Incorporating Technology in Preservice Education

Denise Johnson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1996 (1996) pp. 182–183

A goal of any teacher education program is to adequately prepare all preservice teachers by integrating technology into the curriculum. One common practice for achieving this goal is to require a computer literacy or educational technology course....

The Use of Electronic Dialoguing To Extend the Educational Community

Denise Johnson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 676–677

The use of interactive telecommunications has tremendous potential for teaching the language arts, especially if teachers are knowledgeable about its use. Electronic dialoguing is a motivational telecommunications technology that allows students to...

The Use of Electronic Dialoguing To Extend the Educational Community

Denise Johnson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 676–677

The use of interactive telecommunications has tremendous potential for teaching the language arts, especially if teachers are knowledgeable about its use. Electronic dialoguing is a motivational telecommunications technology that allows students to...

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained: The Story of a Collaborative Telecommunications Project

Denise Johnson

Childhood Education Vol. 75, No. 3 (1999) pp. 161–66

Describes a classroom e-mail project conducted during the 1996-97 school year in a southern suburban school. The project involved three fourth grade teachers and their students, and was developed collaboratively among faculty at a nearby university, ...

The Effect of Computer-Assisted Instruction on the Vocabulary Knowledge of College Freshmen

Denise Johnson

Research and Teaching in Developmental Education Vol. 13, No. 2 (1997) pp. 31–44

Presents a study of outcomes of three methods of vocabulary instruction (i.e., the use of contextual cues, the use of definitions, and a mixed approach) when supplemented by computer-assisted instruction (CAI) using a mixed approach. Reports that...

Teaching with Authors' Blogs: Connections, Collaboration, Creativity

Denise Johnson

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy Vol. 54, No. 3 (November 2010) pp. 172–180

The purpose of this article is to explore the motivation for and content of young adult author's blogs and the potential use of these blogs for teaching and learning the English language arts and 21st-century literacy skills. (Contains 1 table and 2 ...

Web Watch: Assessment Resources

Denise Johnson

Electronic Literacy in School and Home: A Look into the Future. Vol. 5, No. 2 (2001)

Contends that assessment should be about improving instruction. Proposes that educators should be informed about the benefits and limitations of both alternative assessments and standardized tests. Informs educators of Internet resources available...

Online Magazines for Children and Teens. Issues in Technology

Denise Johnson

Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties Vol. 20, No. 1 (January 2004) pp. 103–107

Every day, a wide range of children come together in classrooms across the nation. These children come from homes that are culturally, linguistically, racially and ethnically diverse, and many are economically disadvantaged. Some children have...

"We're Helping Them To Be Good Teachers": Using Electronic Dialoguing to Connect Theory and Practice in Preservice Teacher Education

Denise Johnson

Journal of Computing in Childhood Education Vol. 7, No. 1 (1996) pp. 3–11

Describes a project conducted in a reading methods course for preservice elementary education students to model how technology can be incorporated into the curriculum to facilitate learning as well as provide hands-on experiences with computer...

Electronic Collaboration: Children's Literature in the Classroom

Denise Johnson

Reading Teacher Vol. 53, No. 1 (1999) pp. 54–60

Describes a project that linked two graduate-level teacher-education classes on children's literature with electronic discussion to extend teachers' breadth and depth of thinking about issues in complex children's literature. Shares teachers'...

Electronic Dialoguing in a Preservice Reading Methods Course: A Yearlong Study

Denise Johnson

Electronic Literacy in School and Home: A Look into the Future. Vol. 6, No. 1 (2002)

Examines effects of incorporating telecommunications into a reading methods course on pre-service teachers' attitudes towards and efficacy in using technology. Considers whether electronic dialoguing would make a difference in pre-service teachers'...

Web Watch: Online Magazines for Children and Teens

Denise Johnson

Electronic Literacy in School and Home: A Look into the Future. Vol. 6, No. 2 (2002)

Contends that many teachers use magazines to motivate their students to read. Explains that magazines on the Web are interactive so that students can participate in polls and surveys about issues of interest to them. Provides annotations of 27...

The Effect of Integrating Interactive Whiteboards on Reading Achievement

Sheila Denise Johnson

(2012) pp. 1–86

While it is known that instructional technology improves academic achievement, there is little research about the integration of interactive whiteboards (IWBs) during Success For All (SFA) reading instruction. The purpose of this quantitative study...

Connecting pre-service and in-service teachers through e-mentoring about mathematics

Denise Johnson; Farrah Chandler

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (Oct 18, 2010) pp. 165–170

Research indicates that meaningful support from the Local Education Agency (LEA) or the Institute for Higher Education (IHE) would greatly affect the satisfaction and subsequent retention of new teachers (Ingersoll, 2003). In this project, in...

So Many Words, So Little Time: Helping College ESL Learners Acquire Vocabulary-Building Strategies

Denise Johnson; Virginia Steele

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy Vol. 39, No. 5 (1996) pp. 348–57

Describes several generative vocabulary-building strategies that teachers of college developmental reading classes can use to help English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students become independent learners of the enormous amount of unfamiliar...

