Bridget A. Ricketts
Papers and Presentations

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• Developing Critical Literacy Skills for the Internet
• Becoming Search Engine Savvy
• Examples of St. John's Residential Architecture
• Architecture - Examples through History
• Poster Ideas for Communications Technology
• Communications Technology 2104 Introduction
• Computer Logical Architecture
• History of Computers (Part I)
• History of Computers (Part II)
• Computer Networks
• QBasic Programming
• Computer Terminology

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• Serenity - A Photographic Experience

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• Technology Integration at PWC

Below are links to some of the papers, presentation, reviews etc. that were completed as part of my Masters in Education degree.

Paper: The Need for Critical Literacy Skills in Students’ Use of the Internet

Website:

• Critical Literacy for the Internet

Presentations

• Developing Critical Literacy Skills for the Internet
• Becoming Search Engine Savvy

Education 6620

1. Course Website
2. Paper: Towards the Intranet
3. Advantages of qualitative research approaches and computers in the classroom?

4. Research Proposal: Exploring the effects of using an online course supplement on student attitudes and achievement

5. Learning Styles

Education 6655

1. Chapter 8 Theories as structures I: Kuhn’s Paradigms

2. Chapter 9 Theories as structures II: Research Programs: Introducing Imre Lakatos

3. Glasersfeld, E. (1991).  Cognition, construction of knowledge, and teaching.

4. The Nature of Science in the
   Biology 2201Text and Curriculum Guide

Education 6907

Paper:
Getting the Message: Influence of Media on Girls

Website:
Education 6907
Advertising Associations Presentation
Advertising - Associations and Appeals Activity

Education 6253

Paper:
Alternative Assessment in Science Education

Education 6100

Paper:
Critique of Quantitative Research Paper

Paper:
Critique of Qualitative Research Paper

Paper:
Critique of Critical Research Paper

1. Theories and Principles of Teaching and Learning for Biology 2201 (July 23, 1999)

2. Kintsch, Walter.  Learning from Text  Chapter 2. Taken from Resnick, Lauren B. (1989) Knowing, Learning & Instruction.  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc.

3. Westbury, Marilyn. (1988). The Science and the Art of Teacher Effectiveness: An Examination of Two Research Traditions.  Canadian Journal of Education 13:1

Education 6602

Paper:
The Context of Introducing the Internet in NF Schools from a Postmodern Perspective

Presentation:
Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Book Reviews:

1. Class Warfare: Chapter 4: What Does Business Really Want?

2. Teachers Doing Research: The Power of Action Through Inquiry: Chapter 8  (pages 329 – 344) Review

3. Chapter 4: Critical Pedagogy: How in the World Do You Do It? Pages 103 – 143

4. Family Shifts. Families, Policies and Gender Equality. 1997.  Chapter 7 The Social Responsibility Model of the Family

5. Public Policy in Hawai’i: Globalism’s Neoliberal Embrace Chapter 2 Review - By John Witeck

6. Alladin, M. Abrabim (1996). Racism in Canadian Schools. Toronto: Harcourt Brace. Chapter 1 Review

7. Understanding Curriculum as Culture: Pamela Bolotin Joseph, Antioch University Seattle, Chapter 2

Education 6661

Website:
Applications of Media in Education

Education 6662

Paper:
Education and the Internet: A Tool for Learning Resource Centers
PowerPoint Presentation

1. “Advocating the Teacher Librarian Role” – Article from The Medium 35:1 (p.22-23)

2. Hartzell, Gary N. (May/June 1993). Building Influence for the High School Librarian. The Book Report p. 11 – 15, 66.

3. Guidelines for Effective School Library Programs Key Roles in the School Library Program Published by the CSLA, 1992

4. Westwood, Emily. (1996). In the Middle: Censorship – The Teacher-Librarian – Censorship.  Teacher Librarian Today, Vol. 2. No. 2.

Thursday April 24, 2003
Email: bridget@pwc.k12.nf.ca