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Student Presentation (20 minutes)

Michael Herrick,University of Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, mherrick@hawaii.edu Julie Bradley,University of Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, julie4@hawaii.edu
 * Doing Ed Tech Research in Elementary Schools**

There are over 67,000 elementary schools in the United States. Technology innovations in these schools affect millions of students' educational experience and have the potential to influence their futures. Two University of Hawaii doctoral students are advancing research projects that will involve 3rd grade students. Michael proposes to study the technology environment in one school in advance of a 1:1 computing initiative. Julie proposes to study a reading intervention which involves the use of social networking to create a community of practice. In this session, each student will outline their proposal and a discussion of educational technology research in elementary schools will ensue.

//Interactivity// The presentation by the doctoral students will both elicit feedback of their particular proposals and engender a discussion about educational technology research in elementary schools. A large part of the session will be reserved for these interactive activities.

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