Gaming Analysis #9

Question:
Why did the interviewee (B's) discourse feel as if he was not interested at all with the interview with (CH)?

Thoughts: 
I felt as thought (B) did not want to be interviewed by (CH) at all. During the chat session, (CH) had to ask a lot of open ended questions in order for (B) to answer. It almost seems as though (B) was preoccupied by other things during the chat session. While (CH) was doing the interview some of the questions they asked sometime began with a question to assure (CH) was on the right path on the chat. Maybe if (B) was interviewed by a different person on the same subject, they would have been more interested. (B) made it seem like it was a problem and that (CH) was interrupting an important part of (B)'s day. 

Evidence:

Ch        so it's interesting, games aren't really considered software are they?

B          they are - ONE WORD ANSWERS - SHOWS THEY ARENT INTERESTED

Ch        so you're completely comfortable with messing it up and starting over.

B          Oh yeah - IF (B) WERE INTERESTED, HE WOULD HAVE ELABORATED AS TO WHY HE WOULD BE COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE WITH MESSING IT UP AND PROVIDE SOME EXAMPLES.

Ch        I wanted to talk a little, you  talk about your self as a hardware expert, you said software novice, although I bullied you into being competent, what software do you know how to use?

B          you know, what everyone else knows how to use, word, frontpage, powerpoint, excell, spreadsheet things - HERE PROVIDING THAT  HE IS POSITIVE OF THE FACT THAT EVERYONE ELSE KNOWS HOW TO USE THE FOLLOWING. COMING OFF AS THOUGH HE DOES NOT WANT TO HELP

Research Question and Analysis #8

Research Question:
How does the amount of text selected for side comments affect student response?

Categories of Analysis:
Are there questions within the question/comment?
How long is the question?
What message does the student get from the question/comment?
Does the font (size, bold, italic) come across as demanding?
Are the comments positive?
How many comments are within each paragraph?

Effectiveness:
In order to make sure your students understands the full idea of your comment, you have to make sure it is "short and sweet." Do not bold your response and also do not come across in a negative way. The student already took there time to write out a full draft for the teacher and are probably looking forward to your feedback, if it is negative, it will not give the student any reason to want to fix their mistakes. 

To be sure the student understands his/her mistakes the teacher will need to keep their comments to a minimum. Make sure that as a teacher or a person who is providing the comments, you are always available to answer their questions and help them out with anything they need. Provide open ended questions and always try to make revisions and add comments to a paper through word processor on a computer. The amount of written comments on a paper, doesn't matter if they are good or not, always frustrate the person who wrote it. Do not make it hard on them. Make it easy on everyone - you included.

Letter to Teacher for Project #7

Hello my name is Samantha Nagengast and I am and undergraduate student from Kean University. I am a senior majoring in Special Education and English writing. I am researching how technology affects the learning of Special Ed students. I am studying this because I know that technology is major part of the curriculum today. The reason I decided to choose you is because you are a teacher of the class level I am interested in as well as know that there is technology within your mainstream classroom. Where would you like to meet? Any time that is good for you, I should not take longer than thirty minutes. I will work closely to your schedule. I would hope to be able to visit your classroom after our first scheduled meeting. I appreciate you working with me and feel free to contact me with any questions, comments, and/or concerns you have.

Data Set 1, 2, 3, & 4 #6

Data Set 1, 2, 3, & 4

• Why doesn't the teacher offer comments on things that were good in the paper?
• Why weren’t the teachers comments more positive?
• Are the teachers properly explaining what they want from the students?
• Does it matter if the teacher start off with positive or negative comments in the beginning or in the end?
• How do the general statements work if they are in the beginning?
• How do the general statements work if they are at the end?
• Why did the teacher choose to bold their font when commenting back to their student?
• How does poor proofreading affect the effectiveness of comments?
• Why did the teacher highlight only one word and not the whole sentence?
• How do questions work in student commenting?

Research Topic #5

Focus on Research Paper

Technology in the K-5 classroom (special education)

Research Question:

Is technology provided and available to the students?

What do the students do with technology outside of the class room that involves literacy learning?

Are there detrimental effects of technology in the classroom?

What are the advantages of having technology in the classroom?

How do they use technology in the classroom? (iPads, Smart Boards, etc.)