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Swain, Sukanta Chandra – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2021
Pandemic due to the deadly virus COVID-19 has put the entire world in complete lock-down, that too, for months together. India has locked-down the entire country for more than two months. Schools, Colleges and Universities were to be closed immediately putting everything in halt. Classes were abruptly suspended and examinations were to be…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Virtual Classrooms, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Allison Dishman – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This narrative qualitative study aimed to explore the perceptions of using Twitter as an effective professional learning tool for public school secondary-level teachers in Missouri. In addition, the researcher sought to find the perceptions of teachers who used Twitter for professional use, what they found to be valuable in developing a…
Descriptors: Social Media, Secondary School Teachers, Public Schools, Teacher Education
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Burnell, Kaitlyn; Andrade, Fernanda C.; Hoyle, Rick H. – Developmental Psychology, 2023
There is fear that adolescents have limited control over their digital technology use. The current research examines longitudinal (Study 1) and daily (Study 2) associations between U.S. adolescents' self-control and digital technological impairment and use. Using a large sample (N = 2,104; Wave 1: M[subscript age] = 12.36, 52% female, 57%…
Descriptors: Correlation, Adolescents, Self Control, Information Technology
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Wood, C.; Jackson, E.; Hart, L.; Plester, B.; Wilde, L. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2011
This paper reports on an intervention study that considered the impact of text messaging on 9- to 10-year-old children's literacy skills. One hundred and fourteen children who had never owned a mobile phone before were recruited and randomly allocated to either the intervention or control conditions. All children were pre- and post-tested on a…
Descriptors: Evidence, Spelling, Intervention, Phonological Awareness
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Centeio, Erin E.; Erwin, Heather; Castelli, Darla M. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2014
As public health concerns about physical inactivity and childhood obesity continue to rise, researchers are calling for interventions that comprehensively lead to more opportunities to participate in physical activity (PA). The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics and attitudes of trained physical education teachers during the…
Descriptors: Comprehensive School Health Education, Physical Activity Level, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers
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Beauchamp, Gary – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2011
This article will analyse primary teachers' views on the role of information and communications technology (ICT) in the broader context of pedagogy in the classroom. It uses data collected from primary teacher interviews in the early stages of a funded research project (which analysed interactivity and ICT in learning and teaching) to explore and…
Descriptors: Interaction, Information Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Interviews
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Coe, J. E. L.; Oakhill, J. V. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2011
A study was carried out to explore whether or not there is a relationship between children's reading ability and text-messaging behaviour. The aims of this study were to compare good and poor readers on their amount of usage of mobile phones, the frequency and type of text devices they used, and the speed at which they could read messages in…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Student Behavior, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Mail
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Bauman, Sheri; Tatum, Tanisha – Professional School Counseling, 2009
Traffic on Web sites for young children (ages 3-12) has increased exponentially in recent years. Advocates proclaim that they are safe introductions to the Internet and online social networking and teach essential 21st-century skills. Critics note developmental concerns. In this article, we provide basic information about Web sites for young…
Descriptors: Young Children, Web Sites, Computer Mediated Communication, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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Kuter-Luks, Theresa; Heuvelman, Ard; Peters, Oscar – Learning, Media and Technology, 2011
Despite clear European and Dutch policies about media education, there is currently no media education curriculum in Dutch schools. A survey among preadolescents (n = 257) in six primary schools in the Netherlands included questions regarding media access, fears, risks, parental mediation of television and the internet, and the need for media…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Journalism Education, Preadolescents, Risk
Project Tomorrow, 2012
For the past nine years, the Speak Up National Research Project has endeavored to stimulate new discussions around how technology tools and services can transform education and to provide a context to help educators, parents, and policy and business leaders think beyond today and envision tomorrow. In last year's report, "The New 3E's of…
Descriptors: Internet, Stakeholders, Learner Controlled Instruction, Computer Use
Quigley, Donna – Online Submission, 2011
Schools generally have been unable to keep up with the rapid technical changes in modern society. As a result, primary school age children worldwide are becoming self-taught independent e-learners and the gap between what they know and are able to do exceeds the learning outcomes for their schools' ICT (information communication technology)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Internet
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Cross, Beth – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2005
This article takes a detailed look at how a group of 10-year-old boys mutually construct an evolving multilinear scenario whilst playing a storytelling game in class, borrowing from a number of genres and forms of engagement in ICT-mediated popular culture to perform for each other in patterns which defy linear description or analysis. Their…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Geometry, Males, Discourse Analysis