Are You a Dream Come True or a Nightmare? Desired Characteristics in the Face to Face and Online Instructor

Aldis Patton; Teresa Lesage

Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education Vol. 11, No. 4 (October 2010) pp. 193–200

All instructors would all like to be a "Dream Come True" but unfortunately many come across to their students as a "nightmare". The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics in effective and successful online and/...

Wikis: A Virtual Think, Pair, Share Strategy for the Classroom

Amy Barnhill; Teresa LeSage-Clements

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 135–138

This roundtable topic will focus on how wikis have been utilized as a Think, Pair, Share tool in the university classroom. The Think, Pair, Share strategy is a student-centered instructional approach that can and has been used in preschool through...

Communicating in Scientific Ways with Badge and Prize Rewards

Teresa LeSage-Clements; Barba Patton

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 2142–2145

Students of all ages enjoy playing games and earning rewards. Electronic badges and prizes both offer exciting extrinsic motivation for student to study and learn science processes. This paper explores how educators can motivate students to learn...

Topics: Science Education, Games & Simulations, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Building Student Inquiry Skills with Virtual Tools

Teresa LeSage Clements; Amy Barnhill

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 3681–3684

This roundtable topic explores how educators can encourage student inquiry skills using virtual information technology and futuristic technology media such as Wiki’s, Second Life, social net working, gaming, IPads, and other resources. The static...

Look Mom, I earned another badge in class today!

Barba Patton; Teresa LeSage Clements

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 1244–1247

Badges (external motivations) have been around as long as there have been civilizations. The motivations have had many names. It was ?Grandma?s Law?, ?behavior modifications?, ?Big Brother?, ? if you do this? I will do this?, and on and on with...

Topics: Creativity, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies, Universal Design for Learning

Webster, Webster. Webster Dictionary WHERE are you?

Barba Patton; Teresa LeSage Clements

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 1993–1998

Today, it is absolutely essential students be taught to have the knowledge and power of words. Almost every state faces accountability tests. Like it or not, these grades result in students being tracked and placed in various classes. Tracking in...

Topics: mathematics education, Assessment and E-Folios

Science Flow with the Student Thinking Lens

Teresa LeSage-Clements; Moira Baldwin

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2822–2827

This paper explores how educators can motivate students to learn science concepts and knowledge with greater understanding by bundling virtual resources and gaming that promotes self-determination using the Student Thinking Lens (STL) by the...

Topics: Games & Simulations, Science Education, Children, Sciences, Information Sciences

The Comparative Effects of a Computer-based Interactive Simulation during Structured, Guided, and Student-Directed Inquiry on Students’ Mental Models of the Day/Night Cycle

Moira Baldwin; Lauren Cifuentes; Teresa LeSage Clements

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2784–2789

This study compared middle school students’ mental models of the day/night cycle before & after 3 inquiry-based treatments. The 3 treatments were structured, guided, & student-directed inquiry & used Starry Night Middle School. The participants were ...

Topics: Science Education, Middle School Education