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Evaluating the Roles of Technology in the Global Read Aloud Project
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Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Justice, Julie Ellison – Computers in the Schools, 2017
Computer applications readily available to many of today's teachers and students offer new possibilities for teaching and learning. One example of this can be found in the Global Read Aloud (GRA) project. Since its 2010 creation, more than one million PK-12 students from at least 60 countries have reportedly participated in the GRA, an annual…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Technology, Videoconferencing, Social Media
Can Technology Support Teaching for Global Readiness? The Case of the Global Read Aloud
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Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Justice, Julie Ellison – LEARNing Landscapes, 2017
Technology can create new opportunities for learning "with" and "from" people of other cultures, not just "about" them. The Global Read Aloud (GRA) offers an example of such learning possibilities. The GRA is a project that connects classrooms via digital technologies to discuss common texts. This research explored…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Skills, Global Approach, Reading Aloud to Others
How and Why Educators Use Twitter: A Survey of the Field
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Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Krutka, Daniel G. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2014
While the microblogging service Twitter is increasingly popular among educators and offers numerous affordances for learning, its relationship with formal education systems remains complicated by generally ambivalent educator attitudes and institutional policies. To better understand the role Twitter plays in education, we conducted a survey of…
Descriptors: Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication, Teacher Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education