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Research paper thumbnail of Creating a Movie in Webkinz Studio

Creating a Movie in Webkinz Studio

homepages.dsu.edu

What if your student could learn digital skills needed for the 21 sl century, improve their writi... more What if your student could learn digital skills needed for the 21 sl century, improve their writingskills, and exercise their creativity and imagination, aU from their home, and without having to spend valuable inservice time training teachers? There are tools online to help ...

Research paper thumbnail of Literacy and Learning in the Web Based environment

editlib.org

ACE High School is an inner city community-based charter school for at risk students in the Cinci... more ACE High School is an inner city community-based charter school for at risk students in the Cincin nati, Ohio area. As such, it is part of the Ohio public school structure and receives its money directly from the Ohio Department of Education. The school, now in its third year of operation, has an enrollment of 400 students. Students at tending PACE High School are at risk in ner city youth; most "thrown away" from the surrounding traditional public high schools. Students range in age from 14-22; the majority are 2 years older than they should be for their grade placement. Al most half the population at PACE have only enough credits to be classified as 9 fh graders; however, many believe. because they have been in high school for 3-4 years, that they are juniors or seniors. Entering students in 2004-2005 were given the Nelson Denny Reading Test for high school students. The test results ranged from below 4th grade level to a few students at 9 th grade or higher. The major ity of students were reading below their grade level placement. In fall 2006, all students were given the North West Educa tion Assessment (NWEA) test. This test indicated that over half the students had reading and literacy skills equivalent to third and fourth grade levels. Mathematics

Research paper thumbnail of South Dakota College Students Use Pokemon Go to Teach STEM to Fourth Graders -- THE Journal.pdf

THE Journal article on how the Pokemon Go game can be used to teach elementary students about STE... more THE Journal article on how the Pokemon Go game can be used to teach elementary students about STEM objects in their world.

Research paper thumbnail of Augmented Reality South Dakota College Students Use Pokemon Go to Teach STEM to Fourth Graders

Did you know that Pikachu, Squirtle, Eevee and Mewtwo can help teach science, technology, enginee... more Did you know that Pikachu, Squirtle, Eevee and Mewtwo can help teach science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) concepts to elementary school kids? The popular Pokémon Go characters are part of a project at Dakota State University (DSU) in Madison, SD. Juniors in a technology in education class used the smartphone ­based augmented reality game late last month to teach local fourth graders concepts such as photosynthesis, gravity and the transformation of electricity.

Research paper thumbnail of Teaching STEM with Pokemon Go

Article in the Madison Daily Leader, describing how Dakota State Students, under the direction o... more Article in the Madison Daily Leader, describing how Dakota State Students, under the direction of Dr. Mark Geary, used the popular augmented reality game Pokemon Go to teach fourth graders about STEM influences in their daily lives.

Research paper thumbnail of Dakota State University Students Use Pokemon Go to Teach STEM to Fourth Graders -- THE Journal.pdf

Article in THE Journal describing how Dakota State Students, under the direction of Dr. Mark Gear... more Article in THE Journal describing how Dakota State Students, under the direction of Dr. Mark Geary, used the popular augmented reality game Pokemon Go to teach fourth graders about STEM influences in their daily lives.

Research paper thumbnail of Reflections on Technology Integration

Florida Educational Leadership

Research paper thumbnail of Student Project - The Thing about Rocks

Preservice teachers create graphic narrative to help sixth graders understand the Rock Cycle. Stu... more Preservice teachers create graphic narrative to help sixth graders understand the Rock Cycle. Students who worked on this project did a great job!
Cody Linneweber
Stephanie Kruggel
Cassey Penney
Sarah Chapman

Research paper thumbnail of Rocky Mountain Reading Conference Presentation on Comics, Video and Storyboarding

Early presentation on use of sequential art in the classroom

Research paper thumbnail of Heroes, Helpers and Entrepreneurs

Look at how entrepreneurship historically helped a small South Dakota town, and how it could be t... more Look at how entrepreneurship historically helped a small South Dakota town, and how it could be taught more effectively.

Research paper thumbnail of Death to the Textbook

Discusses alternatives to boring textbooks by using student created sequential art narratives to ... more Discusses alternatives to boring textbooks by using student created sequential art narratives to create engaging learning materials. From WCET 2012 conference.

Research paper thumbnail of Not the Usual Suspects Poetry and Graphic Novels as 21st Century Tools

Florida Educational Leadership

Considers the use of sequential art and graphic narratives as part of the process needed to devel... more Considers the use of sequential art and graphic narratives as part of the process needed to develop visual writing skills for students who will be as likely to communicate using video interfaces than textual ones.

Research paper thumbnail of Supporting Cell Phones in Schools

This paper discusses the process and problems involved with introducing mobile phones into a char... more This paper discusses the process and problems involved with introducing mobile phones into a charter school for highly at-risk students. One of, if not THE first actual implementations of phones in the schools as a learning tool, in 2006.

Research paper thumbnail of The Complexity of Teaching in the Information Age

Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue

Teaching is a highly complex task. Many educators and curriculum leaders suggest that technology... more Teaching is a highly complex task. Many educators and curriculum leaders suggest that technology can help
teachers with that complex task. This article examines the complexity of teaching and suggests that in many
ways technology does not necessarily make the task easier, but rather more difficult. The additional consider­ations a teacher must engage in when thinking about using technology as both teaching and learning tools are
explored in the three stages of teaching: pre-active (planning); interactive (classroom events) and post-active
(evaluation). This article was co-authored with Dr. Marcella Kysilka and Dr. Sharon Schepise.

Research paper thumbnail of Literacy and Learning in the Web Based Environment

Florida Educational Leadership

Ways of enhancing literacy in virtual schools.

Research paper thumbnail of Phun with Photostory 3

Florida Educational Leadership

Discusses ways of using Photostory 3 for poetry and booktrailers.

Research paper thumbnail of Creating a Movie in WebKinz Studio

More and more students are content creators in the 21st Century, with much of the content being c... more More and more students are content creators in the 21st Century, with much of the content being created in Video format. Using a popular online website, this article discusses the academic uses of movie creation within webkinz, using webkinz studio.

Research paper thumbnail of Digital Implementation of Visual Learning Strategies

Digital Implementation of Visual Learning Strategies

editlib.org

PhotoStory and Cmap are free software programs which offer a new digital method of sharing that m... more PhotoStory and Cmap are free software programs which offer a new digital method of sharing that maximizes the effectiveness of visual learning strategies. You will be able to see varied examples of how the instructor uses these visual tools. The authors will lead the participants though ...

Research paper thumbnail of A Force More Powerful: Blended Learning for the Digital Age

A Force More Powerful: Blended Learning for the Digital Age

editlib.org, Jan 1, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Supporting Cell Phone Use In the Classroom

Florida Educational Leadership

Talks about ways of introducing cell phones as productive teaching tools. Note: Replace Wiffiti w... more Talks about ways of introducing cell phones as productive teaching tools. Note: Replace Wiffiti with PollEverywhere Open Polls.

Research paper thumbnail of Creating a Movie in Webkinz Studio

Creating a Movie in Webkinz Studio

homepages.dsu.edu

What if your student could learn digital skills needed for the 21 sl century, improve their writi... more What if your student could learn digital skills needed for the 21 sl century, improve their writingskills, and exercise their creativity and imagination, aU from their home, and without having to spend valuable inservice time training teachers? There are tools online to help ...

Research paper thumbnail of Literacy and Learning in the Web Based environment

editlib.org

ACE High School is an inner city community-based charter school for at risk students in the Cinci... more ACE High School is an inner city community-based charter school for at risk students in the Cincin nati, Ohio area. As such, it is part of the Ohio public school structure and receives its money directly from the Ohio Department of Education. The school, now in its third year of operation, has an enrollment of 400 students. Students at tending PACE High School are at risk in ner city youth; most "thrown away" from the surrounding traditional public high schools. Students range in age from 14-22; the majority are 2 years older than they should be for their grade placement. Al most half the population at PACE have only enough credits to be classified as 9 fh graders; however, many believe. because they have been in high school for 3-4 years, that they are juniors or seniors. Entering students in 2004-2005 were given the Nelson Denny Reading Test for high school students. The test results ranged from below 4th grade level to a few students at 9 th grade or higher. The major ity of students were reading below their grade level placement. In fall 2006, all students were given the North West Educa tion Assessment (NWEA) test. This test indicated that over half the students had reading and literacy skills equivalent to third and fourth grade levels. Mathematics

Research paper thumbnail of South Dakota College Students Use Pokemon Go to Teach STEM to Fourth Graders -- THE Journal.pdf

THE Journal article on how the Pokemon Go game can be used to teach elementary students about STE... more THE Journal article on how the Pokemon Go game can be used to teach elementary students about STEM objects in their world.

Research paper thumbnail of Augmented Reality South Dakota College Students Use Pokemon Go to Teach STEM to Fourth Graders

Did you know that Pikachu, Squirtle, Eevee and Mewtwo can help teach science, technology, enginee... more Did you know that Pikachu, Squirtle, Eevee and Mewtwo can help teach science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) concepts to elementary school kids? The popular Pokémon Go characters are part of a project at Dakota State University (DSU) in Madison, SD. Juniors in a technology in education class used the smartphone ­based augmented reality game late last month to teach local fourth graders concepts such as photosynthesis, gravity and the transformation of electricity.

Research paper thumbnail of Teaching STEM with Pokemon Go

Article in the Madison Daily Leader, describing how Dakota State Students, under the direction o... more Article in the Madison Daily Leader, describing how Dakota State Students, under the direction of Dr. Mark Geary, used the popular augmented reality game Pokemon Go to teach fourth graders about STEM influences in their daily lives.

Research paper thumbnail of Dakota State University Students Use Pokemon Go to Teach STEM to Fourth Graders -- THE Journal.pdf

Article in THE Journal describing how Dakota State Students, under the direction of Dr. Mark Gear... more Article in THE Journal describing how Dakota State Students, under the direction of Dr. Mark Geary, used the popular augmented reality game Pokemon Go to teach fourth graders about STEM influences in their daily lives.

Research paper thumbnail of Reflections on Technology Integration

Florida Educational Leadership

Research paper thumbnail of Student Project - The Thing about Rocks

Preservice teachers create graphic narrative to help sixth graders understand the Rock Cycle. Stu... more Preservice teachers create graphic narrative to help sixth graders understand the Rock Cycle. Students who worked on this project did a great job!
Cody Linneweber
Stephanie Kruggel
Cassey Penney
Sarah Chapman

Research paper thumbnail of Rocky Mountain Reading Conference Presentation on Comics, Video and Storyboarding

Early presentation on use of sequential art in the classroom

Research paper thumbnail of Heroes, Helpers and Entrepreneurs

Look at how entrepreneurship historically helped a small South Dakota town, and how it could be t... more Look at how entrepreneurship historically helped a small South Dakota town, and how it could be taught more effectively.

Research paper thumbnail of Death to the Textbook

Discusses alternatives to boring textbooks by using student created sequential art narratives to ... more Discusses alternatives to boring textbooks by using student created sequential art narratives to create engaging learning materials. From WCET 2012 conference.

Research paper thumbnail of Not the Usual Suspects Poetry and Graphic Novels as 21st Century Tools

Florida Educational Leadership

Considers the use of sequential art and graphic narratives as part of the process needed to devel... more Considers the use of sequential art and graphic narratives as part of the process needed to develop visual writing skills for students who will be as likely to communicate using video interfaces than textual ones.

Research paper thumbnail of Supporting Cell Phones in Schools

This paper discusses the process and problems involved with introducing mobile phones into a char... more This paper discusses the process and problems involved with introducing mobile phones into a charter school for highly at-risk students. One of, if not THE first actual implementations of phones in the schools as a learning tool, in 2006.

Research paper thumbnail of The Complexity of Teaching in the Information Age

Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue

Teaching is a highly complex task. Many educators and curriculum leaders suggest that technology... more Teaching is a highly complex task. Many educators and curriculum leaders suggest that technology can help
teachers with that complex task. This article examines the complexity of teaching and suggests that in many
ways technology does not necessarily make the task easier, but rather more difficult. The additional consider­ations a teacher must engage in when thinking about using technology as both teaching and learning tools are
explored in the three stages of teaching: pre-active (planning); interactive (classroom events) and post-active
(evaluation). This article was co-authored with Dr. Marcella Kysilka and Dr. Sharon Schepise.

Research paper thumbnail of Literacy and Learning in the Web Based Environment

Florida Educational Leadership

Ways of enhancing literacy in virtual schools.

Research paper thumbnail of Phun with Photostory 3

Florida Educational Leadership

Discusses ways of using Photostory 3 for poetry and booktrailers.

Research paper thumbnail of Creating a Movie in WebKinz Studio

More and more students are content creators in the 21st Century, with much of the content being c... more More and more students are content creators in the 21st Century, with much of the content being created in Video format. Using a popular online website, this article discusses the academic uses of movie creation within webkinz, using webkinz studio.

Research paper thumbnail of Digital Implementation of Visual Learning Strategies

Digital Implementation of Visual Learning Strategies

editlib.org

PhotoStory and Cmap are free software programs which offer a new digital method of sharing that m... more PhotoStory and Cmap are free software programs which offer a new digital method of sharing that maximizes the effectiveness of visual learning strategies. You will be able to see varied examples of how the instructor uses these visual tools. The authors will lead the participants though ...

Research paper thumbnail of A Force More Powerful: Blended Learning for the Digital Age

A Force More Powerful: Blended Learning for the Digital Age

editlib.org, Jan 1, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Supporting Cell Phone Use In the Classroom

Florida Educational Leadership

Talks about ways of introducing cell phones as productive teaching tools. Note: Replace Wiffiti w... more Talks about ways of introducing cell phones as productive teaching tools. Note: Replace Wiffiti with PollEverywhere Open Polls.