Wednesday, March 26, 2014

3.26.14




1.       Why is your research paper important to you, and to the world?
My research paper covers a large spectrum of information. It is aimed towards the written, oral, visual, and electronic parts of teaching a FCS curriculam in high school. It is important to me because these are very practical areas that I will use when I do my practicum teaching, student teaching, and when I land my job as a teacher. I believe that this can give me an extra edge in the teaching world because most other people do not take time to focus on these things.
This topic is important to the world and to those that come into the education path at ISU for a number of reasons. I feel that if I could share my findings with my peers, it would help them in making the decision to go into teaching. If they decide to do so, there could have a better background into ways to be an effective teacher.


2.       My biggest struggle thus far is finding good resources that focus on exactly what my paper is about. I have used most of the scholorarly articles that I could find and I am in need of yet more information. Now I am faced with the question of whether I should do some interviews, or just more library resources. 

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Research Proposal and Annotated Bib

Research Proposal
Annotated Bibliography
Ashley Meyn
English 250

Research Question:
How are different types of communication; written, oral, visual, and electronic, used in a classroom?

Goal:
As a teacher, I will need to aquire skills in a variety of different areas of communication. This will help my students to be able to maximize their amount of learning. Each type, written, oral, visual, and electronic are very important and a balance of each will insure a successful classroom. There are many different types of learners. In order to appeal to all the different types of students, I will need to successfully use the different types. This is why I want to collect research and make sense of how I can use this information to my benefit.

Process:
 First, I will find 12 accurate online sources that will create a solid foundation for what my paper will be focused one. Once I have the 12 sources, I will try to find some library text sources and possibly a first hand source from a teacher. After the paper is finished I will need to go back and make sure I have included all sources and take out any sources not used in the text.
Next I will outline a paper and figure out how to have sections of the four communication styles and connect them so that they flow together. Opening and conclusion paragraphs should connect and set the tone for the paper and bring the paper together at the end.
Finally I will write the paper, making it 1,250 words and answer the greatest question; how is communication used in your discipline?

Annotated Bibliography
Lokken, Sheri L. "Preliminary Impacts of an Innovative FCS Curriculum." Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences 93.4 (2001): 58-62. Iowa State University. Web. 28 Jan. 2014. <http://mars.lib.iastate.edu:1701/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=viewOnlineTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=TN_ericEJ634101&indx=1&recIds=TN_ericEJ634101&recIdxs=0&elementId=0&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&dscnt=0&fctN=facet_frbrgroupid&vl(192264181UI1)=all_items&frbrVersion=2&scp.scps=scope%3A%28ISU%29%2Cprimo_central_multiple_fe&fctV=6411965212512181597&tab=default_tab&dstmp=1391195690572&srt=rank&mode=Basic&tb=t&vl(freeText0)=Preliminary%20Impacts%20of%20an%20Innovative%20FCS%20Curriculum&vid=ISU0&frbg=6411965212512181597&vl(203425888UI0)=any&dum=true&vl(1UIStartWith0)=contains&gathStatIcon=true >.
Sherri Lokken, a professor talks about a new FCS program in Mississippi. It is a new approach creating better success for it’s students. Her audience is FCS professionals and teachers. She explains new technologies for teaching and it’s effectiveness. She talks about how they train teachers to use the differet types of media.

Prozesky, Detlef R. "Communication." National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 18 Dec. -0001. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1705977/>.
            Detlef R Prozesky outlines how written and oral to oral communication is effective. It expands on why it is important and how to use it. He takes aim at teachers with the attempt to better their skills in the classroom.

"Exploring Learning Through Visual, Actional and Linguistic Communication: The Multimodal Environment of a Science Classroom." Taylor and Francis. Taylor Francis Online, 2 July 2010. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00131910123753#.Ux_n1_ldXCs>.
            The ESRC funded research that suggests that learning is best with a variety of visual, linguistic, and actional communication. They analyse how a good mix of all types is important in success. It expands on the different types.


"Using Video to Investigate Preschool Classroom Interaction: Education Research Assumptions and Methodological Practices." Using Video to Investigate Preschool Classroom Interaction: Education Research Assumptions and Methodological Practices. Sage Journals, n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. <http://vcj.sagepub.com/content/5/1/25.short>.
            Flewitt uses a research case-study to determine what effect visual communication of videos has on the development of preschoolers. It draws on basic methodological approaches to dive deeper into video effects on young people.

Bailey, Elaine K., and Morton Cotlar. "Teaching via the Internet." Taylor and Francis. Taylor and Francis Online, 18 May 2009. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03634529409378975#.Ux_vXfldXCs>.
Bailey and Cotlar talk about how electronic communication has changed so much in just the last years. It has become a large part of the communication medium. This article uniquely focuses on teaching through the internet which has become popular recently.

"Teaching with Technology." Center for Teaching and Learning. University of Washington, n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. <http://www.washington.edu/teaching/teaching-with-technology-2/>.
            The University of Washington outlines some ways that technology is used in the classroom. It is helpful because it expands on what each type is and how I can use it.

**** This is all for online resources. Will interview Loa Christensen to a teachers point of view in the FCS field. And will interview a former teacher for what they use for communication in

             Classroom****