Research

= = =Research =   This page contains an annotated bibliography for research pertaining to technology in the classroom, as well as links to other classroom technology websites.          __ Annotated Biblography  __   >     This website was created by the National Council for Teachers in English. The webpage offers numerous opportunities to join web seminars about online learning, 21st Century Skills, new programs, and infusing technology in the classroom. The site is continuously updated by the NCTE with the latest research and information regarding English education. >         <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> >   This website contains tips, instructions, applications and tools to use with a Promethean Board. Created by the company that makes the software and hardware, the website is frequently updated with new ideas and helpful information. In addition, it contains a help desk and contact information for individual inquiries. <span style="color: rgb(17,12,95);"> >   This article discusses the implementation of 21st Century Skills in the classroom. It discusses the roles of the teacher and the expectations of the administration. In addition, it encourages educators to teach students how to analyze online texts and question the validity of the information provided. <span style="color: rgb(17,12,95);"> > This article encourages the use of online publishing in the classroom. The author argues that students are more inclined to become personally invested in their work and presentation if they know that others will be reading it. In addition, an online audience creates an authentic learning environment that can proved a number of useful lessons. The article also contains a list of interesting websites for further research and ideas. <span style="color: rgb(17,12,95);"> > This article is written by a former high-school English teacher turned researcher. He used two websites (Doritos.com and SlimJim.com) in a classroom to teach the students how to critically analyze online sources. The students studied the marketing strategies, verbiage and pictures used on each site. In addition, they answered a number of questions regarding the effect of the site and the goals of the creator. The article reviews the students' findings and the strategies Crovitz used in the classroom when using online literacies. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> > **   <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> > This article discusses the implications with using blogs in the classroom. It offers ethical considerations regarding privacy issues and grading. In addition, it offers a variety of guidelines to help an educator create a safe and educational experience for his or her class. <span style="color: rgb(17,12,95);"> > This article is written by a high school English teacher. She believes that blogging and online discussions are an excellent way to give every student a voice in the classroom. She discusses the benefits for quiet or shy students. In addition, she says that all students feel more empowered when participating in online discussions because they know they can edit their responses. <span style="color: rgb(17,12,95);"> > This article discusses the new program Wordler, an online tool that creates a "word cloud" by analyzing the frequency and usage of words. A teacher in Maine is using it to analyze his blog entries and those of his students. The article also contains helpful websites when using this program.
 * <span style="color: rgb(17,12,95);"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">**(2009). Web Seminars. Retrieved February 21, 2009, from NCTE Web site:** [|**http://www.ncte.org/seminars**]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(17,12,95);">  <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">**(2009). Promethean Planet. Retrieved February 21, 2009, from Promethean Planet Web site:** [|**http://www.prometheanplanet.com/**]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(17,12,95);">  <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">**Collier, Lorna (November 2008).The "C's of Change": Students - and Teachers - Learn 21st Century Skills. //The Council Chronicle//. 6-9.**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**Collier, Lorna (November 2008).Widening the Audience: Students Reading and Writing Online. //The Council Chronicle//. 10-13.**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**Crovitz, Darren (September 2007).Scrutinizing the Cybersell: Teen-Targeted Web Sites as Texts. //English Journal//. //97, No. 1//, 49-55.**
 * **Deubel, P. PhD. (2007). Moderating and ethics for the classroom instructional blog. //<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #110c5f; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The K-12 Tech Trends Journal. // <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #110c5f; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> http://www.thejournal.com/the/newsletters/k12techtrends/archives/?aid=20257&recipid_alpha;=
 * **English, Cathie (September 2007).Finding a Voice in a Threaded Discussion Group: Talking about Literature Online. //English Journal//. //97, No. 1//, 56-61.**
 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> **Fingal, Diana (November 2008).Tools that Create Buzz: Words in a Cloud. //Learning & Leading with Technology//. 23.**

