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Donna Herring
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STEM Studies: Enhancing 21st Century Skills through Robotics
Donna Herring; Jimmy Barnes
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2012 (Jun 26, 2012) pp. 370–378
“To be playful and serious at the same time is possible, and it defines the ideal mental condition.” (John Dewey, How We Think) The Intellectual and Policy Foundations of the 21st Century Skills Framework support a growing conviction that the best...
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Online Course Delivery—Not An Option!!!: Bringing Your Staff On Board
Kathleen Friery; Donna Herring
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 849–852
Although we stress technology skills as a must for our students before granting them a diploma or certification, faculty members sometimes lag behind the learning curve as we thrust new technology environments into our colleges. Yes, all faculty...
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Using Mobile Devices in Higher Education
Jimmy Barnes; Donna Herring
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 206–211
As technology becomes a more important part of every facet of our modern society, higher education must deal with an ever increasing gap between how students live and the traditional classroom. Educators have tried with varying degrees of success...
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Transforming your Traditional Classroom into an Online Success Story
Jimmy Barnes; Donna Herring
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) p. 588
It is no secret that moving your instruction online presents a multitude of challenges but these challenges can be managed successfully if proper planning techniques are applied in the conversion process. This planning and attention before the...
Topics: Instructional Design, Implementation Examples & Issues
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iPads, and Smartphones: Teaching in a Technology-Rich Environment
Jimmy Barnes; Donna Herring
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 3422–3427
As technology becomes a more important part of every facet of our modern society, educators must deal with an ever increasing gap between how students live and how they learn. Educators have tried with varying degrees of success to incorporate...
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Learning Their Way: Mobile Devices in Education
Jimmy Barnes; Donna Herring
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 127–129
Today’s educators must deal with a tremendous gap between how students live and how they learn. Even though new technologies that have direct applications in the educational setting are being developed at an ever increasing rate, most schools...
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Mobile Technology in the STEM Classroom
Jimmy Barnes; Donna Herring
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2012 (Jun 26, 2012) pp. 2888–2893
In recent years, there has been a growing concern in the United States that public education is not preparing a sufficient number of students, teachers, and practitioners in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). A...
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efolios for 21st Century Learners
Donna Herring; Kathleen Friery
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 950–955
In a recent conference presentation, Mark Prensky stated, "For today's kids to learn, engagement is more important than content." He continued, "Content won't help students learn throughout their lives, but engagement will."(Prensky, 2005). What...
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Teaching the INTASC Standards through Project-Based Learning
Donna Herring; Jimmy Barnes; Kathleen Friery
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 84–87
Thousands of college of education administrators make the decision each year to adopt LiveText as a tool for collecting unit and program data. The goal: to determine the degree to which candidates can demonstrate the standards of the conceptual...
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Top Ten Must Do’s: Creative Techniques to Bring Your Faculty on Board
Katheleen Friery; Donna Herring; Kelly Friery
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 1036–1039
Are some of your professors "holding their breath, resisting technology changes?" Don't call the ambulance yet!!! The presenters will share creative ways to use technology and specifically LiveText tools to diminish the anxiety of program...
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Who Done It? Using Forensic Science to Implement STEM Studies
Donna Herring; Jimmy Barnes; Kathleen Friery
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 396–401
There is growing concern that the United States is not preparing a sufficient number of students, teachers, and practitioners in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). A large majority of secondary school students...
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Teaching the INTASC Standards through Project-Based Learning
Donna Herring; Jimmy Barnes; Charles Notar; Kathleen Friery
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) p. 3485
Thousands of college of education administrators make the decision each year to adopt LiveText as a tool for collecting unit and program data. The goal: to determine the degree to which candidates can demonstrate the standards of the conceptual...
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Show What You Know: ePortfolios for 21st Century Learners
Donna Herring; Roger Hibbs; Beth Morgan; Charles Notar
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 86–92
Kids love an audience. Give a kid an audience and you're sure to get a show. What better audience could one have than the World Wide Web and what better way to "Show What You Know" than publishing via digital portfolios. This session will show how...
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Preparing K-12 Teachers to Teach Online
Donna Herring; Kathleen Friery; Jimmy Barnes; Charles Notar; Nancy Fox
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) p. 4186
The North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) reports that online learning in K-12 schools is a growing explosively and that by 2019, 50% of K-12 courses will be delivered online. This creates a new challenge for teacher educators to...
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Using Mobile Devices in the Classroom
Jimmy Barnes; Donna Herring; Gordon Nelson; Charles Notar
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (Oct 18, 2010) pp. 607–609
Today’s educators must deal with a tremendous gap between how students live and how they learn. Most schools fall critically behind in utilization of emerging technologies. Mobile handheld technology has the power to transition occasional,...
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What Do 2nd and 10th Graders Have in Common? Worms and Technology: Using Technology to Collaborate across Boundaries
Patti Culver; Angie Culbert; Judy McEntyre; Patrick Clifton; Donna F. Herring; Charles E. Notar
Online Submission Vol. 2, No. 4 (November 2009) pp. 72–74
The article is about the collaboration between two classrooms that enabled a second grade class to participate in a high school biology class. Through the use of modern video conferencing equipment, Mrs. Culbert, with the help of the Dalton State...
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Parents' Perceptions of Their Child's Computer Use at Home as a Result of Technology Use in the School
Carol S. Uline; Charles E. Notar; Jordan M. Barkley; Janell D. Wilson; Donna F. Herring; Judy McEntyre
Online Submission Vol. 1, No. 3 (August 2008) pp. 123–131
This article focuses on the three-year findings of a parent survey designed to gauge their students' technology interest while receiving instruction from student teachers in a federal educational technology grant. A major objective of the grant was...