Video-Based Response and Reflection: Technology and Collaboration in Teacher Learning
Unit
College of Education
Faculty Coordinator
Samantha Caughlan
Project Dates
10-15-2009 to 4-30-2010
Compensation
Paid
Keywords
Technology, video, English, teacher education, interns, education, secondary education, teachers, database, computers,
Summary
Video-Based Response and Reflection is a research initiative investigating the use of video and Web 2.0 technologies to support the development of dialogic instructional practices in MSU secondary English interns.
Qualifications
Required qualifications: Organizational skills, attention to detail, ability to work independently. Experience and facility with database and/or file management. Preferred qualifications: experience with video editing and production.
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Details
We are currently in the second year of a two-year project. Interns in the program videotape their teaching four times a year, and post clips and contextualizing information onto secure, small-group Voicethread pages for response from their colleagues. We collect the videos, responses, reflections on the process, all associated documents.
Responsibilities of research assistant: attending and reporting at weekly research meetings on Tuesday mornings with the professors and graduate students, assisting in the management of electronic data and the building and maintenance of the project wiki, take part in data analysis on one or more strands of the project, and assist with reporting the results of the research.
There are opportunities here for possible co-presenting and/or co-authoring products of the research, as well as faculty mentoring in preparing a presentation for the MSU Undergraduate Research Forum in the spring. This is an ideal position for someone interested in adding research experience to a resume or graduate school application.
If interested, please send a resume and a letter of application to Dr. Samantha Caughlan and Dr. Mary Juzwik, Caughlan@msu.edu; mmjuzwik@msu.edu.
To apply, contact:
Name
Samantha Caughlan
Phone
(517) 353-3736
Extension
caughlan@msu.edu
Office
333 Erickson Hall