<span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> > This article discusses a new blogging tool called Posterous. The author illustrates the numerous benefits for using this program over other online social networking sites. In addition, she discusses uploading video and photos from other sites such as Flickr and Twitter to enhance the blog. <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> > Much like the Perry article, this study encourages the use of multiple literacies in the classroom to assist the visual learner. The authors argue that adolescents are bombarded with a variety of texts each day. It is the educator's role to teach how those texts are created and the effect the visual elements have on the reader/viewer. In addition, the authors believe the use of mulitple literacies will enable students to better communicate in an ever-changing world, and question the make-up of the texts before them. <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> > This article is a study presented by the Learning Point Associates in November 2005. Several renowned educational researchers provided their findings. They found that technology has a drastic affect on the reading performance in the middle-school grades and that educators need to incorporate technology into the classroom in order to accommodate this affect. Students no longer solely rely on books for their literary needs. Instead, they use online sources, texting and other avenues as part of their literacy development. <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> > This article lists a variety of ways for educators to incorporate technology in the classroom. Although it was published in 2004, many of the tips and ideas can still be utilized today. At the end of the study, a variety of sources are listed if the reader wants additional information. > <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> > We included this article because it demonstrates the surge of using technology in the classroom has been around for at least ten years. Many of the reasons listed in this article are still relevant and argued today. This brochure provides an interesting window into "where we were" and "how far we've come" in a decade.
 * **Fingal, Diana (November 2008).So Easy Your Mom Can Do It. //Learning & Leading with Technology//. 23.**
 * **Hassett, Dawnene D., & Schieble, Melissa B. (September 2007). Finding Space and Time for the Visual in K-12 Literacy Instruction. //English Journal//. //97, No. 1//, 62-68.**
 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> **Learning Point Associates. (November 2005). //The Effects of Technology on Reading Performance in the Middle-School Grades: A Meta-Analysis with Recommendations for Policy// [Brochure]. Naperville, IL: P. David Pearson.**
 * **Learning Point Associates. (November 2004). //Teacher Education and Technology Planning Guide// [Brochure]. Naperville, IL: Fulton, Kathleen.**
 * **Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory. (May 1999). //The Impact of Technology on Learning: Making Sense of the Research// [Brochure]. Aurora, CO: Carol, Kimble, Ed.D.**

> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This wikispace is devoted to educational technology, and includes information about a variety of technology-based resources. It is maintained by Dr. Scott McLeod, the Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE). It was created with the intention of providing educators with the resources they need to implement technology practices in their classrooms, and to also help educators advocate for advancement of technology and "21st century schools". This resource includes extensive samples of technology practices across a broad spectrum of applications as well. <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> > This online tip sheet includes an honest look at the computer program Zotero. It lists numerous benefits and hints for using the program; however, it also discusses the bugs with the beta system. In addition, it includes a blog in which other users discuss the note-taking program. <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> > This article encourages teachers to use technology to reach disinterested students. Perry argues that music, videos or other forms of technology can grasp a student's attention. In addition, she argues that it demonstrates to the students that their teacher is "in tune" with pop culture and "hip." <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #110c5f; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> > [|**http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=36898&CFID=5276094&CFTOKEN=50304766**]** > <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> This online article includes interviews with winners of the first-ever “Best of the Education Blog” Awards. The panelists discuss the numerous benefits of blogging and how they incorporated this technology tool in their classrooms. <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> > In this article, college professor Jason Ranker illustrates how digital video production can be a valuable tool in the classroom. He describes a lesson plan using Video Studio Editor to create a short documentary on the civil rights movement. At the end of the article, he lists the key skills the students learned while using technology to develop their video project. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #110c5f; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #110c5f; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> > This source lists the numerous consideration a teacher must carefully evaluate before introducing blogging into the classroom. The article addresses purpose, assessments, privacy and set-up. In addition, it offers helpful tips for the first-time blogger. <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> > The author of this article describes the way he uses online texts in the classroom in place of traditional anthologies. He exalts the use of the Internet to gain access to numerous translations of the same text. In addition, he includes numerous lessons and websites that the reader can use to implement online texts in their own classroom. <span style="color: rgb(17,12,95);"> <span style="color: rgb(17,12,95);"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">
 * **Moving Forward (n.d.). Retrieved February 11, 2009, from the Moving Forward Wiki: http://movingforward.wikispaces.com.**<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * **Nelson, Rob (2006, October, 06). Zotero. //The Technology Integration Program//, Retrieved February 21, 2009, from http://tip.wm.edu/?p=88****<span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> **Perry, Tonya (September 2007).Adolescent Voice in the Middle School Classroom: Can You Dig It?. //English Journal//. //97, No. 1//, 109-112.**
 * **Pierce, D. Panelists: blogs are changing education. //<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #110c5f; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">e-School News. //<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #110c5f; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> pg. 1-3.
 * **Ranker, Jason (September 2007).A New Perspective on Inquiry: A Case Study of Digital Video Production. //English Journal//. //97, No. 1//, 77-82.**
 * **Thomas. Using blogs to enhance learning – some helpful tips. //<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #110c5f; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Open Education. //<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #110c5f; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> [|http://www.openeducation.net/2008/10/10/using-blogs-to-enhance-learning-%E2%80%93-some-helpful-tips/]**
 * **Webb, Allen (September 2007).Digital Texts and the New Literacies. //English Journal//. //97, No. 1//, 83-88.**