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Developing Digital Wisdom by Students and Teachers: The Impact of Integrating Tablet Computers on Learning and Pedagogy in an Elementary School
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Shamir-Inbal, Tamar; Blau, Ina – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2016
This article investigates a pilot of integrating tablet computers in the elementary education. The research questions address the impact of tablet integration on learning and pedagogy. This qualitative case study crosschecks non-participated observations on students who work with tablet PCs, the school staff reflection on the integration as…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Getting It Together: Relational Habitus in the Emergence of Digital Literacies
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Underwood, Charles; Parker, Leann; Stone, Lynda – Learning, Media and Technology, 2013
Digital literacies have fast become indispensable for productive engagement, competency, and citizenship in a rapidly changing world. After-school programs represent an important venue where many young people can develop a mastery of digital literacies, encompassing both the creative and responsible use of a broad range of new media. This paper…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Computer Literacy, Informal Education, School Community Programs
Comparing Levels of School Performance to Science Teachers' Reports on Knowledge
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Kerr, Rebecca – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this descriptive quantitative and basic qualitative study was to examine fifth and eighth grade science teachers' responses, perceptions of the role of technology in the classroom, and how they felt that computer applications, tools, and the Internet influence student understanding. The purposeful sample included survey and…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Qualitative Research, Grade 5, Grade 8
A Case Study of Technology-Enhanced Historical Inquiry
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Yang, Shu Ching – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2009
The paper describes the integration of web resources and technology as instructional and learning tools in oral history projects. The computer-mediated oral history project centred around interviews with community elders combined with new technologies to engage students in authentic historical inquiry. The study examined learners' affective…
Descriptors: Oral History, Computer Literacy, Internet, History Instruction
Teaching Writing in Five Canadian Provinces: A New Literacies Analysis
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Peterson, Shelley Stagg; McClay, Jill Kedersha – E-Learning, 2007
This article presents the results of the initial stage of research on grades 4-8 teachers' writing instruction within rural and urban contexts across Canada. Teachers' goals and their use of digital technologies and multimedia are examined within rural and urban schools in five eastern provinces. Through half-hour telephone interviews with 54…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Urban Schools, Social Class, Writing Instruction
Teaching Media Literacy in Grade Five: The Development of Technological Literacy among Teachers and Students--A Case Study
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McCabe, Rachel; Emery, Winston – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2003
This is the second of two articles about a study of the implementation of a media literacy curriculum project in three inner city schools Grade 5's in Montreal. The authors describe the development of technological literacy among the teachers and students as they learned about two Media Literacy concepts. The teaching featured the use of a…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Media Literacy, Grade 5, Case Studies