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tjcastillo

Education Update:Leveraging Technology to Improve Literacy:Leveraging Technology to Imp... - 1 views

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literacy technology education

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  • According to Kamil, however, that's not necessarily a bad thing: "The important aspect, from my perspective, is that these were classroom programs that replaced about 10 percent of instructional time. What that means is that since there was no difference, the software programs were as good as the teacher." Such findings, Kamil explains, could signify a shift from teachers using technology as merely a supplement to using it as the means of instruction.
  • Despite the lack of data showing that technology has a tremendous effect in the classroom, teachers have found that using technology may help address students' specific learning needs.
  • "The only tool that has enough research behind it is plain, old word processing," MacArthur says. "Students with writing difficulties are able to produce a text that looks good, and they can go back and fix things without introducing new mistakes."
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  • According to MacArthur, word-prediction software, which generates lists of potential words as students type initial letters into the computer, can also help students dramatically improve the legibility and spelling of their writing. In a 2006 article in the Handbook of Writing Research, "The Effects of New Technologies on Writing and Writing Processes," he explains that his series of three studies of 9- and 10-year-olds with severe spelling problems showed that these students' legible words increased from 55 to 85 percent, and their correctly spelled words rose from 42 to 75 percent.
  • Egli notes that using technology alone is not the answer to improving literacy, but the tools help teachers move students toward their individual learning goals. "Using some of the technologies we have now, we can do some things that many of us hoped to achieve for a lot of our special-needs kids—but at a much more efficient rate," she says.
rayek69

Study: Emerging Technology Has Positive Impact in Classroom - US News - 0 views

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  • Taught with the video lectures, Roshan's students in the 2010-11 school year scored an average of 4.11 on the AP calculus test, compared to the 3.59 average among her students who took the test and were taught in the traditional classroom setting the year before. And a third of the class—a 10 percent increase from the previous year—scored a 5, the highest score a student can achieve on an AP test.
  • For a public school district, such as the Chicago Public Schools, budget concerns "are always an issue," says Talha Basit, the client computer service manager at CPS. Though there are more than 400,000 students among 675 schools, only about 100,000 computers and 5,000 iPads are available for student use.
  • rayek69 on 11 Sep 14
     
    Scores improved with Tech
rayek69

Increasing Motivation and Engagement in Elementary and Middle School Studen...: EBSCOhost - 1 views

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computers technology improvement

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  • rayek69 on 10 Sep 14
     
    Article on how technology has helped kids learn in classrooms
folashayshay

literacy improvement video - 2 views

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computers proof literacy technology

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  • folashayshay on 10 Sep 14
     
    In this video Katie McKnight uses the example of research to explain how technology has enhanced literary skills and changed the way research is conducted and how it makes researching more rigorous. McKnight stated that some teachers think technology dumbs down students when really it enhances learning capabilities because we have access to so much more all at once, which gives us a way to conduct better research just in an easier form.
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