Research+Wiki+2011

=Final Topics and Research=

Follow this list with **working links** to at least 3 resources you have used to make your final selection for your topic.
NOW that you have identified your final research topic and written some research questions, post them below following your name line. This will be before the 3 topics you previously posted.

**1.One to One Computing in Elementary Education**
[|One-to-One Computing in Teacher Education: Faculty Concerns and Implications for Teacher Educators] [|Choosing the Perfect Tools for One-to-One] [|From Many-to-One to One-to-Many: The Evolution of Ubiquitous Computing in Education]

**2. One to One Computing and Increase in Engagement**
[|Educational Outcomes and Research from 1:1 Computing Settings] [|An Examination of One-to-One Computing in the Middle School: Does Increased Access Bring about Increased Student Engagement?] [|Learning with laptops: the impact of one-to-one computing on student attitudes and classroom perceptions]

**3. Technology Integration in Elementary Classrooms**
[|Effects of Technology Integration Education on the Attitudes of Teachers and Students] [|Key Emerging Technologies for Elementary and Secondary Education] [|Addressing first- and second-order barriers to change: Strategies for technology integration]

**__Joni's Three Topics__**

 * Topic: The role of belief systems in creating 21st century learning environments.**
 * Broad Question:** What is the role of teacher belief systems concerning technology integration into 21st century learning environments?
 * Subquestion:** What are teachers' goals, knowledge, and beliefs concerning technology integration in the classroom?
 * Subquestion:** What are the factors or barriers associated with technology in the 21st century classroom, which affect teacher belief systems?
 * Subquestion:** How do teacher beliefs about 21st century learning environments shape their perceptions regarding technology use?
 * Subquestion:** What are the connections between existing belief systems and how teachers create 21st century learning environments?

1. How is One to One Computing Beneficial?
[|One-to-One Computing: What Does It Bring to Schools?] Laptop Lessons: Exploring the Promise of One-to-One Computing. Student-reported differences in technology use and skills after the implementation of one-to-one computing An Examination of One-to-One Computing in the Middle School: Does Increased Access Bring About Increased Student Engagement? [|One-to one computing: The Future is Now]

2. How do iPads benefit elementary students?
[|Teaching Kids One App at a Time] [|Why do iPads Matter in the Classroom?] [|Measuring the iPad's Potential for Education] The Use of iPad as a Learning Tool

3. What do Web 3.0 Tools have to do with the future of education?
[|Web 3.0: Chicken farms on the semantic web] [|Web 3.0: Implications for Online Learning] Are Web 3.0 Tools the way of the Future?

__Chelsey's Three Topics__
What effects do electronic storybooks have on reading accuracy versus traditional books? Who benefits the most from electronic storybooks at the elementary level? (Examples: struggling readers, emergent readers, average readers) What effects do electronic storybooks have on comprehension? How are teachers implementing electronic storybooks?
 * Topic: The effects electronic storybooks have on reading achievement in the elementary classroom.**
 * Broad Question:** What are the effects electronic storybooks have on reading achievement in the elementary classroom?
 * Subquestions:**

1. What are the effects one to one laptops have on writing?
Laptops and Fourth Grade Literacy Assisting the Jump over Fourth Grade Slump Learning With Laptops Implementations and Outcomes in an Urban, Under Privileged School The Effects of Computers on Student Writing A Meta Analysis of Studies from 1992 to 2002

2. What effect do electronic storybooks have on literacy achievement?
The Effect of Electronic Storybooks on Struggling Fourth Graders' Reading Comprehension Interactive Computer Software The Effects on Young Children's Reading Achievement Using Electronic Storybooks with Beginning Readers

3. How are interactive whiteboards more effective than regular whiteboards on student learning?
Interactive Whiteboards Truths and Consequences Are Interactive Whiteboards Worth the Investment? Learning Environments Using Interactive Whiteboards New Learning Spaces or Reproduction or Old Technologies

__Bill's Three Topics__
//Alternate: What Language Arts concepts are most strengthened by the use of digital storytelling?// //Alternate: What do core curriculum subjects identify as the most important communication skills?// //Alternate: What kinds of learning have been identified by the use of digital storytelling?//
 * Topic: Digital Storytelling and its effect upon building communication skills across the curriculum **
 * Broad Question:** How does digital storytelling effect building students' communication skills across the curriculum?
 * Subquestion**: Which communication skills are enhanced by digital storytelling?
 * Subquestion:** What communication skills are identified as most important by differing curriculum subjects?
 * Subquestion:** What skills besides communication does digital story telling build?