The perceived effectiveness of professional development and training practices to achieve computer competence by instructional personnel in school divisions across the Commonwealth of Virginia

Stephanie Denise Bailey Johnson

(2000) pp. 1–225

This study examined the effectiveness of professional development and training practices for assisting instructional personnel in achieving computer competence. Participants were from 135 school divisions. Division technology coordinators shared...

The impact of Moby Max, an individualized computer-assisted instruction, on math assessment scores of middle grade students.

Libby Brown; Denise Johnson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2228–2231

Computer Aided Instructions (CAI) presents opportunities to learn academic material at a child’s instructional level. The availability of immediate and consistent feedback and a stimulating learning environment, wherein the student is presented with ...

Topics: mathematics education

Exploring literacy teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs: Potential sources at play

Megan Tschannen-Moran; Denise Johnson

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 27, No. 4 (May 2011) pp. 751–761

This study explored the antecedents of self-efficacy beliefs for literacy instruction and the relationship of these beliefs to self-efficacy for teaching in general. Factor analysis demonstrated construct validity of the measure of TSELI developed....

Language: English

Learning in Online Continuing Professional Development: An Institutionalist View on the Personal Learning Environment

Mark Johnson; Denise Prescott; Sarah Lyon

Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research (NAER Journal) Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan 15, 2017) pp. 20–27

The nature of institutions is an important question for the Personal Learning Environment (PLE). Whilst the PLE has tended to focus on what is considered to be “non-institutional” technology like social software, most online tools today have a...

Succeeding in Graduate School Online: Tips from Successful Students

Denise A. Payne; Julie M. Johnson

College Student Journal Vol. 39, No. 1 (Mar 01, 2005)

The purpose of this project was to provide a resource for distance education graduate students or their instructors to help students excel in their online programs. The researchers interviewed 15 people, consisting of current students and recent...

Using Technology to Develop a Mentoring Continuum: From Pre-Service to Second-Year of Service

Farrah Jackson; Nancy Ruppert; Denise Johnson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) p. 4806

Supporting new teachers has been a long standing tradition for local universities and a definite need for schools and districts. Data reveals that providing support to new teachers positively impacts their satisfaction, performance, and retention. ...

Using Technology to Promote Mentoring and Reflection between Beginning and Experienced Math Teachers

Denise Johnson; Farrah Jackson; Nancy Ruppert

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4807–4814

This paper discusses how technology was used to promote reflection and mentoring in a beginning teacher support program for math teachers. Various technologies were tested and used to virtually connect mentees and mentors from various locations...

Computational Thinking for the Rest of Us: A Liberal Arts Approach to Engaging Middle and High School Teachers with Computer Science Students

Samuel Cho; Paúl Pauca; Denise Johnson; Yu'Vonne James

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 79–86

Recruiting talented college students remain a significant problem because of difficulties relating and connecting their knowledge with wider audiences. We implemented over the past two years Google Computer Science for High School (CS4HS) workshops...

Topics: Middle School Education, K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related, Information Technology Education, Computational Thinking

Using IPOD TOUCH to Connect Experienced and Novice Mathematics Teachers

Denise Johnson; Carolyn Anderson; Nancy Ruppert; Fran Oates

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3266–3267

This study aims to explore the effects of using iPod Touch with Face Time devices to develop effective mentoring strategies on mathematics teachers in a virtual mentoring project. Data from a pilot study yielded a two-year grant that focuses on...

Using Technology to Promote Computational Thinking in Middle School Classrooms

Denise Johnson; Brittney Black; Michaela McGriff; Kristyn Daney

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2866–2868

Computational Thinking is becoming an increasingly important analytical and critical thinking skill that every child should be exposed to. Organizations such as the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), the Association for...

Topics: mathematics education, K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related, Computational Thinking

Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance, Uplift, and Elementary Students: An Example of School and Community Collaboration

Frankie Denise Powell; Larry D. Fields; Edwin D. Bell; Gwendolyn S. Johnson

Urban Education Vol. 42, No. 4 (2007) pp. 296–312

Dr. Larry D. Fields, the former principal of Rowland H. Latham Elementary, led the development of a complementary learning model that became known as the Latham Way. The Latham Way produced remarkable academic success among poor minority students....

ePortfolios and Interdisciplinary Adult Degree Programs

Layne Ray Bryant; Dianna Zeh Rust; Julie Fox-Horton; Amy Denise Johnson

International Journal of ePortfolio Vol. 7, No. 2 (2017) pp. 129–138

This article discusses the use of ePortfolios in interdisciplinary online adult degree programs at two universities. Whereas one university uses the ePortfolio only in a capstone course, the other institution introduces the ePortfolio in an...

Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education 2013

(2013) pp. 1–186

Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education is now in its fifth year of publication, and has become one of the most important journals for the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE). This journal represents the...