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the iafor european conference series 2014 ece2014 ecll2014 ectc2014 Official Conference Proceedings ISSN: 2188-1138 “To Open Minds, To Educate Intelligence, To Inform Decisions” The International Academic Forum provides new perspectives to the thought-leaders and decision-makers of today and tomorrow by offering constructive environments for dialogue and interchange at the intersections of nation, culture, and discipline. Headquartered in Nagoya, Japan, and registered as a Non-Profit Organization 一般社( 団法人) , IAFOR is an independent think tank committed to the deeper understanding of contemporary geo-political transformation, particularly in the Asia Pacific Region. INTERNATIONAL INTERCULTURAL INTERDISCIPLINARY iafor The Executive Council of the International Advisory Board IAB Chair: Professor Stuart D.B. Picken IAB Vice-Chair: Professor Jerry Platt Mr Mitsumasa Aoyama Professor June Henton Professor Frank S. Ravitch Director, The Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Dean, College of Human Sciences, Auburn University, Professor of Law & Walter H. Stowers Chair in Law USA and Religion, Michigan State University College of Law Professor David N Aspin Professor Emeritus and Former Dean of the Faculty of Professor Michael Hudson Professor Richard Roth Education, Monash University, Australia President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Senior Associate Dean, Medill School of Journalism, Visiting Fellow, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge Economic Trends (ISLET) Northwestern University, Qatar University, UK Distinguished Research Professor of Economics, The University of Missouri, Kansas City Professor Monty P. Satiadarma Professor Don Brash Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer in Psychology & Former Governor of the Reserve Bank, New Zealand Professor Koichi Iwabuchi Former Dean of the Department of Psychology and Former Leader of the New National Party, New Professor of Media and Cultural Studies & Director of Rector of the University, Tarumanugara University, Zealand the Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Australia Indonesia Adjunct Professor, AUT, New Zealand & La Trobe University, Australia Professor Sue Jackson Mr Mohamed Salaheen Professor of Lifelong Learning and Gender & Pro-Vice Director, The United Nations World Food Programme, Lord Charles Bruce Master of Teaching and Learning, Birkbeck, University Japan & Korea Patron, Japan Society of Scotland of London, UK Patron, Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies at Edinburgh Mr Lowell Sheppard Napier University Professor Sing Kong Lee Asia Pacific Director, HOPE International Chairman, Kolkata Scottish Heritage Trust Director, The National Institute of Education, Development Agency, Canada/Japan Singapore Professor Judith Chapman His Excellency Dr Drago Stambuk Professor of Education, Australian Catholic University, Professor Sir Geoffrey Lloyd Croatian Ambassador to Brazil, Brazil Australia Senior Scholar in Residence, The Needham Research Visiting Fellow, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge Institute, Cambridge, UK Professor Mary Stuart University, UK Fellow and Former Master, Darwin College, University Vice-Chancellor, The University of Lincoln, UK Member of the Order of Australia of Cambridge Fellow of the British Academy Professor Gary Swanson Professor Chung-Ying Cheng Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence & Mildred S. Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawai’i at Professor Keith Miller Hansen Endowed Chair, The University of Northern Manoa, USA Orthwein Endowed Professor for Lifelong Learning in Colorado, USA Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Chinese Philosophy the Science, University of Missouri-St.Louis, USA Professor Jiro Takai Professor Steve Cornwell Professor Kuniko Miyanaga Secretary General of the Asian Association for Social Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies, Director, Human Potential Institute, Japan Psychology & Professor of Social Psychology Osaka Jogakuin University, Osaka, Japan Fellow, Reischauer Institute, Harvard University, USA Graduate School of Education and Human Osaka Local Conference Chair Development, Nagoya University, Japan Professor Dennis McInerney Professor Michael A. Cusumano Chair Professor of Educational Psychology and Co- Professor Svetlana Ter Minasova SMR Distinguished Professor of Management Director of the Assessment Research Centre President of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and and Engineering Systems, MIT Sloan School of The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong Area Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SAR USA Professor Yozo Yokota Professor Ka Ho Joshua Mok Director of the Center for Human Rights Affairs, Japan Professor Dexter Da Silva Chair Professor of Comparative Policy, Associate Vice- Former UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Professor of Educational Psychology, Keisen University, President (External Relations) Tokyo, Japan Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, The Hong Professor Kensaku Yoshida Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong SAR Professor of English & Director of the Center for the Professor Georges Depeyrot Teaching of Foreign Languages in General Education, Professor and Director of Research & Member of the Professor Michiko Nakano Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan Board of Trustees Professor of English & Director of the Distance French National Center for Scientific Research Learning Center, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan (CNRS) & L’Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France Professor Baden Offord Professor Donald E. Hall Professor of Cultural Studies and Human Rights & Co- Herbert J. and Ann L. Siegel Dean Director of the Centre for Peace and Social Justice LeHign University, USA Southern Cross University, Australia The International Advisory Board is composed of distinguished academics, business executives, former and current government officials, and community leaders. Its role is to consult and provide counsel on the business and affairs of IAFOR, and suggest areas of scholarly investigation. Membership of the International Advisory Board is by invitation only. For a full list please see the IAFOR website. The European Conference on Technology in the Classroom 2014 Brighton, United Kingdom Official Conference Proceedings ISSN: 2188-1138 © The International Academic Forum 2014 The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) Sakae 1-16-26-201 Naka Ward, Nagoya, Aichi Japan 460-0008 ww.iafor.org Table of Contents Tablet Reading Bridging the University and Children in Remote Areas Lih-Juan ChanLin Te-Lien Chou Wei-Hsiang Hung pp. 1-10 The Effects of Wiki-Based Recursive Process Writing on Chinese Narrative Essay for Chinese as a Second Language (CSL) Students in Singapore Chee Kuen Chin Cheng Gong Boon Pei Tay pp. 11-28 T-STORY – Storytelling Applied to Training Paola Chesi Cristina Godio Ana Barroca Laura Malita Peter Fruhmann Tharrenos Bratitsis Emilia Szczygielska Raul Gonzalez pp. 29-36 Learning With The Tide: Enhancing ESL Education With CALL Azizah Alogali pp. 37-46 The Effect of Constructivist ICT-Mediated Instruction and Programmed Instruction on Children's Learning Outcomes in Science Tijani Fatimah Delphonso Bamidele Oludipe Oladele pp. 47-58 Learning from Eliciting Questions in Exploring Global Knowledge Te-Lien Chou Lih-Juan ChanLin Wei-Hsiang Hung pp. 59-66 Language Learners Perceptions and Experiences on the Use of Mobile Applications for Independent Language Learning in Higher Education Ana Niño pp. 67-78 Parental Concerns towards the Use of Social Networking Sites among Adolescents and the Impact on the Family Emmanuel A. Abimbola pp. 79-90 Case Study: The Use of Wikis as a Teaching-Learning Tool in Science Subjects Ascension Hernandez Encinas Concepcion Rodriguez Puebla Cristina Prieto Calvo Araceli Queiruga Dios pp. 91-98 Computer-Mediated Lessons for the Development of Knowledge of Rehabilitation for Patients Undergoing Laminectomy for Nursing Students in Thailand Jinpitcha Mamom pp. 99-110 Multivariate Gradient Analysis for Evaluating and Visualizing a Learning System Platform for Computer Programming Richard Mather pp. 111-126 Social Media in the Classroom: Facebook vs. Whatsapp Joy He Xin Xu K.M. Chan pp. 127-138 Active Learning Spaces in Schools and Higher Education A. Torres P. Castro pp. 139-148 COOL Informatics: A New Approach to Computer Science and Cross-Curricular Learning Barbara Sabitzer Stefan Pasterk pp. 149-160 Tweeting The Disasters: A Sample From Geography Course Ayse Akkurt pp. 161-168 Use of E-Learning Strategies that Promote Meaningful Collaboration in Virtual Learning Environments Jennifer Lauria pp. 169-180 The European Conference on Technology in the Classroom 2014 Official Conference Proceedings Tablet Reading Bridging the University and Children in Remote Areas Lih-Juan ChanLin, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taiwan Te-Lien Chou, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan Wei-Hsiang Hung, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taiwan The European Conference on Technology in the Classroom Official Conference Proceedings 2014 Abstract Facing with limited resources and human support, children in remote areas encounter many difficulties in learning and reading with the use of modern technological devices. To help these children experience mobile reading activities with innovative technology, support from the society was initiated. Services to learning sites were provided by the university. In this paper, issues related to support of tablet reading were explored. A platform for sharing experiences among different learning sites was developed. Experiences from learning sites were shared within a mobile