===**1. What advantages does digital film creation/digital storytelling provide over traditional writing approaches to explore literary concepts ?**=== [|The Educational Use of Digital Storytelling from the University of Houston.] [|The Story Center.org]. "An international nonprofit training, project development, and research organization that assists youth and adults around the world in using digital media tools to craft and record meaningful stories from their lives and share these stories in ways that enable learning, build community, and inspire justice. " [|Research Directions: Literacies in a Participatory, Multimodal World: The Arts and Aesthetics of Web 2.0 (Lalitha Vasudevan)] [|Digital Video:Scaffolding Fieldworking Skills for Research Writing (Nancy Remler)]

===2. **What is the best practice for creating online course guidelines for schools (where none currently exist)?** === [|Quality Matters Program.] Rubrics and standards used to create and evaluate online courses [|Illinois Online Network.] “ION promotes and builds foundations for developing faculty and supporting online-enhanced education.” [|MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching).] “Find peer reviewed online teaching and learning materials. Share advice and expertise about education with expert colleagues. Be recognized for your contributions to quality education.” [|Keeping Pace with K-12 Online Learning]. An annual review of policy and practice of online education, specifically K-12 offerings.

===**3. How is the digital stage/theater design process more effective than traditional analog methods?** === [|But a Walking Shadow: Designing, Performing and Learning on the Virtual Stage (Kuksa, Iryna & Childs, Mark)] [|Digital Set Design]. A snapshot of what was available ten years ago. [|University of North Carolina School of the Arts Design and Production website.] [|The United States Institute for Theater Technology.] They have created and maintained standards for theater design.

__Lance's Three Topics__

 * Topic: The effects of administrative technology use on technology integration in schools. **
 * Broad Question:** What effects does administrative use of technology have on technology integration is schools?
 * Subquestion:** Does the use of web 2.0 tools by administrators increase integration into the curriculum?
 * Subquestion:** What positive effects does the use of technology by administrators have on school environment?
 * Subquestion:** What technologies are most used by administrators in well integrated schools?

1. Technology as a tool rather than a solution.
[|Technology Integration: A Best Practice Perspective] [|Using technology wisely: the keys to success in schools] [|Integrating Technology into the Classroom: Eight Keys to Success]

2. How does administrative use of technology affect a school's adoption?
[|Addressing first- and second-order barriers to change: Strategies for technology integration] [|Examining technology acceptance by school teachers: a longitudinal study] [|Administrators Accessing the Effectiveness of Technology] [|School technology leadership: An empirical investigation of prevalence and effect]

3. Top down or bottom up when it comes to technology integration?
[|Barriers To The Effective Use of Technology in Education: Current Status] [|Integrating technology into K-12 teaching and learning: current knowledge gaps and recommendations for future research] [|Teacher pedagogical beliefs: The final frontier in our quest for technology integration?]

__Paul's Three Topics__
Topic: Integrating Technology through the implementation of social networking websites in the classroom

What are the effects of incorporating social networking websites in the classroom? What are effective social networking websites collaborative activities in the classroom? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What happens to literacy when social networking websites are used for discussions? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How can learning be measured with social networking websites <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What methods of social networking websites has demonstrated to be effective in the classroom?

1. Will the ipad revolutionize education?
[|Mobile Perspectives: On iPads] [|Why Mobile?] [|iPads Could Hinder Teaching, Professors Say.] [|ENTER THE iPAD (or not?)]

2. Providing professional development for effective use of technology
[|Connecting instructional technology professional development to teacher and student outcomes.] [|Teacher Education Can't Ignore Technology] [|A SPECIAL SECTION ON TECHNOLOGY: One Order of Ed Tech Coming Up . . . You Want Fries With That?]

3. Improved Integration of Web 2.0 Technologies into Curriculum
[|Integrating Web 2.0 across the Curriculum] [|3 for 3: which web 2.0 tools are best suited for enabling collaboration in teaching and learning?] [|Bolstering teaching through online tools.]

