Literature Template

Bib. Information (APA

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Author(s) Affiliation:

Type of Resource:

Burns-Sardone, N. (2014). Making the case for BYOD instruction in

teacher education. Issues in Informing Science and Information
Technology, 11, 191-201. Retrieved from
http://iisit.org/Vol11/IISITv11p191-201Sardone0505.pdf
Assistant professor and former chairperson in the Teacher Education Department at
Georgian Court University in Lakewood, NJ.
Scholarly article presenting a study

(Scholarly /Trade/Other)

Summary of essential
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When implementing BYOD procedures and expectations need to be set in place.

Management plays a large role when wanting to perform a successful lesson using
BYOD. Teachers need to be familiar with technology to support the students, and
dont assume that students know how to us the technology some scaffolding might
need to take place. There was an increase in participation with the lesson as students
felt that it was more personal to them because they could use their own phones in class.

Way in which this

source influences the
field related to your
inquiry

This study was conducted in another teachers classroom and allowed me to see what
she learned after implementing the idea of BYOD. This gave me insight on how I can
effectively implement this idea to promote the use of social media and communication
between teacher and students.

Potential relevance to
your research topic and
study:

*set guidelines and expectations with the devices

*Give a quick tutorial on how to use Twitter

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Dyrud, M. (2012). Posting, tweeting, and rejuvenating the classroom. Business

Communication Quarterly, 75(1), 61-63.

Author(s) Affiliation:

Vice President of the Association for Business Communication

Type of Resource:

Trade article

(Scholarly /Trade/Other)

Summary of essential
information:

This author offered suggestions how to effectively integrate social media in the
business communication classroom. Had students used social media to complete some
research and class projects.

Way in which this

source influences the
field related to your
inquiry

Social media can help students connect with one another using another platform. A
disadvantage to using social media is the constant change and updating. This can
make it challenging for instructors to keep up to date, and make it more challenging for
both the students and the educators.

Potential relevance to
your research topic and
study:

*Keep up to date with the social media

*Think of ways on how I can get students to interact with one another using Twitter.

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Faizi, R., Afia, A., & Chiheb, C. (2013). Exploring the potential benefits of using
social media. iJep, 3(4), 50-55.

Author(s) Affiliation:

Associated with the University of Rabat, Morocco

Type of Resource:

Trade

(Scholarly /Trade/Other)

Summary of essential
information:

This article explores the different benefits that social media has to offer. It also
explores the different platforms that can be used to support social media. It stated that
social media can be used as a communication tool, collaboration tool, and as an
engagement tool. There are several benefits to using social media, however it is
important for teachers to know how to use these tools effectively, set expectations and
to monitor our students.

Way in which this

source influences the
field related to your
inquiry

What stood out to me the most is the idea of being able to get students to connect with
other people outside of school walls. However, this makes me weary because of
security and privacy purposes. But I think that this would be such a positive
experience with older students who are more responsible and understand how to use
these tools responsibly. But it does allow me to think of ways to encourage peer-topeer collaboration using this tool.

Potential relevance to
your research topic and
study:

*Can support communication with ease; get quicker responses

Bib. Information (APA

Jacquemin, S., Smelser, L., & Bernot, M. (2014) Twitter in the higher education

* Increase collaboration amongst students

Formatting):

classroom: a student and faculty assessment of use and perception. Journal of

College Science Teaching, 43(6), 22-27.

Author(s) Affiliation:

Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Wright State

University; Department of Biology at Polk State College; Associate Professor in the
Department of Biology at Ball State University

Type of Resource:

Scholarly article presenting a study

(Scholarly /Trade/Other)

Summary of essential
information:

This study focused on the interest of using Twitter within a classroom setting among
professors undergraduate, and graduate students. They surveyed the students access
and utilization of using Twitter before the study. Undergraduates were much more
involved with Twitter, however all students were involved with a social media account.
About 41% of the faculty was not involved with social media. They then surveyed the
students and professors on whether or not Twitter would be conducive to the classroom
setting by supporting their discussions, finding that graduate students supported the use
by 80% instead of undergrads where about 55% of them did not support the idea. The
faculty did not support the idea of Twitter by about 56%. Professors incorporated
Twitter throughout the time of the course, and then were surveyed again on their
thoughts of incorporating Twitter within the classroom. Although many students
reported that about 76% of the time Twitter offered more support on their discussions,
the use of the social media site was more of a distracter and about 40% of students
would like to use the site as a discussion board again. Only about 24% of faculty
would be willing to implement this tool again. In conclusion, Twitter is a good source
to provide extra support but may not be the best tool for providing consistent feedback
and discussion.

Way in which this

source influences the
field related to your
inquiry

This article supports the idea of the use of Twitter, however it has allowed me to
realize that Twitter may not be the best tool to use as a discussion board. I should
consider using other tools to support student learning, where Twitter may be best used
as a source of communication.

Potential relevance to
your research topic and
study:

*Use Twitter only as a tool for feedback

Bib. Information (APA

Johnson, J., Gupta, J., Hagelskamp, C., & Hess, J. (2013). Ready, willing and able?

*Can be distracting for students if used as an academic tool

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Kansas City parents talk about how to improve schools and what they can do to help.
Public Agenda, 1-60. Retrieved From: http://www.publicagenda.org/pages/
ready-willing-and-able

Author(s) Affiliation:

Employees of the Public Agenda Report, supported by the Kauffman Foundation

Type of Resource:

Scholarly article presenting a study

(Scholarly /Trade/Other)

Summary of essential
information:

This study focused on how parents in the K-12 schools can be more engaged with their
childs learning. The study sent a survey to all parents in the Kansas City Public
Schools and discovered some interesting results. Many parents felt that they do not
know a lot about what is going on their childs school, however only 1 in 5 parents
volunteer to help with activities going on but several parents cant go in because of
outside restrictions. The study goes on to discuss recommendations to increase
communication and involvement between the schools and the parents.

Way in which this

source influences the
field related to your
inquiry

Although the study never directly speaks about social media, it does stress the
importance of communication with parents. The article suggests that when trying to
reach out to parents it is important to discuss positive and negative concerns(however
dont overdo the negative), to reach out to parents using various methods, and offer a
variety of engagement options.

Potential relevance to
your research topic and
study:

*Highlight successes that are happening within the classroom using Twitter
*Can use the Twitter as a newsfeed as well as a highlight reel

Bib. Information (APA

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Johnson, D. & Johnson, R. (2014). Using technology to revolutionize cooperative

learning: an opinion. Frontiers in Psychology, 5(1156), 1-3.

Author(s) Affiliation:

Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota

Type of Resource:

Popular Press

(Scholarly /Trade/Other)

Summary of essential
information:

It was noted that much of collaboration is face-to-face however technology can be

easily integrated to support collaboration in and outside of the classroom. He
continues to mention several devices and programs that can support collaboration
reading, writing, projects, and WebQuests. Google offers a plethora of apps that
support many of these areas just mentioned, but he also mentions the use of social
media in the classroom. Social media can be used to foster and extend class
discussions within the classroom.

Way in which this

source influences the
field related to your
inquiry

Johnsons idea of fostering discussion through social media is very similar to what I
am trying to do with my Twitter account currently. I am trying to get students excited
about what is going on in the classroom and to have them share what they are doing.
What he also continued to mention is how there can be immediate feedback, and allow
students to work collaboratively in many different facets.

Potential relevance to
your research topic and
study:

*Extending conversation through the Twitter

*Find ways to make students collaborate through the Twitter account (retweeting other
posts or favoriting other tweets; allowing students to support their learning)

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Lin, M., Hoffman, E., & Borengasser, C. (2013). Is social media too social for class?
A case study of twitter use. TechTrends, 57(2), 39-45.

Author(s) Affiliation:

Professor and Doctoral Coordinate in Educational Technology at the University of

Hawaii; Executive Secretary of the Association of Educational Communications and
Technology; Advanced Doctoral student in the Educational Technology program at the
University of Hawaii.

Type of Resource:

Scholarly article presenting a study

(Scholarly /Trade/Other)

Summary of essential
information:

This study also researched on if Twitter can be an effective tool within the classroom.
Undergraduate students were surveyed and 34 out of 46 students showed interest in
completing assignments through the use of Twitter. Many of the students were highly
active on the Twitter accounts for the first two weeks of the course, participation then
quickly dropped. Out of the 46 students on 14 of the students completed all
assignments on Twitter. In conclusion the study recommended some changes on how
to implement assignments given on Twitter. Teachers should scaffold, model, and
establish a purpose.

Way in which this

source influences the
field related to your
inquiry

This supports on how to effectively implement Twitter within the classroom. If I

would like to one day make my Twitter account an active discussion board I must set
expectations and procedures.

Potential relevance to
your research topic and
study:

*Establish and model procedures and expectations if implementing as an educational

tool

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Loizzo, J., & Ertmer, P. (2014). 10 tips for implementing social media in the
classroom. Learning and Leading with Technology, 41(6), 32-35.

*Think about and watch how participation fluctuates throughout the course of my
research.

Author(s) Affiliation:

Loizzo is an academic advisor in youth development and agricultural education from

Purdue University. Ertmer is a professor of learning design and technology also from
Purdue University.

Type of Resource:

Popular press

(Scholarly /Trade/Other)

Summary of essential
information:

This article gives a great overview and guidelines of how to effectively implement
social media within the classroom. These guidelines included privacy settings, byod,
internet access, and setting expectations. These are all things that should be thought
about and tested prior to implementing social media within the classroom.

Way in which this

source influences the
field related to your
inquiry

Something that I did not think about doing prior to having my students bring their
devices into the classroom is to make sure their devices connect to the internet through
the school and if it allows them to connect to Twitter. Our building has very strict
website permissions, and Twitter may be blocked.

Potential relevance to
your research topic and
study:

*Have 1-2 students bring their phones in one day before I test out BYOD and see if
they can connect to both the internet and to Twitter.

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Odom, S., Jarvis, H., Sandlin, M., Peek, C. (2013). Social media tools in the
leadership classroom: students perceptions of use. Journal of Leadership
Education, 12(1), 34-53.

Author(s) Affiliation:

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, & Communications from Texas

A&M University

Type of Resource:

Scholarly article presenting a study

(Scholarly /Trade/Other)

Summary of essential
information:

The study surveyed 79 leadership students and their perceptions of social media. It
asked for students opinions on advantages and disadvantages to social media.
Students answered questions that asked about their comfort level of using the tool, ease
of access, their current use of social media, and perceptions. Overall students were
most comfortable with Facebook than any other social media tool; however many
students were open to the idea of using different/new platforms. Advantages included
ease of communication, networking tool with friends, motivational, and more
engaging. Disadvantages include several students do not use social media, lack of
knowledge on how to use technology, wanting to keep school and social life separate,
and lack of access to the internet.

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Only 7.8% of the students used microblogs such as Twitter. This shows that Twitter
may not be as familiar to current students and might need training on how to use this
tool. Also stresses the importance of keeping the account separate from their personal
lives, but need to find a way that allows them to still use their personal account to
avoid having to manage two separate accounts.

Potential relevance to
your research topic and
study:

*I learned I do not follow the students. This allows me to not see what they are posting
and keeps me separate from their personal lives.

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Olmstead, C. (2013). Using technology to increase parent involvement in schools.

TechTrends, 57(6), 28-37.

Author(s) Affiliation:

Administrator of Academic Content for the Orange County Department of Education

* Therefore, students can only reach out to me if they tag me in a post

Type of Resource:

Scholarly article presenting a study.

(Scholarly /Trade/Other)

Summary of essential
information:

This study focused on how technology can be used to increase student engagement and
the perceptions of both parents and teachers on the use of the effectiveness of
technology to increase parent involvement. They surveyed parents in grades 4-6 and
found that only 36% of parents utilize the school website. They then did parent
interview finding that parents preferred the use of email when contacting teachers,
rather than phone calls or using the schools website. Parents did show interest in
using text messaging and social media as other sources of communication. Teachers
seemed extremely interested in using new means of communication, but feel the need
to be given professional development time to create and learn effective means of
communication

Way in which this

source influences the
field related to your
inquiry (ex. Math
teaching/learning
elementary)

Supports the idea of including different methods of communication through the use of
technology. Parents want to be more involved with their childs school and these
methods allow a quicker and easier way for parents and teachers to stay connected.

Potential relevance to
your research topic and
study:

*Helped me to create deeper meaning questions

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Sawyer, M. (2015). BRIDGES Connecting with families to facilitate and enhance

involvement. Council for Exceptional Children, 47(3), 172-179.

Author(s) Affiliation:

Doctoral Candidate in Special Education, Department of Educational Studies, The

Ohio State University

*Provided ideas on data collection for example; surveys and interviews

Type of Resource:

Scholarly reviewed article

(Scholarly /Trade/Other)

Summary of essential
information:

This article presented the BRIDGES framework to parent involvement; build, recruit,
individualize, dialogue, generate, empower and strengthen. It spoke about all the
different types of means of communication teachers can implement within their
classrooms to reach out to parents. It also discussed different family events that can be
incorporated within a school year, however it offered sharing out webinars or videos
for parents to watch if they cant attend these sessions.

Way in which this

source influences the
field related to your
inquiry

This article looks at several means of communications to implement within a

classrooms. However, it supports and offers great ideas on how I can engage parents
on the Twitter account. It interviewed parents on what they would like to hear from
teachers and what supports school conversations at home between them and their child.

Potential relevance to
your research topic and
study:

*Parents most noted feedback was that they like to see their childs work; so this led
me to the idea of having students create their own Twitter feeds to share out with
parents what they have learned in class. (BYOD : bring your own device)
*Provided a resourceful link where I can find tips to include on my Twitter account
that parents really enjoyed reading.
*Liked the idea of sharing out informational videos for parents (and I can even share to
students!)