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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Technology Literacy"”.
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Examining the influence of educational mobile application software on students’ technology literacy
… was to employ the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Standards for Students as taxonomy to classify educational mobile application (app) software into seven categories and empirically examine the influence on students’ technology literacy. A purposeful sample of fifth …
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The Effects of Peer Coaching for Technology Integration on Teachers’ Comfort, Practice, and Student Technology Literacy
… learned how to improve student learning with technology. The data revealed that though change in comfort was only approaching significance, teachers’ personal statements demonstrated improved comfort. Similarly, change in practices with technology was found to be non-significant; however, …
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Access granted: A study of the factors affecting the development of technology literacy in black males
… of the digital divide is the need to expand technology literacy. Access to technology was believed to be one of the causes for the discrepancy that exists, but there is a deeper divide: the divide that exists between technology literacy, and career readiness. Although access to technology has …
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A Survey to Assess the Technology Literacy of Undergraduate Music Majors at Big -10 Universities: Implications for Undergraduate Courses in Music Education Technology
… are given for the curriculum of music education technology courses along with strategies for integrating technology experiences throughout the music education curricula. Suggestions are also given for the professional development of inservice teachers.
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A Case Study of Parental Behaviors in an English Language Learner Community Technology Literacy Lab Setting and the Extension of the Behaviors in the Home
The purpose of the study was to describe a family literacy program attempting to teach adult English language learners (ELL) the knowledge and skills that would allow them to support their children's learning at home. The methodology employed was a multi-case study. Fourteen adult participants were …
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The challenges of the emerging use of technology in schools: an analysis of a selected urban school system in Georgia
This study analyzed how technology leadership and technology integration impact technology literacy by analyzing technology scores of selected eighth grade students from selected Atlanta City Schools. Because levels of technology proficiency for eighth grade students is a mandated expectation at …
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Virtualizing The Word: Expanding Walter Ong's Theory Of Orality And Literacy Through A Culture Of Virtuality
… through a theoretical expansion of Walter Ong's literacy and orality culture model. It investigates the ubiquitous and multimodal nature of the virtuality cultural phenomenon that is mediated by contemporary technology and not explained by pre-existing cultural conventions. Through examining the …
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Designing episode content for Design Squad, a new educational engineering children's television program : the human powered water pump as a design challenge
… and engineering education in the United States. Technology literacy is low, there are insufficient numbers of engineering students, and there are misconceptions surrounding the engineering profession. To remedy these problems, WGBH Boston and MIT have created a reality-style engineering-based …
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Exploring Teacher’s Attitudes and Behaviors in Implementing Instructional Technology into Curriculum
… evaluation explored how effective integration of technology resources and systems with teacher training and curriculum development can occur despite teachers limited technology competencies. Theses competencies increase when teachers have desire and opportunities to become better acquainted with …
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Technological literacy: design and testing of an instrument to measure eighth-grade achievement in technology education
… eighth-grade student achievement in the study of technology. The instrument measured the impact of instruction in technology education to determine if technology education instruction guided by the Standards for Technological Literacy (STL) can enhance students' technological literacy. The …
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Examining a cross-cultural distance education course : an ethnographic case study
… of the curriculum and the enablement of technology affordances. They suggested that the instructor’s personal value and intrinsic motivation, well-supported technology framework, and a long stable international partnership helped sustain her engagement in cross-cultural distance education …
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The professional development of tourist police in Thailand : an investigation into English communication competency
… identified from the e-learning analysis include technology literacy and access limitations, the quality of the e-learning course, the pedagogy and learning style used, and some affective factors. Guidelines and recommendations were developed to guide future research and development as well as TP …
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Teaching The First: A Phenomenological Study Of Southeastern Community College Instructors Communicating With First-Generation College Students
… communication of student expectations, access to technology, literacy and academic dishonesty can be found by observing their vastly different instructor strategies. Their approaches to helping students negotiate higher education reflect the tenets of transformative leadership. Transformative …
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A Correlation of Technology Implementation and Middle School Academic Achievement in Tennessee's Middle Schools.
… implementation and integration of computer based technology into the middle schools of Tennessee and the achievement test scores of the middle school students in grades 6, 7, and 8.</p><p>In January of 2004, 2005, and 2006 the Tennessee Department of Education implemented the EdTech Tennessee …
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Bringing the Real World into the Classroom: Career Change Business Educators and the Pedagogies of Engagement
… rapidly evolving due to increases in innovative technology and global competition. Educators are expected to prepare a digital generation of students to face the challenges that lie ahead as they transition into this new workforce. To meet the needs of this new generation, teachers are …
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Modelling Malaysia residents’ behavioural intention to use smartwatch: the role of health technology and device benefits
… to the market. According to numerous smartwatch technology adoption journals, consumer smartwatch functionalities such as health technology, infotainment and communications, supported living and safety, and lifestyle and fashion are beneficial for social well-being. Researchers hypothesised that …
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The use of telerehabilitation in physiotherapy inlower-middle income countries: a scoping review
… of TR in LMICs should be addressed by promoting technology literacy through training and installing modern TR infrastructure or using low bandwidth technologies to reduce slow internet connections during TR sessions. Future research should be conducted that includes a larger pool of data to …
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Read, write, develop: The social and economic impact of literacy in South Africa
The topic of literacy has received a decent amount of attention over the years both academically and from various institutions and forums across the globe. The increased focus on addressing illiteracy drove the global illiteracy rate down from 40% in 1970 to 25% in 1990. Initiatives to promote …
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Investigating the Effect of Technological Literacy on Implicit Association Test Scores
… examines the relationship between technological literacy and differences in Implicit Association Test scores measures through the traditional keyboard method and an alternately developed mouse-tracked method. The objective of this exploratory study was to investigate whether technological …
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