__Sara's Three Topics__
//**Topic: Internet filtering and how it affects the student learning environment.**// //**Broad Research Question:** How does internet filtering affect the student learning environment?// //**Subquestion:** What impact does internet filtering have on classroom management?// //**Subquestion:** What impact does internet filtering have on student access to information? ***(too biased???)***// //**Subquestion:** What impact does internet filtering have on student access to Web 2.0 tools? ***(too biased??)***// //Alternate 1: What impact does CIPA have on internet filtering?// //Alternate 2: How does internet filtering affect the need for internet safety training?// //Alternate 3: What role does internet filtering play in cyberbullying?//

1. CIPA’s Impact on Schools’ Internet Filtering and How that Affects Student Learning
(Teaching students to use the internet wisely versus (over)protecting them with laws.Does filtering at home mimic filtering at school?) [|What are we protecting them from?] [|Differences in high school and college students' basic knowledge and perceived education of Internet safety: Do high school students really benefit from the Children's Internet Protection Act?] [|MINORS' FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS: CIPA & School Libraries] [|Revisiting Filtering] [|Children's Internet Protection Act] [|ALA and CIPA]

2. Online Video and How It Supports Student Learning and Engagement
[|The Use of Video to Enable Deep Learning] [|Using Online Video to Support Student Learning and Engagement] [|If a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words Is Video Worth a Million? Differences in Affective and Cognitive Processing of Video and Text Cases] [|Flipped!: Want to Get Teens Excited about Summer Reading? Just Add Video]

3. Government Websites for Student Learning
(Comparing Government created websites for students from countries around the world, and whether these are useful, politically slanted, worth the time and money.) [|Government Websites for Children: How Useful Are They for Content Instruction?] [|Government of India Websites: A Study] [|Preserving Access to Government Websites: Development and Practice in the CyberCemetery] [|Gov in the Classroom: Using Government Websites in Library Instruction]

__Stacy's Three Topics__

 * //Topic://** //Building business skills in high school business classrooms with the use of online games and simulation//s
 * Broad Research Question:** How can students build business skills in high school business classrooms with the use of online games and simulations?
 * Subquestion:** What are ways online games and simulations can be integrated into the curriculum of business classrooms?
 * Subquestion:** What impact will online games and simulations have on students' learning and motivation?
 * Subquestion:** What are business skills students can learn while using online games and simulations to better prepare them for the 21st century workplace?
 * Subquestion:** How can the students' knowledge of business skills be assessed when using online games and simulations?

1. Using technology to prepare students for the 21st Century workplace.
[|Teachers of the 21st Century Know the What, Why, and How of Technology Integration] [|A Study of Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Technology Integration in the Classroom] [|Preparing the 21st Century Worker: The Link between Computer-based Technology Skills Sets] [|A Web 2.0 Class: Students Learn 21st Century Skills, Collaboration, and Digital Citizenship]

2. Do schools have the technology needed to prepare students for the workplace?
[|Return to Sender: Schools Continue to Deliver New Graduates lacking the Tech-based “Soft”Skills that Businesses Demand] [|Bringing the World of High Technology into Rural Schools] [|Myths and Realities about Technology in K-12 Schools]

3. Using online games to help students improve their 21st Century skills.
[|Video Games in Education] [|Massive Multiplayer Online Gaming: A Research Framework for Military Training and Education] [|Games Evolve as Tools for Teaching Financial Literacy; Online Simulations Emphasize Skill Development]

__Marty's Three Topics__
//**Topic: The effects of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) on differentiated learning in a postsecondary setting.**//

//**Primary Question:** How can UDL principles and techniques address diversity and individual learning styles in a higher education setting?// //**Subquestion:** How does UDL influence the selection of media and tools used in a course?// //**Subquestion:** What influence can UDL have on assessment methods?// //**Subquestion:**// //What is the current state of UDL at postsecondary institutions?//
 * //Subquestion://** //What effect does UDL have on the structure of a course?//

1. The effective application of Universal Design in Higher Education
Curriculum Transformation and Disability: Implementing Universal Design in Higher Education Universal Design in Higher Education: An Approach for Inclusion Universal Design for Instruction: A New Paradigm for Adult Instruction in Postsecondary Education Pedagogy and Student Services for Institutional Transformation: Implementing Universal Design in Higher Education

2. Using social technologies in learning and professional development settings
Using Social Networking to Enhance Your Personal/Professional Development Web 2.0 Technologies and Back Channel Communication in an Online Learning Community Tapping the Wealth of Social Networks for Professional Development Facing Facebook: A Guide for Nonteens

3. The opportunities and challenges of mobile-based learning
A Pedagogical Framework for Mobile Learning: Categorizing Education Applications of Mobile Technologies into Four Types Mobile Goes Mainstream A Formative Assessment-Based Mobile Learning Approach to Improving the Learning Attitudes and Achievements of Students Using Mobile Technologies for Assessment and Learning in Practice Settings: Outcomes of Five Case Studies Mobile Teaching vs Mobile Learning

__Jami's Three Topics__
__Working Topic:__ Professional development models for technology integration Broad Question: What are effective professional development models for elementary technology integration? Subquestion: What are the effects of professional development models on developing teachers' skills needed to effectively integrate new technologies into the curriculum? Subquestion: What factors effect the success rate of introducing new technology to teachers? Subquestion: What factors effect teachers' attitude and motivation to integrate technology?

1. Ipads in the elementary classroom Ipads, Ipod touches, and Iphones as Assistive Technology in Education Ipod, Iphone, now Ipad: The Evolution of Multimedia Access in Mobile Teaching Context Elementary Education, There's an App for That

2. Professional Development for effective technology integration How to Introduce New Technology to a Staff Enabling Educators to Integrate Technology Connecting Instructional Technology Professional Development to Teacher and Student Outcomes

3. The best mode for 1:1 classroom environment The New One to One One to One Computing in Teacher Education: Faculty Concerns and Implications A Few Design Perspectives on One-to-One Digital Classroom Environment

__Cathy O's Three Topics__
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Research question:** What are the effects of using social technology in professional development?
 * Working Topic: Using social technology to build professional development for the twenty-first century.**
 * Subquestions:**
 * What influence does Twitter have on professional development for teachers?
 * ====== What influence does Twitter have on communication between teachers and administration? ======
 * ====== What effect does Twitter use have on the creation of a teacher’s PLN (Personal Learning Network)? ======
 * ====== What effect does blogging have on a teacher’s professional development? ======

1.Online professional development as an effective tool
Teacher Participation in Online Communities: Why Do Teachers Want to Participate in Self-Generated Online Communities of K-12 Teachers? Professional Development at a Distance: A Mixed-Method Study Exploring Inservice Teachers' Views on Presence Online Live, Online Short-Courses: A Case Study of Innovative Teacher Professional Development

2. What models are effective to evaluate the effectiveness of professional development focused on the integration of technology.
Toward Continuous Program Improvement: Using a Logic Model for Professional Development School Program Evaluation Evaluation across Contexts: Evaluating the Impact of Technology Integration Professional Development Partnerships Where Are We At? An Empirical Study of Levels and Methods of Evaluating Continuing Professional Development

3. What elements are common to successful professional development programs?
Closing the Achievement Gap: Examining the Role of Cognitive Developmental Level in Academic Achievement Framing the Assessment of Educational Technology Professional Development in a Culture of Learning. Connecting Instructional Technology Professional Development to Teacher and Student Outcomes

=__Carrie's Three Topics__=

Topic: Effects of telecollaboration on multicultural education in high school students. Broad Question: What are the effects of telecollaboration on multicultural education in high school students? Subquestion 1: What effect does social media have in developing cultural awareness? Subquestion 2: How will experiencing other cultures impact a high school student's perception of the world? Subquestion 3: What types of telecollaboration are most effective in developing tolerance and acceptance in high school students?

**1. At-Risk/Alternative Education** Alternative Education Programs for At-Risk Youth: Issues, Best Practice, and Recommendations. Locus of Control and At-Risk Youth: A Comparison of Regular Education High School Students and Students in Alternative Schools How Schools alienate Students at Risk: A Model for Examining Proximal Classroom Variables

Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education. Third Edition. Making choices for multicultural education: five approaches to race, class and gender, 6th edition The Canon Debate, Knowledge Construction, and Multicultural Education
 * 2. Do multi-cultural experiences impact a student’s perspective/culture?**

**3. Social Networking in Education** The Benefits of Facebook “Friends:” Social Capital and College Students’ Use of Online Social Network Sites Whose Space? Differences Among Users and Non-Users of Social Network Sites Taking risky opportunities in youthful content creation: teenagers' use of social networking sites for intimacy, privacy and self-expression Integrating Social Networking Technologies in Education:??A Case Study of a Formal Learning Environment

__Jennie'sThree Topics__
What effects do inverted classrooms have on learning versus traditional lecture? Who benefits the most from an inverted classroom? (Examples: struggling learners, average learners, advanced learners) What effects does an inverted classroom have on retention? What aspects of teacher implementation of the inverted classroom have the greatest effect on learning?
 * Topic:** The effects of the inverted, or flipped, classroom on student achievement.
 * Broad Question:** Does flipping the classroom result in improved learning?
 * Subquestions:**

1. Does "flipping" the classroom result in improved learning and student retention in difficult classes?
Flipping the Work Design in an industrial engineering course How the Flipped Classroom Is Radically Transforming Learning (two chemistry teachers are publishing a book soon) The 'Classroom Flip': Using Web Course Management Tools to Become the Guide by the Side I was actually very surprised by the amount of research available on this topic.

2. What is the best way to implement One to One laptops for improving student learning at the high school level?
Implementing One-to-One Laptop Learning in Alberta's Schools: A Support Resource. Laptops change curriculum—and students Assessment Made Easy: Students Flourish in a One-to-One Laptop Program

3. Do course management systems improve student learning at the high school level?
Discovering Genres of Online Discussion Threads Via Text Mining A Formative Evaluation of a High School Blended Learning Biology Course (might also apply for topic #1) Mind over Matter: Transforming Course Management Systems into Effective Learning Environments.

**__Brandi's Three Topics:__**

 * Topic:** Digital Divide
 * Research Question**: What effect does the digital divide have on people in underserved communities?
 * Subquestions**:
 * // How does the digital divide impact an individual’s future? //
 * // What social resources does the digital divide limit? //
 * // How can underserved communities overcome the digital divide? //
 * // What are the implications to underserved communities if the digital divide is not addressed? //

**1. Technology in the Workplace vs Right to Privacy**
[|Technology, workplace privacy and personhood] The Naked Employee: How Technology is compromising workplace privacy Ownership, Privacy and Monitoring in the Workplace: A Debate on Technology and Ethics

**2. Cost-Benefit of Digital Natives: Does the benefit of growing up digital out way the cost of limited face-to-face connections?**
[|Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants] Do They Really //Think// Differently? The Digital Native: Myth and Reality

**3. Digital Divide: All aboard?**
Haves, Have-Nots, and Have-to-Haves: Net Effects of the Digital Divide Great article. Thanks for tip, Z. [|Old 'left behind' by digital divide] [|Are African Americans Being Left Behind?]

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;">Subquestion 3: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;">What are student attitudes regarding lecture capture? =====

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;">Subquestion 4: What is the effect of lecture capture on class attendance? =====

1. ** Blogging as an instructional strategy to encourage student reflection at the college level **
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Engaging Reflection: Blogs as an Instructional Strategy Blogging – Infusing engagement, enjoyment (joy) and reflection into learning What’s it Worth? The Perceived Benefits of Instructional Blogging

2. ** EFfect of electronic delivery system on student course evaluations ** <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Electronic Course Evaluations: Does an Online Delivery System Influence Student Evaluations? <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Gathering faculty teaching evaluations by in-class and online surveys: their effects on response rates and evaluations <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Constructive student feedback: Online vs. traditional course evaluations <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Student Course Evaluations: Research, Models and Trends

3. The effect of** lecture capture/podcasts on student learning **
The Virtual Lecture Hall: Utilisation, Effectiveness and Student Perceptions Audio and Video Podcasts of Lectures for Campus-Based Students: Production and Evaluation of Student Use Educating an “iPod” Generation: Undergraduate Attitudes, Experiences and Understanding of Vodcast and Podcast Use The Lecture is Dead Long Live the e-Lecture

=**__ Mande's Three Topics: __**=

Final topic: Classroom 3.0; **"Meeting the learning needs of the millenial generation through transforming the high school classroom"**
= = > Preparing tomorrow's English Teachers today > Teaching with technology > E-Mail for English Teachers > **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Abstract for Web 2.0: New Tools, New Schools ** > __<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Wiki, blogs and podcasts __ > __<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Web 2.0 Matters __ > Oversold and Underused > Weaving the literacy webWeblogs in the English Classroom
 * 1) **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Assessing literacy with technology **
 * 1) //**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Web 2.0 tools update the classroom ***//
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">One to One classrooms vs. text book engagement or distraction **