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Bates, Celeste C. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2016
Enhance a long-standing tradition of paper-based coaching notes with digital apps to record anecdotes and observations that support professional development.
Descriptors: Notetaking, Faculty Development, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Oriented Programs
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Kim, Yanghee; Smith, Diantha – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
The ubiquity and educational potential of mobile applications are well acknowledged. This paper proposes six theory-based, pedagogical strategies to guide interaction design of mobile apps for young children. Also, to augment the capabilities of mobile devices, we used a humanoid robot integrated with a smartphone and developed an English-learning…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Teaching Methods, Young Children
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Bucci, Karen – Science and Children, 2018
In this article, Karen Bucci describes how she incorporated her iPad with the wireless SmartScope iGO microscope and Wi-Viewer app to teach her fourth-grade class the science module "Ecosystems" by National Science Resources Center's Science and Technology for Children (STC) (1996, 2005). A main idea in the unit is the importance of…
Descriptors: Water, Recreational Facilities, Ecology, Educational Technology
Xhembulla, Jetmir; Rubino, Irene; Barberis, Claudia; Malnati, Giovanni – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
The use of portable devices to explore informal learning environments has recently exposed museums to a mobile learning (m-learning) scenario. In particular, location-based mobile applications that take into account not only a specific physical venue, but also the personal and social context can be valuable resources to enhance the visitor…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Games, Museums
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Blanchard, Frank N. – Journal of Geological Education, 1980
Describes a search and match computer program which retreives from a user-generated mineral file those minerals which are not incompatible with the observed or measured optical properties of an unknown. Careful selection of input lists make it unlikely that the program will fail when reasonably accurate observations are recorded. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Geology
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Leutner, Detlev; Plass, Jan L. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1998
Describes the development of the VV-BOS (Visualizer/Verbalizer Behavior Observation Scale), a computer-based instrument for direct observation of students' preferences for visual or verbal learning material. Results of a study with second-language learners indicated a high degree of reliability as an alternative to conventional questionnaires.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Oriented Programs, Learning Strategies, Observation
Carriedo, Ruben; And Others – 1986
The San Diego Unified School District (California) began operating a computerized routing and scheduling system for its pupil transportation services at the beginning of the 1985-86 academic school year. The computerized system, provided by Ecotran Systems, Inc. (ECO) of Cleveland, Ohio experienced an inordinate number of difficulties. A…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Computer Oriented Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Flow Charts