Authoring Tools Facilitating Student Achievement Susan Milovich

Microsoft Publisher in Florida 1994  Karol Reganick ( teacher at a private school) designed a project to“initiate active learning for students with severe behavior problems”  Improve students’ writing skills and their attention to task  Minimize students’ behavior issues by maximizing the immediate feedback gained on a computer versus that gained through traditional instruction Seasonal Publication of Classified Ads

Okemos High School in Michigan 1997  Two years of student training and an “Intense Summer Camp” program on Web page authoring using Claris Home Page  Word processing, audio links, scanning, graphics, digital photography, interface between computer/ laserdisc player  Encourage peer interaction and the use of “student experts” to train others “To capture the up-to-date information in all subjects that is emerging as standard for classroom learning” in the 21 st Century. Joanne Davis – Elementary Tech Coordinator

Rural Georgia Teachers 2003 Reported by Mike Gatlin

Meta-Analysis 2003  North Central Regional Education Laboratory “suggested that teaching and learning with technology had a small but positive effect on student outcomes when compared with traditional instruction.”  Stanford Research Institute International “suggested a somewhat stronger association between educational software and student achievement than in the NCREL meta-analysis”  Milken Exchange cites 11% gain on basic skills scores in West Virginia and “significantly better” on 2002 Missouri Assessment tests when using multimedia Melissa McCabe & Ronald A Skinner

Motivation and Alternative Authentic Assessment 2004  “To improve student learning” by allowing students to generate exciting and innovative products – Walter Deal III, Ph.D.  Macromedia’s Flash technology can be used to motivate and assess  Encourage learners to “synthesize, reflect, and describe material” in an interactive manner using media and technology

Bibliography  Deal III, Walter F. (2004). Resources in technology. Technology Teacher, 63, 8.  D’Ignazio, Fred, Davis, Joanne (1997). Young authors at home on the web. Multimedia Schools, 4, 3.  Gatlin, Mike (2004). Interactive whiteboard system creates ‘active classrooms’ for rural georgia school system. T H E Journal, 31, 6.  McCabe, Melissa, Skinner, Ronald A. (2003). Analyzing the tech effect. Education Week, 22, 35.  Reganick, Karol A. (1994). Using computers to initiate active learning for students with severe behavior problems. T H E Journal, 21, 11.