Past Project Descriptions

2003 Vision Awards

Database of Exemplary and Commonly Used Instructional Software

Faculty Members: Jenny Burson, Todd Reimer & Susan Williams

Department: Curriculum and Instruction

Student Technologist: Rebekah Stone

Project Description: The initial goal of this project was to identify exemplary instructional software titles as well as titles in common use in K-16 settings. These titles were then reviewed regarding their appropriateness as a subject of study within the curriculum of the College of Education. Findings were then made available to the College at large.

Using Multimedia to Enhance Instruction

Faculty Member: Annie Brooks

Department: Curriculum and Instruction

Student Technologist: Will Mangum

Project Description: Professor Brooks introduced an ambitious multimedia project in her Socio-cultural Influences on Learning course. The goal of this project was to develop a set of resources designed to support students as they strive to effectively create, revise and present video, audio, images and text in an interactive digital environment.

Instructional Decision-making for Students with Reading Difficulties

Faculty Member: Carolyn Denton

Department: Special Education

Student Technologist: Ramsy Safadi

Project Description: This project provides an authentic and interactive environment in which preservice teachers evaluate students with reading difficulties. Users view a video of a student reading sample. The user can then request specific assessments and “consult with an expert” to gather additional information that they use to make a final assessment which is submitted electronically to the instructor.

Electronic Showcase Portfolios

Faculty Member: Judy Fuentes

Department: Curriculum and Instruction

Student Technologist: Rui Li

Project Description: The goal of the project was to create a series of templates for a user friendly and easily modified Electronic Student Showcase Portfolio. This portfolio can then serve as an electronic visual and auditory employment application that can be made easily available to distant school districts as well as serving as a follow-up to a face-to-face interview.

Volleyball Developmental Sequences

Faculty Member: Amanda Gammage

Department: Kinesiology and Health Education

Student Technologist: Owen Lin

Project Description: The goal of this project was to create web- and CD-ROM-based resources that demonstrate developmental sequences for volleyball skills. The precontrol, control, utilization, and proficiency levels are illustrated. In an accompanying assignment, students analyze videos in order to identify flaws in technique. Slow motion and text overlays are used to help the viewer focus on basic fundamental movements.

TEKS Website

Faculty Member: Mary Claire Gerwels

Department: Educational Psychology

Student Technologist: Bindi Shah

Project Description: This website allows anyone to access activities for the TEKS in grades K-5 in Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. The activities are provided by UT students in the Professional Development Sequence. The website also provides a checklist that allows teachers to keep track of the TEKS they have covered each year.

A Web Resource Supporting the Use of Digital Microscopes

Faculty Member: Julie Jackson

Department: Curriculum and Instruction

Student Technologists: Brianne Kalmanowicz & Kate Estes

Project Description: The goal of this project was to develop and revise a series of activities that incorporate simple digital microscopes. These activities were then made available, via an attractive and useful series of web-pages, to the science education community at large.

An Online Graphic Organizer

Faculty Member: Dan Robinson

Department: Educational Psychology

Student Technologist: Bill Pang

Project Description: Professor Brooks introduced an ambitious multimedia project in her Socio-cultural Influences on Learning course. The goal of this project was to develop a set of resources designed to support students as they strive to effectively create, revise and present video, audio, images and text in an interactive digital environment.

DVD Resource for Techniques of Fitness Leadership

Faculty Member: Dixie Stanforth

Department: Kinesiology and Health Education

Student Technologist: Jay Holzer

Project Description: The project goal was the creation of a video resource for students in Kinesiology 352, part of the course series that leads to certification as a personal trainer. The course has a significant lab component that meets in the open weight room, a setting in which students’ ability to see and hear is compromised. This resource provides students with high-quality examples and descriptions of specific exercises that students can study before and after the gym-based demonstrations.

Video in Support of Innovative Instruction in Elementary Mathematics

Faculty Member: Linda Voges

Department: Curriculum and Instruction

Student Technologists: Kate Estes & Brianne Kalmanowicz

Project Description: The goal of this project was to produce a series of CD-ROM-based videos that demonstrate innovative techniques in teaching concepts in elementary mathematics. The lessons are based on specific TEKS and incorporate literature, role-play and hands-on activities. They also support aural, visual and kinesthetic learning styles. Detailed lesson plans are included with the product.