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The Role of Computer Technology in Supporting Children's Learning in Jordanian Early Years Education
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Alkhawaldeh, Mustafa; Hyassat, Mizyed; Al-Zboon, Eman; Ahmad, Jamal – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2017
The current research investigated early years teachers' perspectives regarding the role of computer technology in supporting children's learning in Jordanian kindergartens. Thirty semistructured interviews were conducted with preschool teachers. The sample of kindergartens in this study was purposefully selected from the targeted population of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Early Childhood Education
The Effect of Digital Storytelling in Improving the Third Graders' Writing Skills
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Yamac, Ahmet; Ulusoy, Mustafa – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2016
The aim of this action research was to investigate the effects of digital storytelling in improving the writing skills of third grade students enrolled in rural primary schools. The writing performances of the students were measured before and after the teaching procedures of digital storytelling. Then, the process of narrative writing with…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Writing Skills, Writing Improvement, Grade 3
Interlaced Social Worlds: Exploring the Use of Social Media in the Kindergarten
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Knauf, Helen – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2016
The study presented in this article examines mediatization processes in an American kindergarten. The kindergarten is considered as a social world in which forms of communication, as well as the identities of those involved (children, teachers, parents), evolve through the use of digital technologies. The relationships between the different…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Social Media, Interpersonal Communication, Stakeholders
Challenges and Opportunities for Teacher Professional Development in Interactive Use of Technology in African Schools
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Hennessy, Sara; Haßler, Bjoern; Hofmann, Riikka – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2015
This article examines the supporting and constraining factors influencing professional learning about interactive teaching and mobile digital technology use in low-resourced basic schools in sub-Saharan Africa. It draws on a case study of iterative development and refinement of a school-based, peer-facilitated professional learning programme…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Professional Development, Educational Technology
Empowering Twenty-First Century Assessment Practices: Designing Technologies as Agents of Change
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Carter, Deb; Crichton, Susan – Educational Media International, 2014
The overarching questions guiding this interprofessional design-based research study are: (1) How might a suite of assessment tools help K-7 educators visualize learning in their classrooms and (2) How might these visualization approaches inform K-7 educators' changes in classroom assessment? Recognized by their administrators as having…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary School Teachers
"We Put on the Glasses and Moon Comes Closer!" Urban Second Graders Exploring the Earth, the Sun and Moon through 3D Technologies in a Science and Literacy Unit
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Isik-Ercan, Zeynep; Zeynep Inan, Hatice; Nowak, Jeffrey A.; Kim, Beomjin – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
This qualitative case study describes (a) the ways 3D visualization, coupled with other science and literacy experiences, supported young children's first exploration of the Earth-Sun-Moon system and (b) the perspectives of classroom teachers and children on using 3D visualization. We created three interactive 3D software modules that simulate day…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Urban Schools, Astronomy