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A list of links and resources about using technology in the classroom
Updated on Apr 07, 12
Created on Apr 07, 12
Category: Schools & Education
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This article reviews the emergence and pros and cons of Apple's digital textbooks.
Mark Barnes explains how he uses color coding to differentiate instruction on his blog, wiki, and message boards.
This article enumerates many of the positive benefits of allowing students to access and use social media in an educational context.
In this video, teens are offered ten tips to observe when working or playing
online.
This article gives a brief history of the wiki, which was originally used by software engineers who wanted to be able to collaborate on writing software. The article goes on to discuss how their use has become more prevalent in education.
This article discusses how the numbers of international students enrolled in America’s universities are on the rise and how these students are studying and graduating with degrees in engineering, technology, and business—areas where our current workforce is lacking.
The author explains the basics of Kid Blog—how to log in and set up classes.
He shows his audience how to make a post, how to edit the font, and how to review a post before making it public.
This video explores the role of a principal who actually leads a school that is entirely web-based. In the video he discusses what his role is and how he oversees and supervises his digital school.
This teacher-created how-to video shows other teachers how to use Glogster for student assignments. This tool allows students to demonstrate content understanding in a virtual format that allows for more “bells and whistles” than the traditional poster assignment.
This video outlines how two high schools use Google SketchUp to excite students about education.
This website, started by Steve Hargadon, allows teachers from across the globe to network about how they use technology in their classrooms. There are also links to events, recordings, groups, and more. Sign-up is required but free. Teachers can post questions to other teachers about how they are using technology in their classrooms,what works, what hasn’t worked, and why.
This article lists 50 different open source apps, by category, that are replacing common education software.
This former teacher/administrator turned author brings attention to the growing disconnect between students’ lives inside and outside of school.
This article cautions us that some of the research done in the area of effectiveness of media in literacy has been flawed. It does a good job of reminding us that technology is not an end in itself but a means to an end—a way for us to transform good pedagogical practices into something that will help our students in today’s marketplace.
This article discusses how Alabama’s AMSTI schools show gains equal to 28 extra days of school over the course of a year. The study included 30,000 students and 780 teachers across 82 schools.
This article reminds us that while students and teachers agree that learning by doing can be the most effective type of learning, it can be prohibitive for a number of reasons: cost of materials, difficulty of implementation, lack of access to resources. It then goes on to explain that technology can make such authentic learning experiences for students possible.
Jose Picardo has set up this blog site to share his experiences of using technology in the classroom with other educators.
Jose Picardo, who blogs about technology use (see “Box of Tricks” in list) has put together this video that highlights the top ten simple and effective ways teachers can integrate technology.
This article explores the need for schools to adapt the way we teach to fit the way today’s students learn. The author explains that he finds past explanations of how students learn to be too simplistic. He believes that a more sound premise for learning is the premise presented by connectivism, i.e., that much of what we need to know can be found outside ourselves, and the important element is how well we can make connections between what we know, what we do not know, and where and how to find
answers to what we do not know.
eSchool News’ list of reader-suggested resources for second-language learners
30 items | 10 visits
A list of links and resources about using technology in the classroom
Updated on Apr 07, 12
Created on Apr 07, 12
Category: Schools & Education
URL: