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Wiki Use in the 21st-Century Literacy Classroom: A Framework for Evaluation
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Sanden, Sherry; Darragh, Janine – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2011
In today's Web 2.0 world, teachers are perpetually struggling with how to incorporate technology into the classroom effectively in order to meet the diverse literacy needs of 21st-century learners. Utilizing the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE, 2008) Position Statement addressing these needs, the theoretical framework of Lankshear…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing
Designing Children's Software To Ensure Productive Interactivity through Collaboration in the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD).
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Luckin, Rosemary – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2001
Discusses use of Vygotsky's zone of proximal development as a theoretical construct for designing Ecolab educational software. Describes an evaluation of the software with elementary school students, noting the usefulness of the ZPD construct despite students' inability to set up challenging tasks and seek appropriate assistance. Considers issues…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education
Opening the Classroom Door to a Stranger and Leaving the Room: The Importance of Scrutinizing Values Implanted in Computer Software.
Heltsley, Christina – Momentum, 1998
Investigates which computer software programs are most available and most frequently employed by students in Catholic elementary schools. Identifies the extent to which computer software programs, implicitly or explicitly, contained values antithetical to, or supportive of, the educational philosophy of a Catholic school. Contains 18 references.…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Catholic Schools, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation
The Effects of Gender, Program Type, and Content on Elementary Children's Software Preferences.
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Nathan, Ronen; Baron, Lois J. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1995
Investigated whether program type or content have an effect on middle elementary school children's software preferences and whether gender differences surface when children choose software programs of different type and content. Analysis indicated that children, regardless of gender, preferred a drill and practice mathematics program over the…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Helping Students Build Knowledge: What Computers Should Do.
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Bornas, Xavier; Llabres, Jordi – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2001
Investigated efficiency of a computer-aided teaching program with different scaffolding levels in learning improvement of low achieving third-graders. Found no significant achievement differences between scaffolding groups, but the higher the scaffolding level the more advanced students' strategies were. The highest scaffolding level was…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education
Using MECC Study Guide To Increase Retention of Musical Terminology in the Beginning Music Student.
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Nordgren, James L. – 1990
A music teacher used the Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation (MECC) study guide to implement a 10-week practicum intervention designed to increase sixth graders' retention of musical terminology. A total of 12 beginning band students used a computer-aided instruction program to review questions drawn from workbook materials they had…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary School Students
Evaluation in the Classroom.
Becnel, Shirley – 1991
Six classroom research-based instructional projects funded under Chapter 2 are described, and their outcomes are summarized. The projects each used computer hardware and software in the classroom setting. The projects and their salient points include: (1) the Science Technology Project, in which 48 teachers and 2,847 students in 18 schools used…
Descriptors: Algebra, Classroom Techniques, Compensatory Education, Computer Software Evaluation