Despite a decline in popularity within US society, posters continue to hold a prominent place within middle and high school science classrooms. Teachers' demand is satisfied by governmental and non-profit science organizations that produce and disseminate posters as tangible products resulting from their research, and instruments to communicate…
Descriptors: Classrooms, Science Curriculum, Science Instruction, Science Education
Borzekowski, Dina L. G.; Henry, Holly K. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2011
"Jalan Sesama" was developed to address the developmental needs of Indonesian children ages 3 to 6 years. Using a randomized experimental research study design, this study examined the effect of a 14-week intervention on 160 children in the Pandeglang District in Indonesia's Banten Province. Results offer solid evidence that early…
Descriptors: Intervention, Cultural Awareness, Preschool Children, Peer Relationship