Upcoming RCET Presentations 2/15/12: eTech Ohio 2012, Columbus, OH.
McNeal, van 't Hooft, Cummings, Goff, & Mostov: Teach Your Students to Become Digital Local Historians: The GeoHistorian Project.
6/25/2012: ISTE 2012, San Diego, CA.
van 't Hooft & McNeal: Your Students Can Be Digital, Local Historians: The GeoHistorian Project.
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By administrator, on January 13th, 2012
Six of the 18 new QR code markers have been installed. Sites include Ray’s Place, Sue Nelson Design (former Thompson Grocery), the Kent Stage, the Link Block, Standing Rock Cemetery, and Franklin Township Hall. See the GeoHistorian Project site for . . . → Read More: Second Set of GeoHistorian QR Code Markers Are Being Installed
By administrator, on January 11th, 2012
The Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology (RCETJ) is seeking articles on using technology in social studies education for a special issue, edited by Alicia R. Crowe, to be published in the fall of 2012. Manuscripts to be considered for this special issue should focus on utilization of technology in preK-12 and pre-service social . . . → Read More: RCETJ Call for Papers: Special Issue on Technology Use in the Social Studies
By administrator, on December 15th, 2011
After lots of recording, editing, re-recording, and re-editing, the second set of 18 GeoHistorian videos is now available online at the GeoHistorian YouTube Channel. The videos cover a wide variety of existing sites like Beckwith Orchards, Ray’s Place, and Davey Elementary School, and sites that no longer exist such as the Kent Block and Opera House.
The . . . → Read More: Second Set of GeoHistorian Videos Finished
By administrator, on December 7th, 2011
A new issue of RCETJ has been published! It can be found here. Topics in Vol. 7 No. 2 include
Using digital representations in chemistry education
Digital word walls and vocabulary learning
Appreciative learning approach and computer game development to increase student creativity
Text messaging and teenagers
Pre-service teacher perceptions . . . → Read More: New Issue of RCETJ Published
By administrator, on August 29th, 2011
Kent State’s e-inside just published a brief article about the GeoHistorian Project. The project itself is in great shape, as the last of the first set of markers are being installed, while gearing up to work with three teachers and approximately 60 students from Davey Elementary School in the fall.
For more information and updates, please visit . . . → Read More: GeoHistorian Project in the News
By administrator, on July 5th, 2011
Manuscripts are being accepted for the Spring 2012 issue of RCETJ. See http://www.rcetj.org/index.php/rcetj/announcement/view/9 for submission information . . . → Read More: Call for Manuscripts: RCETJ Spring 2012 Issue
By administrator, on July 1st, 2011
On June 18, the Kent Historical Society reopened its doors in a new location, the Clapp-Woodward House on East Main Street in Kent. As part of the reopening, and with the help of our teachers and a couple of students, the first QR code marker was installed at the house. Go here for the . . . → Read More: First of the GeoHistorian QR Code Markers Have Been Installed
By administrator, on June 17th, 2011
A couple of updates on the GeoHistorian Project:
An article about the project was just published in the Kent Historian, issued by the Kent Historical Society. See pages 4-5.
The first set of QR code markers will be installed on Saturday, June . . . → Read More: GeoHistorian Project Updates
By administrator, on June 2nd, 2011
The GeoHistorian Project has been moving right along as participating teachers and students just finished their digital stories (see also here). To make them accessible to the public, the first set of QR codes will be installed at their respective historical sites in Kent in the next couple of weeks, in collaboration with the Kent Historical . . . → Read More: GeoHistorian Project in the News
By administrator, on May 9th, 2011
The latest issue of RCETJ, Vol. 7, No. 1 has been published. The issue contains a special section with a selection of papers from the Mobile Research Strand at the 2011 Learning Without Frontries Conference in London, which was held Jan. . . . → Read More: RCETJ Vol. 7 No. 1 Published
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