Internet Technology for Teachers in Early Childhood Education

John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 3294–3297

Internet is playing a vigorous role in today's education. Children start to play on the Internet when they are very young, and are becoming more technologically advanced today (Schwartau, 2001). Then, as an adult, an educator in early childhood...

Topics: Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Children, Internet, Early Childhood Education

Development and Issues of Open Universities in China: A statistical perspective

John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 740–747

Open University of China (OUC) is named from the China Central Radio and TV University (CCRTVU). China's educational television system began in 1960 but was suspended during the Cultural Revolution in 1966. In 1979 the China Central Radio and...

Technology Implementation: Movie Maker for Pre- and In-service Teachers

John Ronghua Ouyang; Mark Warner

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2165–2168

Abstract: The traditional lecture approach is subject-based instruction, not problem-based. Problem-based learning is simply to make the learning meaningful through contextualized problem sets and situations (Rhem, 1998). According to educational...

E-portfolio for In-service Teachers Training: Beauty and Thorn

John Ronghua Ouyang; Karen Andrews

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 215–218

E-portfolio is a challenge for in-service teachers' training; the effectiveness of e-portfolio assessment has become a critical issue today. Can all in-service teachers in Early Childhood and Elementary M Ed. program at Kennesaw State University...

Topics: Training, Teachers, Portfolios, Classrooms

An Administrative Perspective: Creative Use of Blackboard in Education

John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2046–2049

Blackboard is a powerful instructional tool to help educators develop learning community, communicate with learners and deliver learning contents online. It has been widely practiced in higher education, middle and high schools, and commercial...

Make Statistic Analysis Simple: Solution with a Simple Click on the Screen

John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2050–2053

Most graduate candidates in Elementary and Early Childhood Education are in-service teachers, and are required to conduct certain kind of research, or action research. The Presenter finds that statistic analysis software, such as SPSS, is a very...

Audacity + Movie Maker for Pre- and In-service Teachers’ Technology Training

John Ronghua Ouyang; Mark Warner

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 3886–3887

Abstract: Audacity and Movie Maker in Windows are two free and easy-to-use editing software packages for audio and video production. While presenters implemented Audacity and Movie Maker in pre- and in-service teachers' technology training, they...

Educational Technology for Developing ESOL Language Skills: Inspiration from an Experimental Research

John Ronghua Ouyang; Zhiyuan Chen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 1386–1390

Educational technology has been integrated in an ESOL master degree program. An 8-week experimental research with 20 participants in experimental and control groups has confirmed that Song Video Clips have positively facilitated students from lower...

Computer Technology In The Classrooms: What Teachers Say?

John Ronghua Ouyang; Henry Wang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1439–1443

Computers are everywhere. However, when we compare the typical school environment to the business environment, it is noticed that schools have lagged far behind in implementing the use of computers. The results of implementation of computers in...

Topics: Classrooms, Computers, Teachers, Training

Technology for In-service Teacher Training: Inquiry, Implementation and Disposition

John Ronghua Ouyang; Mark Warner; Ikechukwu Ukeje

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 3123–3127

A pilot study on the implementation of online approach showed that the percentage of candidates using online technology for completing ECE M. Ed. program at Kennesaw State University increased from 74% to 100% during four semesters. The M.Ed. in...

A Research Analysis on the Effectiveness of Technology in English as a foreign Language (EFL) Teaching and Learning in Elementary and Middle Schools

Mariam Alqarawi; Shorog Dandeni; John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 1994–1999

: Researchers and educators believe that integrating technology into the classroom increases student’s performance. Along with the development of advanced computing and internet technology, EFL teaching and learning are making difference. Utilizing...

Useful Digital Tools for Teachers: Picasa, Audacity and PhotoStory3

John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 1178–1181

The pre-service teachers’ technology training at the University of North Florida, under the leadership of Dr. Cavanaugh, includes using Picasa + Audacity to create Photo Stories. This poster is to demonstrate how to use these free digital tools to...

Multimedia in Chinese Elementary Schools

John Ronghua Ouyang; James E. Yao

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1291–1294

Multimedia describes any system that unites two or more media into a single product or presentation. Along with the increasingly developed computer technology, it is believed that multimedia is the best single set of technologies to promote among ...

Topics: Teachers, Computers, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Multimedia

Internet and Education in the United States and China

John Ronghua Ouyang; Robert Zheng

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) p. 1034

Internet is growing rapidly and has a great impact on Education. Distance education has become an extremely important area of using instructional technology. The Unite State is one of the largest developed countries and China is one of the biggest...

Topics: Internet, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Networking Technologies

In-Service Teachers Training: A Pilot Study of On-Site, On-Campus and Online Approach

John Ronghua Ouyang; Ikechukwu Ukeje

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 989–994

This pilot study examines the implementation of an online approach beyond the on campus and on site instruction. Ninety-seven candidates from three 2003-2004 graduate cohorts participated in this pilot study. By exploring the impact of instructors'...

Topics: Training

Mathematics Curriculum/Technology Alignment for Pre-service Teacher Training

John Ronghua Ouyang; Kai Qian

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 982–985

The outcomes of the technology for teaching and learning cannot be automatic, they are the result of a collaboration between the teacher, student, and the designer of the technology (Poole, 1997). The question is that how can we go beyond the...

Topics: Elementary Education, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Early Childhood Education, Learning Outcomes

What a Brilliant Giant in Mexico and Chinese Education: Telesecundaria and China Education TV

John Ronghua Ouyang; Dehua Liu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 755–760

China (P. R. China) and Mexico are both delivering its education through a brilliant giant, TV education. China started TV education for adult learning in 1979; Mexico launched its Telesecundaria for junior high school students in 1968. During...

