Research & Creative Endeavors
This section includes research and presentations written and given at International, State, and Local Conferences.
Improving Practice: Community Stakeholders and Professors as Co-Educators in a University Classroom
We describe the creation of an authentic learning experience for pre-service teacher candidates in an elementary classroom management course. This learning experience required pre-service teacher candidates to create a research-based classroom management plan throughout the semester. Next, the pre-service teacher candidates presented their plans and procedures at a mock “Meet the Teacher.” We also describe how community stakeholders served as mock parents for this event and how pre-service teacher candidates felt presenting to people they did not know. There were valuable reflections and lessons learned from both pre-service teacher candidates and community stakeholders through this real-world learning experience.
Community partnerships: Leveraging service learning in small teacher preparation programs
During semester-long courses in inclusive methods and beginning reading instruction, pre-service teacher candidates participate in weekly tutoring sessions with elementary students in grades K-5. We outline principles identified for effective service-learning and describe how to embed them to integrate community service. We discuss service-learning with academic skills and content in mind, as well as reflection related to the experience, while ensuring the service-learning partnership includes the voice of the community partner. Lastly, a phase-by-phase guide for teacher educators is presented that we used in our small teacher preparation program through literacy instruction.
Online & Traditional Assessments:
Kahoot vs. Timed Quizzes
Many students and teachers alike appreciate the quiz game Kahoot! when used as an additive to normal classroom proceedings, such as in a review session, or as a formative assessment. However, Kahoot! may be useful in a more formal light in order to increase grades and engagement with classroom assessments. This research seeks to determine how utilizing Kahoot! in place of a formal assessment affects learning outcomes when used on a single math skill in a fourth-grade classroom.
Coding in the K-12 Classroom
Computers are a part of almost every industry and are changing the way we live. Equally, this is true in education because computers and technology are used to deliver curriculum and offer opportunities for students to interact with technology. To better understand the role of computing in the world, we need to dive deeper and educate students on the basics of computer science.
Preparing More Technology-Literate Preservice Teachers: A Changing Paradigm in Higher Education
When one considers the skills a student today must have to be successful, being technologically literate is one of the first that comes to mind. Twenty-first-century students need to know more than technical terminology and how to download their favorite apps.
Teachers' Perceptions and Attitudes of One Teacher Laptop Initiative: Connections Toward 21st Century Learning
This mixed-methods study analyzed the attitudes and perceptions of teachers following the implementation of a teacher laptop initiative. Data suggested that following the teacher laptop initiative participants in this study perceived they increased their computer use and began to adopt technology in the classroom.
Working With WebQuests
With the evolution of technology, students can now take online classes that may not be offered in their home schools. While online courses are commonly found in many high schools, WebQuests are used more commonly in elementary schools. Through the exploration of WebQuests, students are able to integrate the Internet into classroom activities.
Using Innovation Stations for STEM/STEAM Instruction
This 3-hour workshop was chosen to be presented at the International Society for Technology Education Conference. Participants were given the opportunity to experience STEM/STEAM concepts firsthand through Innovation Stations. These stations allowed participants to experiment with coding and robotics and explore computer science curricula.
Co-Presenter: Dr. Jennifer Alexiou-Ray
Additional PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
GRANTS:
Implementing School Sims, an Educational Leadership Simulation Program. (2022) University of Montevallo Foundation & National Alumni Association Annual Allocation Grant. Funded $2400.00 for 2022-23. Submitted by Cassie Raulston.
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Alexiou-Ray, J., Raulston, C., Samuels, A., Samuels, G., and Taylor, A. (2018) Gaining Early Awareness ]\and Readiness for
Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) for Jefferson County Schools, funded grant $26 million (University of
Montevallo)​.
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Recipient of the 2016 - 2017 Teaching and Learning Grant for Interactive Technology Enhanced Environments, $2000.00
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Recipient of the 2014 - 2015 Teaching and Learning Grant for Modeling Best Practice by Using BYOD to Increase Engagement, $600
Recipient of the 2012-2013 Teaching and Learning Grant for Flipping Classrooms to Increase Student Engagement, $2000
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Recipient of the University of Montevallo Camtasia Grant (2013)
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Recipient of the Montevallo David Gergen Professional Travel Award (2013)
Alexiou-Ray, J., Raulston, C., Samuels, A., Samuels, G., Shanks, J., and Taylor, A. (2017) Gaining Early Awareness and
Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) for Montgomery County Schools, submitted grant:
not funded (University of Montevallo).
ADDITIONAL JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (others featured above):
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Raulston, C. (2007). Working with WebQuests. Understanding Our Gifted, 19(4).​
Raulston, C. (2006). The Wild and Wonderful World of WebQuests. Gifted Education Communicator, 37(2).
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LEADERSHIP & SERVICE:
Selection committee member for the Alabama Public Television (APT) Fund for Teachers grant fellowship program
(awarded over $20,000)
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Dissertation committee member: Keith George. Instructional Technology Coaching in Alabama. The University of
Alabama.
Member of ISTE's Mobile Learning Network Communications Committee
Reviewer for Journal of Interactive Online Learning (JIOL)
PRESENTATIONS (Local, State, National, International):
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Ploessl, D., Davis, J., & Raulston, C. (2024, March). Providing practice-based opportunities: Community stakeholders and professors as co-educators. Will be presented at the Council for Exceptional Convention and Expo, San Antonio, TX.
Davis, J., Raulston, C., & Ploessl, D. (2024, January 3). Building student confidence using authentic learning experiences. Presented at the 22nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Waikoloa, HI.
Raulston, C., Ploessl, D. & Davis, J. (2024, January 3). Pre-service teachers' perceptions on the use of Google resources in higher education. Presented at the 22nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Waikoloa, HI.
Ploessl, D., Davis, J., & Raulston, C. (2024, January 3). Continued co-teaching to ensure positive outcomes. Presented at the 22nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Waikoloa, HI.
Raulston, C., Ray, J., & Brothers, T. (2023, June 6). Chief Technology Officer Mentorship Program Planning.Presented at Alabama Leaders in Educational Technology Summer Conference in Tuscaloosa, AL.
Raulston, C., Davis, J., Ploessl, D., & Harper-Hooper, W. (2023, Jan 6). Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions of the Use of Google Resources in Higher Education. Presented at The Hawaii International Conference on Education in Honolulu, HI.
Davis, J., Davis, J., Ploessl, D., & Harper-Hooper, W. (2023, Jan 3). Community Stakeholders in the College Classroom. Presented at The Hawaii International Conference on Education in Honolulu, HI.
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Raulston, C., Davis, J., Ploessl, D., & Harper-Hooper, W. (2023, Jan 6). Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions of the Use of Google Resources in Higher Education. Presented at The Hawaii International Conference on Education in Honolulu, HI.
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Davis, J., Davis, J., Ploessl, D., & Harper-Hooper, W. (2023, Jan 3). Community Stakeholders in the College Classroom. Presented at The Hawaii International Conference on Education in Honolulu, HI.
Raulston, C. & Ray, J. (2022, September 20). Roles, Responsibilities, & Challenges for Tech Coaches. Presented at Alabama Leaders in Educational Technology Fall Conference in Perdido, AL.
Raulston, C. Ray, J, & Clark, J. (2022, June 15). Exploring New Opportunities: STEM, Digital Literacy, and Computer Science in your School. Presented at Alabama Educational Technology Conference in Mobile, AL.
Raulston, C. Ray, J, & Brothers, T. (2022, June 8) Reviewing the Chief Technology Officer Program. Presented at Alabama Leaders in Educational Technology Summer Conference in Tuscaloosa, AL.
Raulston, C. Ray, J, & Clark, A. (2022, June 8) Instructional Technology Coaching. Presented at Alabama Leaders in Educational Technology Winter Conference in Hoover, AL.
Raulston, C., & Ray, J. (2022, April 8) Engineering and Design. Presented at GALS Day at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School. Homewood, AL. Link to Presentation
Raulston, C. Ray, J, & Clark, A. (2022, February 23) Instructional Technology Coaching. Presented at Alabama Leaders in Educational Technology Winter Conference in Hoover, AL.
Raulston, C., & Ray, J. (2020, April) Computer Science for Kids: What’s Your Binary Vision? Ultimate Author Day: What’s Your 2020 Vision at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School. Homewood, AL.
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Raulston, C., & Ray, J. (2018, June). Using Scratch and Robotics to Support Multiple Literacies in the
Classroom. Presented at The International Society for Technology Education (ISTE) Conference, Chicago, IL.
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Raulston, C., & Ray, J. (2017, October). Experiencing Breakout EDU kits in Higher Education. COE Faculty Meeting,
Montevallo, AL.
Raulston, C., & Ray, J. (2017, June). Using Innovation Stations for STEM/STEAM Instruction. Presented
at The International Society for Technology Education (ISTE) Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Carpenter, S. & Raulston, C. (2017, June). Common Sense Education Digital Citizenship Action Research
Project. (AETC), Hoover, AL.
Raulston, C. and Ray, J. (April 3, 2017). Online Pedagogy Workshop: Establishing Presence in Your Online Classroom.
The University of Montevallo.
Raulston, C., & Ray, J. (2016, November). Interactive Technology Enhanced Environments.
Presented at The Teaching & Learning Forum, Montevallo, AL.
Raulston, C. (2016, June). Simple Screencasting with Screencastify. Presented at the Alabama Educational Technology
Conference (AETC), Birmingham, AL.
Raulston, C. (2015, December). Apps for Admins PLU. Bibb County Board of Education. Centreville. AL.
Raulston, C. & Gilmore, L. (2015, November). Tasting a Text with a Twist of Technology: Generating Excitement to Read.
Presented at Alabama Reading Association (ARA) Conference, Birmingham, AL.
Raulston, C. & Ray, J. (22 October 2015). Introducing Twitter to Educators. Delta Kappa Gamma Quarterly Meeting,
Birmingham, AL.
Raulston, C. (18 September 2015). Increasing Student Engagement with Technology. Birmingham Diocese Catholic
Schools Fall Teacher In-Service.
Raulston, C. (2015, July). ALEX Learning Renaissance Faire: Revive Yourself! Presented at the MEGA Conference, Mobile, AL.
Raulston, C. (2015, June). ALEX Learning Renaissance Faire: Revive Yourself! Presented at the Alabama Educational
Technology Conference (AETC), Birmingham, AL.
Raulston, C., & Ray, J. (2014, October). Modeling Best Practice by Using BYOD to Increase Engagement. Presented at
The Teaching & Learning Forum, Montevallo, AL.
Alexiou-Ray, J., Brown, L., Durst, P., Raulston, C. (2014, October). Embracing BYOD, Session 2. Presented at Lunch &
Learn Training. Montevallo, AL
Raulston, C., & Ray, J. (2014, September). Technology Leadership from an Educator’s Perspective. Presented at Alabama
Educational Technology Association (AETA) Conference, Orange Beach, AL.
Raulston, C., & Ray, J. (2014, June). Digital Media & Common Core Principles: Bringing Content to Life. Presented at The
International Society for Technology Education (ISTE) Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Raulston, C., & Ray, J., Battista, A., & Cook, T. (2014, June). Enhancing Student Engagement by Infusing Social Media
with Course Content. Presented at The International Society for Technology Education (ISTE) Conference,
Atlanta, GA.
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In addition to the actual conference presentation, this presentation was recorded and streamed live via ISTE Live Online Conference. The ISTE Live sub-conference was by invitation only and was selected by the conference committee from the many presentations that were submitted and accepted.
Raulston, C., & Ray, J. (2013, October). Flipping with a Colleague: How to Make Course Content More Meaningful
through Collaboration. Presented at The Teaching & Learning Forum, Montevallo, AL.
Cook, T., Raulston, C., & Ray, J. (2013, October). Leveraging Social Media to Enhance Course Content. Presented at The
Teaching Professor Technology Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Raulston, C. (2013, August). iPad: PowerUp for Productivity. Presented at Vestavia Hills City Schools Technology
Conference, Vestavia Hills, AL.
Raulston, C. (2013, August). iPad: PowerUp for Teachers. Presented at Vestavia Hills City Schools Technology Conference,
Vestavia Hills, AL.
Raulston, C. (2013, July). Group Projection Tools. Presented at Student Improvement Grant (SIG) Technology Camp,
Montgomery, AL.
Raulston, C. (2013, July). Web-Based Tools for Teaching & Learning. Presented at Student Improvement Grant (SIG)
Technology Camp, Montgomery, AL.
Raulston, C. (2013, July). ALEX Navigator Tools. Presented at Student Improvement Grant (SIG) Technology Camp,
Montgomery, AL.
Raulston, C. (2013, July). Video in the Classroom. Presented at Student Improvement Grant (SIG) Technology Camp,
Montgomery, AL.
Raulston, C. (2013, June). Is it APPlicable? iPad Apps for Online Teaching and Learning. Presented at Online Learning
Institute, San Antonio, TX.
Raulston, C. (2013, February). Exploring Gallery 360 and ALEX. Presented at the VHCSTechnology Conference.
Raulston, C. (2012, July). Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX) Navigator Training for the Classroom Teacher. Presented at
the MEGA Conference, Mobile, AL.
Raulston, C. (2011, October). Presto! Live Magic Show Featuring FREE 21st Century Training Modules.
Presented at the Alabama Educational Technology Association (AETA) Conference, Perdido, AL.
Raulston, C. (2011, September). iPad + Apps= Limitless Learning. Presented at the Alabama Association
for Gifted Conference (AAGC) Conference, Birmingham, AL.
Raulston, C. (2011, July). Save the Date- You are Invited to a Sample a Smorgasbord of ALEX Trainings.
Presented at the MEGA Conference, Mobile, AL.
Raulston, C. (2011, June). Creating a Podcast on a Mac, How Hard It Is NOT! Presented at the
Alabama Educational Technology Conference (AETC), Birmingham, AL.
Raulston, C. (2011, June). Save the Date- You are Invited to a Sample a Smorgasbord of ALEX Trainings
Presented at the Alabama Educational Technology Conference (AETC), Birmingham, AL.
Raulston, C. (2010, July). Using 21st Century Technology to Empower Gifted Learners. Presented at the
MEGA Conference, Mobile, AL.
Raulston, C. (2010, June). The Wonderful World of Wikis, Blogs and Podcasting. Presented at the
Alabama Educational Technology Conference (AETC), Birmingham, AL.
Raulston, C. (2009, September). Taking a Peek into Podcasting, Wikis and Blogs. Presented at the
Alabama Association for Gifted Conference (AAGC) Conference, Birmingham, AL.
Alexiou-Ray, J., Bain, C., & Raulston, C. (2008, October). Empowering innovative teacher leaders.
Presented at the annual meeting of the Innovative Learning Conference, San Jose, CA.
Raulston, C. Humphries, M., Alexiou-Ray, J. (2008, October). Broadcast, take one. Presented at the annual meeting of the I Innovative Learning Conference, San Jose, CA.
Raulston, C., Alexiou-Ray, J., Hanson, M. & Humphries, M. (2008, June). Lights, Camera, Action! Presented at the annual meeting of the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), San Antonio, TX.
Raulston, C. & Cahoon, C. (2008, April). Multimedia in Motion: Integrating Multimedia in the Classroom. Presented at the
TechEd Conference, Ontario, CA.
Raulston, C., Alexiou-Ray, J., Humphries, M., & Lee, L. (2007, June). 3, 2, 1: Rolling into broadcast. Presented at the annual
meeting of the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), Atlanta, GA.
Raulston, C. (2007, June). The All-New ALEX: Quality for Every Facet of Learning. Presented at the Alabama Educational
Technology Conference (AETC), Birmingham, AL.
Raulston, C. (2007, June). Thinkfinity + Infinity= “Endless Possibilities for Learning” Presented at the Alabama
Educational Technology Conference (AETC), Birmingham, AL.
Raulston, C., Alexiou-Ray, J., Humphries, M., & Crumpton, L. (2006, July). Lights, camera, action:
Producing a school news show. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Educational Computing
Conference (NECC), San Diego, CA.
Gurley, C., & Moellinger, D. (2006, February). Using WebQuests with Gifted Children. Presented at the Alabama
Federation Council for Exceptional Children (AFCEC), Birmingham, AL.
Gurley, C. (2006, May). Student Self-Efficacy for Using Technology: A Validation Study. Presented at the Technology
Education Research Conference (TERC), Tuscaloosa, AL.
Gurley, C. (2005, August). WebQuests in the Classroom. Presented at the Vestavia Hills Technology Conference, Vestavia
Hills, AL.
Gurley, C., & Moellinger, D. (2005, November). Why WebQuests? Learning Through WebQuests in the Classroom.
Presented at the National Association for Gifted Children Conference (NAGC), Louisville, KY.
Gurley, C., & Moellinger, D. (2005, November). Lights, Camera, Action! Producing a School News Show. Presented at the
National Association for Gifted Children Conference (NAGC), Louisville, KY.