DISTAR Reading Program: Elementary School
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5 pages in length. Learning to read can be a chore if not approached in a positive and interesting manner. Inasmuch as elementary school children have rather short attention spans, teachers are forever compelled to utilize various reading programs that not only stimulate the child's desire to learn, but also effectively carry out the task. Educators have been heralding the Direct Instructional System for Teaching and Remediation (DISTAR) program as a means by which to gain the attention of elementary school children, as well as effectively and entertainingly instill the properties of reading. The writer discusses the fundamental properties of DISTAR in relation to elementary school children. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Interactive Computer Reading Programs Improve Literacy
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5 pages in length. Children are experiencing an overwhelming increase in literacy rates due in great part to the implementation of a fairly new technology: interactive computer programs. Particularly evident of this success is the drastic improvement in reading skills of kindergarten and elementary school children. The advent of computer-based learning programs allows for a number of teaching enhancements not otherwise available in the conventional format. The writer discusses research findings as they relate to interactive reading programs for children. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Technology as an Aid to Literacy
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A 10 page research paper that examines how technology is being implemented in America's classrooms as an aid to literacy. The writer covers how this impacts primary grades as well as secondary education and teacher training. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Internet Use in the Educational Setting
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This 5 page paper considers the use of the Internet in the educational setting and the basic reasoning behind the integration of this kind of technology in the classroom setting. This paper then goes on to suggest areas that need to be evaluated in terms of Internet access and use by students, including access to pornography through the World Wide Web, the lack of general regulation of the Internet, and the disadvantages and advantages of using this kind of technology. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Technology Use in Adult Education
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A 5 page research paper that examines how technological advances have impacted the field of adult education. The writer particularly emphasizes how home computers have made online courses a viable alternative to attending a regularly scheduled class. Adult learners can now learn when it fits their schedules. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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An Internet Based Academic Activity for School Age Children
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This 3 page paper involves a look at academic web sites, particularly designed for teachers, and reviews one of the activities found. The activity chosen is related to science and involves concepts related to the size and function of the human brain. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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"America Dreams": An Evaluation of an Example of Web-Based Curriculum
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A 4 page exploration of the Library of Congress' "America Dreams" site. This paper explores the positive features of the site and comments on how it leads the student to a full understanding of the American Dream and how it has faced many challenges through the ages. No additional sources are listed.
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4th Grade/Endangered Animals Web Quest
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A 5 page guide/research paper that, first, discusses various web sites on the topic of endangered species that can be characterized by their approach. Then, the writer offers a lesson plan using some of these sites. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Adoption of Technology in Classrooms
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A 7 page research paper that address the question: Does age, years of experience teaching, or the degree of familiarity that the teacher has with technology, that is, the amount of personal computer experience, constitute influences that should be addressed in regards to answering this question? Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Degree Programs
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An 8 page paper discussing the value of Internet-based study. The availability of online degree programs opens a wealth of possibilities to those who would have no access to those programs in only the traditional setting. Certainly there are disadvantages to the virtual classroom format, as there are with the traditional classroom format. The advantages outweigh those negatives, however, allowing the Internet to assist in bringing high-quality education to a greater number of people, and in a wider range of socioeconomic demographic groups. It allows the "late bloomer" adult or the mid-life career-changer the freedom to pursue new interests, and to gain the degrees necessary for securing positions in which their years of practical work experience can be of benefit to greater numbers of people. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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AIU Online: Learning Theories
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3 pages in length. AIU Online provides a comprehensive approach to learning that one might readily argue does not exist in some conventional institutions. The extent to which AIU Online strives to incorporate holistic learning theories is both grand and far-reaching; that Singularity™ Learning, Fourth Dimension Learning™ and CommonGround™ techniques are commonly applied in this virtual environment illustrates the lengths to which AIU Online goes to provide well-rounded instruction to its students. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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America’s Grade Schools and the Importance of Technology and Technology Integration
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In fourteen pages this Master’s thesis paper analyzes the importance of integrating technology in American schools to lift lagging education standards and discusses such innovations as SMART boards, Promethean boards, and enVisionMATH, along budgetary considerations as well as the demands on schools posed by constantly changing technology. Fifteen sources are listed in the bibliography.
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An Evaluation of Alternative Technology-Based Instructional Formats
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A 2 page review of an article addressing the subject of education and assessment. The article examined is 'An Evaluation of Alternative Technology-Based Instructional Formats,' by Tena M. McQueen and Robert A. Fleck Jr.. Article is included. No additional sources cited.
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Annotated Bibliography: Effective Communication Using Computer Technology for Educators
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A 4 page paper providing an annotated bibliography of 11 sources primarily from the ERIC database. There are many studies investigating the use of technology in the classroom, but far fewer directly addressing the issue of teachers’ training needs in the use of that technology. This paper is an annotated bibliography of several studies that focus on teachers’ needs for training. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: KSeduCommTechBib.rtf

Apollo Group: University of Phoenix
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A 5 page paper discussing the grand strategy of the Apollo Group, of which University of Phoenix is a part. The advantages of the grand strategy far outweigh the disadvantages. As one of the first organizations to offer extensive distance education using the Internet as a medium, University of Phoenix is the country's leading online university. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Are Students Becoming Less And Less Effective As Readers And Writers With The New Software Programs Available?
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3 pages in length. Quite to the contrary of students becoming less and less effective as readers and writers with the new software programs available, children are experiencing an overwhelming increase in literacy rates due in great part to the implementation of a fairly new technology: interactive computer programs. Particularly encouraging is the drastic improvement in poor readers. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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ARTICLE REVIEW: WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR EDUCATION
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This 3 page paper discusses the digital revolution as it pertains to education. Neil Postman's Technopoly and Faigley's Beyond Imagination reviewed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Article Summary: "Involving Teachers in Data-Driven Decision Making"
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This 4 page paper is a critical summary of the article "Involving Teachers in Data-Driven Decision Making." Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Assistive Technology For The Primary Grade Student
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This 10 page paper discusses the use of assistive technology (AT) to facilitate literacy learning in grades kindergarten through fourth. A study is proposed based on a program that integrates assistive technology into the regular education environment. A review of the literature as well as a model for establishing an integrated program is provided. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Assistive Technology in Education
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A 20 page discussion of the importance of incorporating assistive technology for special needs students. Special education students require certain considerations if they are to advance to the best of their capabilities. An extremely important factor in preparing these students to take productive roles in society is the integration of assistive technology into the classroom. This integration is critical not only from the perspective that it allows a student to reach their full academic potential but also in the fact that it serves to acquaint students with the existence and value of such technology so that they can seek to make it a part of their non-academic lives as well. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
Filename: PPtechEd.rtf

Assistive Technology in Special Education: An Emphasis on Assistive Technology In Computer-Aided Writing and Proofreading
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A 22 page overview of the importance of assistive technology in the educational setting. Providing an outline of the legal setting, the author traces assistive education from the late 1980 emphasizing the radical ascent of computerized technology in the classroom. This paper includes a complimentary one page Roman Numeral Outline. Bibliography lists 21 sources.
Filename: PPtechE2.rtf

Benefits Of Computer-Taught Math Over Standard Textbook Practices
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A 10 page study that provides support for the hypothesis that computer taught math provides significant beneficial outcomes for learners in terms of test scores. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Brain Research and Technology in the Classroom
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A 4 page paper discussing some of the discoveries of recent brain research and how that information can be used in the classroom, specifically how teachers can use technology to take advantage of students’ specific stage of brain development. The bottom line is that the use of technology not only can assist in maximizing the benefit a child receives while in a specific state of brain development, it also can be used to signal the teacher that the same child may be moving into the next developmental stage, and that it is time that his lessons be altered. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSeduBrainRes.rtf

Bridging the Digital Divide in Education
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** this paper can only be delivered via FAX** A 7 page paper discussing the need for greater technological exposure in schools and the problems associated with achieving that exposure. It is commonly accepted that workers will be required to be conversant with basic technologies for every occupation paying a living wage. It is clear that US schools need to increase efforts to educate students in the use of today's standard technology, but first they will need to be able to make the necessary tools available in the classroom. The reasons for the need are clear, and even appear to be accepted by most of those involved. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Building Effective Information Systems in Education
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This is a 4 page paper which discusses the use or non-use of advanced technology to improve the communication among teachers, students, parents and the community. The bibliography has 4 sources.
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Changes in Higher Education Due to the Internet
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This 7 page paper discusses the changes that online education has had on higher learning. It considers the rise of the Internet education; the way in which this type of education has moved away from the liberal arts tradition; and the impact on tenure caused by distance education. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Children and Computers
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A 6 page annotated bibliography which discusses 8 various journal articles that deal with the subject of children and computers. Each article is briefly describes within the bibliography.
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Children, Language And Reading
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8 pages in length. Language exists within the external world as an artifact that is a collection of symbols in admissible combinations. It is also an embodiment in the brain of the symbols used and the principles that determine their combinations. The brain uses the same machinery to represent language that it uses to represent any other entity. Neuroscientists have come to understand the neural basis for the brain’s representations of external objects as well as their events and the relations of those events. This simultaneously gains insight into the brain’s representation of language and into the mechanisms that connect the two. By assimilating the findings of a particular research focus, one can readily associate the relationship between literature and vocabulary with regard to a child's reading aptitude. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Classroom Computers
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A 12 page paper answering the question of whether computers are beneficial to elementary school classes. The writer details the reasons why this technology is necessary for the future of our nation's children. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Comparing Lesson Plan Against The NTeQ Model
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This 5 page paper compares and contrasts a lesson plan found on the Internet against the NTeQ model. The writer demonstrates which components of the model are found in the lesson plan and then provides suggestions for those components that are weak or not included. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PGnteq.rtf

Comparison - University Of Phoenix And Traditional Colleges
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A 3 page paper that compares and contrasts the programs from this university with the typical traditional college. The three methods of completing the program at the U. of Phoenix are explained. The number of students enrolled is reported. The writer discusses differences relative to faculty and students in the two types of programs. 1 Table illustrates the major differences between Online and traditional programs. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Computer access for Disabled Children in Schools
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This 5 page paper considers the role and uses of devices to aid access to computers for disables children in main stream schools. The paper discusses some of these devices, their advantages and disadvantages as well as their suitability for use in this way. The bibliography sites 4 sources.
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Computer and Internet Classes For Children
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A 5 page persuasive paper which argues that computer and Internet classes should be provided for every child in the country. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Computer Assisted Learning or Lecture Method / Creating Effective Instruction for Nursing Students
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A 40 page paper that provides an overview of the essential elements of both lecture methods and computer assisted learning and then supports the contention that computer assisted learning provides a more applicable educational process for instructing nursing students. Bibliography lists 75 sources.
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Computer Field Trips
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A 3 page paper assessing two “virtual fieldtrips,” one to an elementary class and one to a high school class, and placing their educational outcomes on a scale relating to Bloom’s Taxonomy. The lessons taught by these two “field trips” are that instructional technology tools enhance the teaching effort. They are not the electronic babysitters that parents fear, but only in the hands of dedicated teachers who seek to use their full potential. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Computer Technology and Contemporary Instructional Strategies
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This 5 page paper outlines the influence of computer technology on contemporary instructional strategies as well as the impact that these strategies have also had on the development of technologies. This paper provides an argument for their continued use within the educational setting, with a focus on elementary and secondary school learning. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Computer Technology and Mathematics
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This 15 page paper provides an overview of articles related to a research review of literature on topics that include mathematics software, technology and use in the classroom, the use of word problems and the use of techniques for the instruction of children with learning disabilities in mathematics. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: MHTecMat.rtf

Computer Use in General Education and in the Pre-K Level: A Research Proposal: Chapter One
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This 20 page paper provides the first chapte rofa research proposal. This paper looks specifically at the role of computer use in general education and in Pre-K education. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Computers & Elementary Education / Increasing Test Scores?
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An 8 page paper that considers the use of computers in elementary classrooms and reflects on the benefits in terms of their ability to assist in increasing test scores. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Computers And Human Learning
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5 pages in length. There is little question that technology has given considerable advantage to reading skills at the school grade level, not only serving to improve present learning skills but also setting the stage for increased capability later on in school as well. Part of the challenge of acquiring a good, sound education is getting the student interested in the lesson plan; while some are inherently good students, others require the extra added incentive that such technological advances as computer access offers. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Computers For Elementary Education Analyzed
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A 5 page paper examining the use of computers in elementary school classrooms. Specifically considered are instructional benefits of computers in improving test scores. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Computers in Early Childhood Classrooms
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A 10 page paper which addresses the question of whether computers belong in early childhood classrooms or not. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Computers in Education: Friend or Foe?
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An 8 page review of the literature for answers to the question of how appropriate computers are in the educational environment. The author reviews four specific articles from online technology journals. The conclusion is reached that computers can be tremendously powerful tools both in terms of student output and learning and also in terms of teacher output and learning. Through computers students have access to materials at the speed of light. They can incorporate new information, make changes and revisions, and produce considerably more high quality reports and projects in much less time than that which would be involved utilizing more traditional resources. At the same time, however, we must recognize the importance of using computers as a supplemental educational tool as opposed to a primary one. We must also recognize the importance of carefully selecting this tool, its accessories, and the environment with which it will work. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Computers in the Classroom
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This 3 page paper is primarily an article review. John D. Castellani (2000) addresses the issue in an article entitled Strategies for integrating the Internet into classrooms for high school students with emotional and learning disabilities. This is the only source cited.
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Creating an Online Community College Course for High School Students
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This 7 page report discusses a case study in which a community college wants to create a course for high school seniors in a particular region outlining what students should expect regarding a college education. With an effective Internet presence, the college believes it can help these students understand the challenges of college, how to meet those challenges, and, hopefully, choose their institution as the place to begin their college career. However, marketing the community college is very much secondary to exposing students to topics such as how to choose classes, how to budget both time and finances, and choosing a major. Bibliography lists one source.
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