Best Practice and Performance-Based Learning: An Analysis of Technology Training Activities for Enhancing Pre-Service Teachers’ Technology Skills

John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3921–3926

Along with advanced internet and computing technology, technology-training activities for pre-service teachers are worth of further exploration and observation. The pre-service teachers’ technology training at the University of North Florida, under...

A Showcase: Electronic Portfolio System

John Ronghua Ouyang; Karen Andrews; Kelly Hines

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 213–214

Electronic portfolio system designed and developed by the Office of Career Services at Kennesaw State University is featured with friendly use, customized setup, well-designed organization, strengthened compatibility, and skill-overview matrix. With ...

Topics: Portfolios

Technology for teaching and learning elementary mathematics: An analysis of online resources

John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3611–3612

The increasingly developed instructional technology has brought mathematics education opportunities and challenges. Today, internet technology tends to be utilized everywhere. Then, how effective the technology can be implemented in teaching and...

Collaborative Tools for Changing the Way We Work

Henry Wang; John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) p. 300

Students from early childhood through graduate school have come to expect that they will work alone, write alone, complete projects alone, and be tested alone. Traditionally, in educational settings there has been competition for what is perceived ...

Topics: Educational Technology, Early Childhood Education

A Digital Resource Summary for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

Mariam Alqarawi; Shorog Dandeni; Marla Hollan; John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 5112–5117

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2009, there were approximately 21% of children and students, aged from five to 17, spoke a language other than English at home, and 5% spoke English with difficulty (Crane, 2012). ESL...

An Ancient Ideology of Equal Education vs. Technology Implementation in the21st Century: What if Confucius was still alive?

John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 1921–1926

Equality of Education is not new to us, but few of us know that Confucius brought it up and practiced in his own teaching more than 2000 years ago in China. Confucius’ idea of equal education is “in education there should be no class distinctions.”...

Principles of Effective Graphic Design for Teaching I N Distance Education

Paul Fu; John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1996 (1996) pp. 677–680

As technology is changing and reshaping the world of public school education, one of the new challenges that teachers face is to teach in a distance education environment. Teachers are challenged to find and learn effective ways to teach in distance ...

OERs in Curriculum and Instruction for Adult Learning: Theories and Best Practice

John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 582–587

Open Educational Resources (OERs) are increasingly developed and acknowledged by educators and business trainers today. OERs are located in the public domains, free and can be included in courses, particularly in online courses. The Curriculum and...

Topics: Instructional Design, Distance/Flexible Education

Research-based Review on Educational Technology Related Theories and Problem-solving Oriented Application of Blackboard in TESOL Online Instruction

John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1441–1449

This presentation is reviewing educational technology related theories and researches, deliberating technological applications for effective instruction and learning, and discussing Blackboard implementation in TESOL online instruction. Educational ...

Topics: Research & Evaluation

A Web Link for the Teaching Mathematics in Early

John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 1323–1326

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Educational Technology for TESOL: Tools and Resources

John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1998–2000

According to Ariza and others (2010), 10.8 million children nationwide were migrated to United States in 2007. More and more English as second/foreign language (ESL/EFL) learners have been enrolled in public schools in recent years. The number has...

Topics: English Education

Computer Technology for Elementary School Teachers in Geography Education

John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1994 (1994) pp. 607–609

There are two issues that most educators and researchers would agree upon. One is that geography had been badly neglected and largely disappeared from the American school curriculum by the 1970s (Egan, 1983; Gregg and Leinhardt, 1993). The other is...

Utilizing Technology to Enhance the Effectiveness of Instruction and Learning in an ESOL Endorsed Course

John Ronghua Ouyang; Nile Stanley

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1251–1257

The ESOL endorsed program in a south region in the United States requires students to take either five independent ESOL courses or two condensed ESOL courses with an integration model. No matter in which approach, technology is always considered as ...

Topics: Research & Evaluation, English Education, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Inquiry and Response to the Development Dilemma of Campus Culture in Higher Distance Education -The Empirical Study on Distance Education in Zhejiang University

Leifen Shi; John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 437–446

The results of an empirical study on distance education in Zhejiang University showed that campus culture on the Internet is not rich and is lack of attraction to students; off-campus learning centers don’t give a full play to students’ enthusiasm...

Topics: Culture, Distance/Flexible Education

Implementing Computer Technology in a Teaching Methods Class

John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1995 (1995) pp. 305–307

Research has shown that all schools in the United States today own computers for instructional purpose and thousands of educational software packages have become available for teachers and students to use (Kinnaman, 1990; ASCD, 1990). Word...

Instructional Technology: Another Perspective For

John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 1320–1322

Instructional technology has been emphasized in teacher education programs all over the United States. Federal government, state administrators, and local authorities have realized what an important role technology plays in today’s instruction and...

Instructional Technology in Classroom: A S-K-I-L-L Approach

John Ronghua Ouyang; Paul Fu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1996 (1996) pp. 404–406

One hundred percent of schools in the United States own computers. Thousands of educational software packages are available on the market. In addition, CD-ROM and multimedia instructional materials are booming. Despite these factors, the...

TOPRACE Model: A Practice of Online Instruction

John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 71–75

Along with the development of Web technology and mobile learning, more and more programs at higher education are delivered online, more and more courses are taught online. The common platform of online instruction in the United States includes Web...

Topics: Distance/Flexible Education, Mobile Learning, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies