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The Enhanced Instructional Presentation Model
Tim Pelton; Leslee Francis Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1468–1469
In this document we describe the Enhanced Instructional Presentation (EIP) model for the development of educational hybrid linear/hypermedia presentations. Our proposed EIP model addresses the learners' needs for organized and synthesized content...
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Examining Personal Practice: A Sample Self-Evaluation of Clicker Use
Leslee Francis Pelton; Tim Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 1078–1083
This paper describes a self-evaluation process for teachers using audience response systems in their classes. The mechanism used arose out of a project designed to assess students' attitudes towards the use of audience response systems (clickers) in ...
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Itching to Engage Pre-Service Teachers and Students in Activities That Will Help Them to Learn Math? – Try Scratch!
Tim Pelton; Leslee Francis Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1534–1540
As mathematics teacher educators one of our primary goals is to help our pre-service teachers to grasp the vision that kids need to develop an understanding and appreciation of mathematics beyond the traditional blind ability to efficiently perform...
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Using Computer Adaptive Tests to Support Research in Teacher Education.
Leslee Francis Pelton; Tim Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 78–83
This paper examines the potential utility of using an externally supplied computer adaptive test (CAT) to support the educational process in a mathematics course for pre-service teachers and to produce validation evidence in support of course...
Topics: Teachers
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Technology Outreach Workshops: Helping Teachers to Climb Over the Technology Threshold by Engaging Their Classes
Tim Pelton; Leslee Francis Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4273–4278
Teachers may avoid adopting or persevering with new technologies for a variety of reasons. Their inexperience and lack of familiarity with the potential tools may limit their ability to envision and effectively integrate new technologies into their...
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Creating Handheld Applications to Support the Development of Conceptual Mastery
Timothy Pelton; Leslee Francis Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 2029–2034
Handheld devices like the iPod Touch have great potential to support mathematics learning in unique ways: the form factor allows for anytime-anywhere micro-tutoring; the usability and low cost reduce the threshold and encourage adoption; and the...
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Building mobile apps to support sense-making in mathematics
Tim Pelton; Leslee Francis Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 4426–4431
We have been designing mobile apps to help children build their mathematical understanding. Our goal is to create a comprehensive collection of free apps to support mathematics learning at the elementary and middle school levels. We see mobile...
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The Learner as Teacher: Using Student Authored Comics to “Teach” Mathematics Concepts
Leslee Francis Pelton; Timothy Pelton
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 1591–1599
Comics are a part of popular culture that has great potential for enhancing student learning. Comics were embraced for their utility in education in the 1940s but were subsequently denigrated and effectively blacklisted for educational application...
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Reflecting on Personal Professional Development—Exploring the Potentials of 3D Printing by Creating a Simulated Artifact
Timothy Pelton; Leslee Francis Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 969–974
As we examine new technologies to determine their worth both to ourselves and to our students, we might stop to reflect on our personal professional development. In this paper we reflect on the self-guided process that we used to explore the...
Topics: mathematics education, Digital Fabrication, New Possibilties with Information Technologies
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Creating Simple iPad Games to Consolidate Understanding
Leslee Francis-Pelton; Timothy Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 840–844
MathTappers:MultiMatch, is a new, free (yes, and without ads) matching game app that allows anyone (teachers, students, parents, experts, etc.) to create decks to support consolidation, mastery, and fluency development in any content area. It?s a...
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Enhancing Lessons by Fortifying Rather Than Flipping
Timothy Pelton; Leslee Francis Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2743–2747
Flipping is an educational model that is intuitively appealing because it moves the presentation of factual information to video content assigned as homework while providing more time for in-class discussions, activities and 1:1 interactions. ...
Topics: mathematics education, Technology Leadership, Digital Storytelling/Video
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Constructing an Enhanced Instructional Presentation
Leslee Francis Pelton; Tim Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1084–1085
In this document we describe the development of an Enhanced Instructional Presentation (EIP). "If a good educational presentation is like a fine string of pearls, then an Enhanced Instructional Presentation puts that fine string of pearls, along...
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Sharing Strategies With Teachers: iPods in Math Class
Leslee Francis Pelton; Timothy Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 4363–4366
Mobile devices have the potential to provide opportunities for self-paced, conceptually-focused challenges as well as to support motivation, scaffolding, discussion, accommodation and assessment. In this presentation we explore practical strategies, ...
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Preservice Teachers as Mentors: Learning Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Topics Through School Outreach Activities
Leslee Francis Pelton; Timothy Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 3598–3602
Current national standards in both science and mathematics advocate constructivist learning environments. Many elementary and middle school preservice teachers lack confidence and competence to teach Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics ...
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Helping students learn with classroom response systems
Tim Pelton; Leslee Francis Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1554–1559
Electronic selected response systems have been available for more than a decade. These systems allow a teacher to present multiple-choice questions, accept responses wirelessly and then display a graphic of the response distribution to support...
Topics: Teachers, Classrooms
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1:1 iPad Adoption – Preparing Middle School Teachers to Teach Math
Tim Pelton; Leslee Francis Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4837–4842
Reflecting on a rapid transition to 1:1 iPad use in a teacher education program – from the perspective of a math teacher-educator teaching a mathematics methods course to a middle school cohort of pre-service teachers. This paper examines the...
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Transforming Handheld Computers into Electronic Slates to Support Learning
Tim Pelton; Leslee Francis Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2044–2049
The availability of wireless communication and handheld computer technology supports a 'return' of the handheld slate to the classroom. This paper describes the design, construction and initial trial observations of a prototype Classroom Interaction ...
Topics: Classrooms, Databases, Students, Computers, Interaction
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Using an iPad to Explain Everything by Creating Interactive Activities and Vignettes
Timothy Pelton; Leslee Francis Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4843–4847
Explain Everything is a fantastic app that has huge potential to support students and educators in the learning process. The Explain Everything App (and others like it) allows teachers and students to create projects such as interactive activities...
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Multimedia, Design, and Storytelling Principles Supporting the Creation of Learning Resources
Timothy Pelton; Leslee Francis-Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 900–905
Students, pre-service teachers, and teachers, can generate more effective comics, videos, and other learning resources if they apply sound principles of multimedia, design, and storytelling. Examining the literature we see a substantial body of...
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Design Principles for Making Meaningful Mathematics Apps
Timothy Pelton; Leslee Francis Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 2199–2204
We have developed a series of free iOS Apps to support children in learning mathematics concepts and procedures through play and exploration. Through the development process, several design principles were identified and refined including: a) keep...
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Clicker Lessons: Assessing and Addressing Student Responses to Audience Response Systems
Tim Pelton; Leslee Francis Pelton; Mary Sanseverino
Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching Vol. 1 (2008) pp. 85–92
This project began in response to a perceived need to assess students' perceptions with respect to the emerging use of audience response systems (clickers) in several mid- to large-size undergraduate courses at the University of Victoria. We...
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Preservice Teachers’ Use of Telecommunications in Mathematics and Social Studies
Leslee Francis-Pelton; Ted Riecken
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 1199–1203
The Internet is the most rapidly expanding means of mass communication in the world today. As of 1995, there were over seven million computers on the Internet and a new network was being connected every 30 minutes (Cerf,
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Teaching by Example: Using Www, Usenets, and E-Mail in a Pre-Service Course
Leslee Francis-Pelton; Timothy W. Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1996 (1996) pp. 433–437
Many universities now require students to complete a course on using computer technology as part of their teacher education programs. These programs are often designed to familiarize students with existing technology, tools, and software....
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Developing a Course to Explore the Applications and Impacts of Video in Education
Timothy Pelton; Manish Sehgal; Leslee Francis Pelton
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 3042–3046
The purpose of this paper is to share some of the thoughts and ideas that we have had as we worked on redesigning a senior undergraduate course on video in education. Video technology has become ubiquitous in our schools and our lives but it seems...
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Preservice Teachers’ Use of Telecommunications in Mathematics and Social Studies
Leslee Francis-Pelton; Ted Riecken
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 1199–1203
The Internet is the most rapidly expanding means of mass communication in the world today. As of 1995, there were over seven million computers on the Internet and a new network was being connected every 30 minutes (Cerf,
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Developing an e-Survey to Assess Parental Self-Efficacy and Competency with Respect to Helping Their Children with Mathematics Homework
Bob St.Cyr; Tim Pelton; Leslee Francis-Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 4076–4081
Our pilot e-survey has been designed to help us (and other teachers, teacher educators and parents) to explore and understand the nature and needs of parents and their children with respect to mathematics homework. Specifically, by presenting the...
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Using WWW, Usenets, and E-Mail To Manage a Mathematics Pre-Service Technology Course
Leslee Francis Pelton; Timothy W. Pelton
Computers in the Schools Vol. 14, No. 3 (1998) pp. 79–93
Discusses the need to learn about computer technology in preservice teacher education and describes a course developed at Brigham Young University as a model for teaching mathematics using technology that was offered via the Internet. Discusses Web...
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Teacher Reflections on Using iPads and Apps to Support Mathematics Education
Timothy Pelton; Leslee Francis Pelton; Todd Milford
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2748–2753
In this paper we examine our reflections on the process of integrating appropriate mathematical exploration and consolidation apps into traditional classroom lessons. In addition to observing that the students were positively disposed to the...
Topics: mathematics education, Mathematics
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Clickers Supporting Teaching, Teacher Education, Educational Research and Teacher Development
Timothy Pelton; Leslee Francis Pelton; Brad Epp
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1065–1070
Audience response systems, commonly known as clickers, are gaining widespread acceptance and use in educational settings. These clickers can be used to support student engagement in traditional classroom discussions, model the use of new...
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Learning by Communicating Concepts Through Comics
Leslee Francis Pelton; Timothy Pelton; Karen Moore
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 1974–1981
Comics are a part of popular culture that simultaneously appeals to children and raises the eyebrows of parents and educators. Comics were enthusiastically examined for educational potential in the 1940s but were subsequently denigrated and...
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Geotrekking: Connecting Education to the Real World
Tim Pelton; Leslee Francis Pelton; Karen Moore
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 2082–2088
Geotrekking expands upon the educational potential of geocaching by using this enjoyable physical and mental activity to support student mastery of specific curricular objectives and/or to engage students in meaningful problem based learning (PBL)...
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The Electronic Slate: Including Preservice Teachers in Research and Development
Timothy W. Pelton; Leslee Francis-Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1996 (1996) pp. 551–555
Introducing new technology to education has always been a struggle. Many politicians, administrators, and technologyliterate teachers are eager to find solutions which might improve the educational process, and ultimately prove costeffective. Others ...
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Examining the Efficacy of a Technology Enhanced Clock-Reading Instructional Protocol
Timothy Pelton; Todd Milford; Leslee Francis Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 2544–2549
In this paper we share our results from a pilot study designed to support the validation of a technology enhanced instructional protocol for clock-reading. This protocol integrated appropriate technology tools (iPads and a researcher-designed app)...
Topics: mathematics education, New Possibilties with Information Technologies
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Content Based Technology: Learning by Modeling
Pierce Farragher; Leslee Francis-Pelton; Ted Riecken
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 214–218
Many universities now require students to complete a course on using computer technology as part of their teacher education programs. These programs are often designed to familiarize students with existing technol-
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Content Based Technology: Learning by Modeling
PIERCE FARRAGHER; TED RIECKEN; LESLEE FRANCIS-PELTON
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 8, No. 3 (2000) pp. 177–186
This paper describes a preservice technology course taught at the University of Victoria using the elementary science, math, and social studies curriculum as the focal point. The main goal of the course is to provide students with a model of how...
Topics: Social Sciences, Computer Sciences, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Preservice Teacher Education
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Content Based Technology: Learning by Modeling
Pierce Farragher; Leslee Francis-Pelton; Ted Riecken
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 214–218
Many universities now require students to complete a course on using computer technology as part of their teacher education programs. These programs are often designed to familiarize students with existing technol-
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Understanding the use of Technological Tools (iPads) teaching a specific mathematics topic through the PCK-EC model – Case study
Mercy Pena-Morales; Timothy Pelton; Leslee Francis-Pelton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 2101–2108
The Pedagogical Content Knowledge in an Educational Context (PCK-EC) model was used to describe a teacher’s pedagogical content knowledge as he taught specific mathematics topics using a particular technological tool (mainly iPads). The PCK-EC...
Topics: mathematics education, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies