Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference
Mar 18, 2019
Editors
Kevin Graziano
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 445
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Preparing Preservice Teachers for “Learning by Making” in Makerspace Communities
Ozlem Karakaya, Jiaqi Yu, Asimoula Valai & Amy Updegraff, Iowa State University, United States
This paper describes a blended learning approach used to raise awareness of ‘learning by making’ among preservice teachers. Specifically, detailed design narratives are shared on how an... More
pp. 1594-1599
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5th/6th Graders and Preservice Teachers Explore Engineering and Coding in a Combined After-School Technology Club/Educational Technology Course
Jennifer Kidd, Old Dominion University, United States; Sam Sacks, Old Dominion Unversity, United States; Krishna Kaipa & Kelly Rippard, Old Dominion University, United States
Elementary schools are increasingly encouraged to adopt STEM education efforts that include engineering and programming, yet pre-service teachers (PSTs) are not traditionally prepared to teach... More
pp. 1600-1605
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New Technologies and How to Use Them: 3D and Makerspaces Demystified
Lesia Lennex & Justin Elswick, Morehead State University, United States
New technologies bring learning opportunities to P-16 students. 3D technologies, in all forms, bring life to student productions. How do we support curriculum with these technologies? This brief... More
pp. 1606-1612
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Near-Peer Facilitated Making for Underserved Populations: Lessons Learned through Program Evaluation
James Marshall, San Diego State University, United States; Edward Price & Charles De Leone, California State University San Marcos, United States
“Making” STEM Relevant in Underserved Communities, funded by the National Science Foundation, was Pathways project that aimed to develop a research-based model for supporting and evaluating a... More
pp. 1613-1623
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Informing Recommended Makerspace Outcomes through Linguistic Analytics
Kevin Oliver & Jennifer Houchins, NC State University, United States; Robert Moore, Old Dominion University, United States
An after-school maker club collected student reflections on makerspace projects in different formats over two years: private written reflections captured in the 3D GameLab gamification platform and... More
pp. 1624-1629
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The Attitudes and Approaches of Rural Area Students About Robotics in a Diverse Border-Town Community
Mehmet Ali Ozer & David Rutledge, New Mexico State University, United States
Education in rural areas has always been a struggle either for students or teachers and administrators. Access, distance, teacher retention, and life conditions are only a few of these difficulties... More
pp. 1630-1634
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Change in Role Identity of an Environmental Science Educator Who Desires to Facilitate Learning by Making
Mamta Shah, Mark Petrovich, Aroutis Foster & Raja Schaar, Drexel University, United States; Danielle Chen, University of Pennsylvania, United States
This paper reports preliminary qualitative findings from Invent with Environment- an ongoing year-long (November 2018- May 2019) mixed-methods study undertaken to develop and test maker courses for... More
pp. 1635-1645
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Preparing Bilingual Teachers to Integrate the Engineering Design Process into Upper-Elementary and Middle School Classrooms
Ross C. Teller, Daniel A. Tillman, William H. Robertson, Josefina V. Tinajero & Song A. An, The University of Texas at El Paso, United States
This paper discusses the current state of research about integrating the engineering design process (EDP) into upper-elementary and middle school curriculum, and the impacts of such research on the... More
pp. 1646-1652
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Preparing Students for the 21st Century
Yachi Wanyan, Texas Southern University, United States; Youmei Liu, University of Houston, United States
Texas Southern University received a 3-year grant from the National Sciences Foundation to develop an Artificial Intelligence (AI) infused educational platform, in the form of an intelligent... More
pp. 1653-1659
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Making Inspired by Nature: Engaging Preservice Elementary Teachers and Children in Maker-centered Learning and Biomimicry
Douglas Williams, Aimee Barber & Peter Sheppard, University of Louisiana, United States
This exploratory project, Making Inspired by Nature, brings together the art of making and the creative practices of biomimicry to engage preservice teachers and children in building innovative... More
pp. 1660-1665
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So What Happens When the Funding Runs Out? Professional Development for Sustainable Geospatial Technology Integration Initiatives
Thomas Hammond & Al Bodzin, Lehigh University, United States
To date, geospatial educators have focused on classroom-level implementation. Accordingly, professional development efforts regarding teachers’ integration of geospatial tools into classroom... More
pp. 1666-1672
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Implications from a Scale Up of Geospatial Technology Professional Development Program for Secondary Teachers
Lori Rubino-Hare & Nena Bloom, Northern Arizona University Center for Science Teaching and Learning, United States; Brooke Whitworth, The University of Mississippi, United States
This paper describes the process of taking a successful geospatial technology professional development program for secondary teachers to national scale. The scale up was achieved through a... More
pp. 1673-1678
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Developing Global Competencies Among Youth: Maps Math Media Project
Melda Yildiz, New York Institute of Technology, United States
This study explores the role of geospatial education in P20 classrooms; offers creative strategies and possibilities for integrating mobile technologies such as Global Positioning System (GPS) into... More
pp. 1679-1688
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Globally Connected Mobile Learning: E-Debiyyat (E-Literature) Project
Melda Yildiz, New York Institute of Technology, United States
This study outlines innovative multilingual and multicultural multimedia projects using mobile devices in teacher education; offers creative strategies for producing media with youth and developing... More
pp. 1689-1698
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Technology Binds or Blinds? Different Countries Similar Issues: Part 1
Melda Yildiz, New York Institute of Technology, United States; Tami Seifert, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and Art, Israel; Miri Shonfeld, Kibbutzim College of Education, Israel; Amy Eguchi, Bloomfield College, United States; Sagini Keengwe, University of North Dakota, United States; George Kontos, Western Kentucky University, United States; Adhithya Krishna, New York Institute of Technology, United States
Technology binds or blinds us? In this symposium, we outline stories from different educational institutions around the world where the technology may be limited but pedagogy is plenty (Paulo... More
pp. 1699-1704
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Print or Electronic Text: Student Preferences and Comprehension
Abriel Garrick, College of Education, University of Houston, United States
Technology is becoming more prevalent and unavoidably interconnected with education. Advancements in technology has had a wide-ranging impact on the we teach and learn. as a result, all levels of... More
pp. 1705-1708
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The Integration of Media-Related Studies and Competencies into US and German Initial Teacher Education. A Cross-National Analysis of Contemporary Practices and Trends.
Jennifer Tiede & Silke Grafe, University of Würzburg, Germany
Many institutions of initial teacher education have realized the necessity to integrate media-related studies into their curricula. However, there are no binding regulations for these processes. As... More
pp. 1709-1717
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Teachers’ and Students’ Factors as Correlates of Learning Outcomes in Civic Education among Senior Secondary School Students in Osun State, Nigeria
Babatunde Adeyemi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria, Nigeria
The study examined the students’ attitude to the learning of Civic Education in Osun State secondary schools. It investigated the students’ achievement in Civic Education. It also examined the... More
pp. 1718-1724
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Using Video Creation Assignments to Help Pre-Service Teachers Understand Pedagogy 2.0
Lorraine Beaudin & Olesha Ratther, University of Lethbridge, Canada
The purpose of this exploratory research was to investigate how a video creation assignment might enhance pre-service teachers’ understanding of the complexity of using content creation... More
pp. 1725-1729
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Language Acquisition With Augmented and Virtual Reality
Hayet Bensetti-Benbader & Dennissa Brown, New Jersey City University, United States
In the past few years, there has been a rise in the creation of computer or web-based technology specifically designed to provide highly collaborative, immersive and interactive learning... More
pp. 1730-1734
