Research on current 21st Century teaching and learning issues in education:

• Social Media: An annotated bibliography of current research on social media in education with a focus on Twitter.
• Leadership Models: An overview of leadership styles and how they compare and contrast.
• Digital Divide: An annotated bibliography of current research on closing the gap between students with and without devices: causes and recommendations.
• Flipped Classroom: An annotated bibliography of current research on the flipped classroom model. Strategies for success and challenges of the program are outlined.
• Motivational Theory- Flipped: Applying the research on flipped classroom to motivational theory. The paper provides an overview of how today's learners are motivated and how the flipped classroom can engage learners.
• Learning Theories: An overview of learning theories and how students learn best.
• Instructional Technology: An annotated bibliography on historical and current instructional technology programs.
• Innovative Change- Tech PD: Proposed innovative change model for technology professional development.

Below are several proposals for research:

• Web 2.0 Technologies: This study will use a qualitative research methodology, specifically an ethnographic case study research design, to explore how Twitter can be used to increase teacher technology self-efficacy and student engagement.
• Mobile Devices: This quantitative study will examine student achievement scores between students using their own mobile device and those using the standard deployed technology.
• Technology Integration: Proposal for a qualitative and quantitative study on teacher technology self-efficacy.
• Professional Development: The purpose of this study is to determine if modeling and practicing using familiar technology tools in a professional development setting will increase the teacher's self-efficacy to effectively integrate the technology to increase studentengagement.