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Title:
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WEVE GOT IPODS, BUT WHERE DO WE START? THESTORY OF TWO GRADE 4 TEACHERS |
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Author(s):
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Doug Reid , Lisa Kervin , Jeff Vardy , Carroll Hindle |
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ISBN:
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972-8924-15-1 |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías, Piet Kommers and Inmaculada Arnedillo Sánchez |
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Year:
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2006 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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iPods, pedagogy, implementation, mobile technology, primary education |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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218 |
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Last Page:
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221 |
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Language:
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English |
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Paper Abstract:
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This paper explores the process of introducing iPods into the context of two primary classrooms. In particular we focus
on how two teachers planned to incorporate these tools to support student learning within the mandated curriculum
requirements. Further we explore the affordances of the tool identified by the teachers to support literacy learning. In this
research, the teachers identified a focus on teaching talking and listening strategies as a meaningful starting point for the
use of the technology. They acknowledge that analysis of classroom talk and oral texts are complex and often identified
as a more difficult component of literacy to teach. The incorporation of iPods gives rise to myriad possibilities, as does
the teacher who incorporates these within meaningful classroom experiences. However, the planning and incorporation of
these in class contexts is a challenging process. It involves a complex set of transactions among the teacher and the
instructional plan at hand, children as literacy learners with their various angles of interpretation, and the actual
technology that may evoke many possibilities for participants. This paper explores this planning process and the
implications it presents to the incorporation of the technology within the classroom context. |
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