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Responding to Concerns about Online Radicalization in U.K. Schools through a Radicalization Critical Digital Literacy Approach
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McNicol, Sarah – Computers in the Schools, 2016
This article discusses the two main strategies commonly used to safeguard children and young people online; namely, Internet filtering and digital literacy education. In recent U.K. government guidance, both are identified as means to prevent online radicalization in schools. However, despite the inadequacies of filtering, more attention is…
Descriptors: Internet, Antisocial Behavior, Critical Literacy, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Contextually Based Professional Development
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Blocher, J. Michael; Armfield, Shadow W.; Sujo-Montes, Laura; Tucker, Gary; Willis, Elizabeth – Computers in the Schools, 2011
In this article, the authors detail a study of a three-year professional development project designed to increase in-service teachers' classroom technology integration. Participants engaged in learning activities that modeled technology integration from a contextually based perspective that included technology, and pedagogical and content…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Professional Development, Teaching Methods
Preparing Elementary Pre-Service Teachers from a Non-Traditional Student Population to Teach with Technology
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An, Heejung; Wilder, Hilary; Lim, Keol – Computers in the Schools, 2011
This article documents the development of a two-stage curriculum intended to improve elementary teacher candidates' understanding of technology integration. Most students in the program came from low-income districts and lacked technology experience. The first stage of the curriculum consisted of a prerequisite basic technology skills course…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Nontraditional Students
Supporting Critical Thinking in Interactive Learning Environments.
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MacKnight, Carol B. – Computers in the Schools, 2001
Investigates the use of critical thinking in different educational applications and in different types of learning environments. Discusses active reading; the Knowledge Integration Environment that promotes problem solving skills; the potential of Web communication tools to promote critical thinking; and instructionally relevant communication…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Critical Thinking, Educational Environment, Interaction
An Investigation of the Processes of Seventh Graders Creating Multimedia Documents.
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Fan, Huey-Ling; Orey, Michael – Computers in the Schools, 2002
Addresses the implementation of a constructivist approach to using multimedia technology in two advanced language art classrooms in a public middle school seventh grade class. Discuses the development of management, technical, research, and problem solving skills, and placing final projects on the Web to give students a sense of audience.…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Constructivism (Learning), Grade 7, Language Arts
Computing and Information: Steering Student Learning.
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Hoelscher, Karen – Computers in the Schools, 1986
Describes the Minnesota Education Computing Corporation (MECC) Computing and Information Collection, a collection of software products for students in grades 4-12. These products are designed to support individual course content objectives and introduce and practice information literacy skills. Curriculum applications in language arts,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Database Management Systems