Professionalism

Royal, J. 2011. Educator Awareness-Moving Education to the Digital Age. Presented at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education.
New studies and reflections of the effects of the digital environment on learning began to appear in the late 20th Century. This paper will discuss some of the information available concerning the digital learner and findings in the research field of Neurobiology and how these two areas are going to affect the understanding of learning in the educational system of the digital age.

Royal, J. 2011. “The effect of multimedia on Memory” presentation, Texas Computer Educators Association, February 11, 2011.
This paper reviews the literature for multimedia learning and the effect on cognitive load for children.

Royal, J. 2011. “Multimedia Learning and the Effect on Long Term Memory”. All Encompassing Conference, Texas Computer Educators Association and the Texas Distance Learning Associates, May 1, 2010.
This paper explores previous literature to determine if it is time efficient for learning to have the students create their own multimedia for classroom learning or, if students learn as efficiently interacting with a multimedia environment.

Royal, J., McPartland, A. 2001-2005. Technology in the Science Classroom. Co-Presenter at The Texas Computer Educators Association