Collaboration 2.0

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 390-392
Author(s):  
Joseph J. Walsh

Teachers share success stories and ideas that stimulate thinking about the effective use of technology in K–grade 6 classrooms. This month, Walsh reports on using such components as discussion boards, blogs, wiki lessons, and other computer-generated assignments in his methods course.

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 324-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney Baker ◽  
Theresa Wills

Teachers share success stories and ideas that stimulate thinking about the effective use of technology in K–Grade 6 classrooms. This article explores the use of glogs.


2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-121
Author(s):  
Katie L. Anderson

Teachers share success stories and ideas that stimulate thinking about the effective use of technology in K–grade 6 classrooms. This article describes a set of lessons where sixth graders use virtual pattern blocks to develop proportional reasoning. Students' work with the virtual manipulatives reveals a variety of creative solutions and promotes active engagement. The author suggests that technology is most effective when coupled with worthwhile mathematical tasks and rich classroom discussions.


Author(s):  
Denise D. Nation

Research has shown that active learning techniques increase students’ ability to find solutions to problems and help students to think critically about problems. In a technology-driven global arena, in which students will have to compete after they matriculate, effective instruction should advocate effective use of technology incorporating active learning techniques. These techniques should enhance students’ oral and written communication, technological competence, information literacy and critical analysis skills. The purpose of this study is to explore students’ perceptions of blogging as an effective teaching and learning tool for research methods. The study explores if blogging increases students’ performance, if it improves their appreciation of the subject matter and if it reduces their fear/anxiety of the material. The results indicate that blogging could be a viable and effective tool to engage and impact students’ performance.


2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 524-526
Author(s):  
Brandt S. Lapko

Teachers share success stories and ideas that stimulate thinking about the effective use of technology in K–grade 6 classrooms. This article describes how students can use available technology to communicate and share their thinking in popular media formats.


2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 458-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Orr ◽  
Jennifer Suh

Teachers share success stories and ideas that stimulate thinking about the effective use of technology in K—grade 6 classrooms. One way to keep young students engaged and interested in practicing counting is to involve them in using cameras. This article explains how first graders capture 100 images, use Windows MovieMaker or PhotoStory to turn the still images into a video, and then narrate a story using precise math vocabulary to explain their mathematical thinking.


2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 508-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick A. Hudson ◽  
Dionne I. Cross ◽  
Mi Yeon Lee ◽  
Lauren Rapacki

Teachers share success stories and ideas that stimulate thinking about the effective use of technology in K-grade 6 classrooms. Technological tools such as TinkerPlots support elementary school students in constructing statistical meaning and making data-based decisions.


Author(s):  
Charmine E.J. Härtel

Knowledge is the currency of the new economy and consequently information is power. For this reason, it is a business imperative to grow and shape intellectual capital. Human resource management (HRM) plays a pivotal role in creating and growing intellectual capital and embedding it within organizational systems. Previous studies in HRM have demonstrated the connection between technological innovation and HRM in two conspicuously different ways. Specifically, some have illustrated how HR strategies can enhance technological innovation in organizations (Gloet & Terziovski, 2004; Jiménez-Jiménez & Sanz-Valle, 2005) while others have shown ways in which HR functions can be aligned and made more efficient by the effective use of technology (Ashbaugh & Miranda, 2002; Broderick & Boudreau, 1992; Bussler & Davis, 2001/2002). In this article, a more holistic approach is taken in viewing technology as both an input and an outcome of effective HRM. To this end, the aim here is to provide a description of some of the key ways in which HRM can enhance the development, implementation, and success of new technologies as well as how HRM can enhance its own value through the use of new technologies.


Author(s):  
David Judkins ◽  
Youmei Liu

This chapter shares the experiences from a faculty member who teaches an online course-Shakespeare’s Major Plays, and from an instructional designer who helps the faculty design the course. It also relates the effective use of Course Management Tool-WebCT, to facilitate teaching activities and to engage student learning. This chapter concludes that a successful online course depends on two important factors, learner-engaged teaching and effective use of technology. The balance between the two enhances the efficacy of education and technology.


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