Research

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 * __Classworks by Curriculum Advantage__, Inc**. [].Classworks is an instructional improvement system that integrates instruction aligned to individual state standards and the Common Core State Standards with valid assessment, data management and goal-oriented professional learning.

__**Discovery Education Streaming**__. []. Discovery Education //streaming// is an online video-on-demand teaching service that is correlated to state K-12 curriculum standards and features up to 7,700 full length videos and 77,000 video clips, as well images, audio files, lesson plans, a quiz builder, assignment builder, writing prompts, and online self-paced professional development.
 * __Document cameras__**. []. Document cameras can magnify and present images displayed in a book, physical items, or computer through a projector.
 * Ditch that Overhead Projector**. []. An article by a teacher with activities to use with the document camera.

__**E-boards**__. []. The eBoard site is an online service where teachers can make a web page. It is a teacher-created website. It is easy to use. It uses sticky notes on a board which can be sectioned into various subjects.

A book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, and produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other electronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book, e-books can also be born digital.
 * __E-books__.** [].
 * Comparison of e-book formats.** Retrieved from []. Wikipedia compared e-book formats.
 * Project Gutenberg**. []. Project Gutenberg is an online site that has free online-books. The plan is to have 1,000,000 books online. You can search for books similar to a library search. There are not very many children's books yet.
 * Larson, L. C.** (2010). Digital Readers: The Next Chapter in E-Book Reading and Response. //Reading Teacher//, 64(1), 15-22. doi:10.1598/RT.64.1.

__**Federal Laws on Children and the Internet**__ []. a federal law enacted by Congress to address concerns about access to offensive content over the Internet on school and library computers. [] gives parents control over what information websites can collect from their kids. If you run a website designed for kids or have a website geared to a general audience but collect information from someone you know is under 13.
 * Children's Internet Protection Act**, (CIPA).
 * Children's Online Privacy Protection Act**, (COPPA).

__**iChat**__. []. iChats is an instant software application developed by Apple Inc. It has audio, video, screen-sharing, and text messaging. It is great for videoconferencing.

__**iPads**__. []. iPads were made by Apple and is a mobile computer with a touch screen.
 * Teaching with the iPad** – first days. []. An article from a teacher's view of using an iPad in her classroom.

__**Interactive White Boards**__
 * ISmartboard.com** []. A website that has smartboard lessons, games, and activities for teachers and student
 * Lee, M.** (2010). Interactive whiteboards and schooling: the context. //Technology, Pedagogy & Education//, 19(2), 133-141. doi:10.1080/1475939X.2010.491215.
 * Littleton****, K**. (2010). Research into teaching with whole-class interactive technologies: emergent themes. //Technology, Pedagogy & Education//, 19(2), 285-292. doi:10.1080/1475939X.2010.491240.
 * Technology, Pedagogy & Education**. Technology, Pedagogy & Education; Jul 2010, Vol. 19 Issue 2. A whole journal is about the interactive whiteboard.


 * __Tablets__.** []. A mobile computer with a touch screen. Similar to the Apple iPad.

__**Videoconferencing**__. []. Videoconferencing has a global impact on education. Students can converse globally and go on virtual field trips.

__**Web 2.0 Design**__. The following articles are about Web 2.0 design and defines terms used in technology and education. Albion, P. R**.** (2008). Web 2.0 in Teacher Education: Two Imperatives for Action. //Computers in the Schools//, 25(3/4), 181-198. doi:10.1080/07380560802368173.
 * Bower, M., Hedberg, J. G., & Kuswara, A.** (2010). A framework for Web 2.0 learning design. //Educational Media International//, 47(3), 177-198. doi:10.1080/09523987.2010.518811.
 * Rosen, D., & Nelson, C**. (2008). Web 2.0: A New Generation of Learners and Education. //Computers in the Schools//, 25(3/4), 211-225. doi:10.1080/07380560802370997.