K12 educational transformation through technology. Philly Teacher. Tom Murray. ANYBODY CAN LEARN — 5th grader, Mariana, blogs about the Hour of Code. Socrative: A New Student Response System. Do you like the idea of exit slips, but don’t have time to grade them all outside of class?
Do you find yourself wondering whether or not students caught the main point of your lecture? Do you wish you could go paperless for quizzes and other activities or even just reduce the amount of paper you use? Do you want to engage your students more with your lessons? Well, if your students have smartphones, tablets, or computers in class, then Socrative can help you out. NCTM: Illuminations: Bar Grapher. The Yellin Center Blog: NCTM’s Illuminations is a Fantastic Resource for Math Instruction.
After sifting through a seemingly endless list of math apps and online math games recently, we were pleasantly surprised and energized to discover Illuminations.
While much of the content we viewed on other websites was more of the same, Illuminations was, well, illuminating. A resource developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is bound to be impressive and insightful, and Illuminations, we discovered, is both. Illuminations offers 108 online activities that teach a multitude of skills, from counting to calculus. Adding A Voki Speaking Avatar To Your Blog Sidebar - The Edublogger. Voki speaking avatars are cool and lots of fun to create.
They’re used to add a human element to their blogs or engage students. But they can be a bit pesky to embed in a blog so this post explains how to add a voki to your blog sidebar. Our next post explains how to add them to a Post or Page. About Vokis Voki enables you to create an avatar in your own voice using a talking character. You can customize your Voki to look like you or take on the identity of different characters such as animals, monsters. Student Choice in the Classroom. Welcome Karianne Politowski as this week’s guest blogger!
At Voki, we love more than anything sharing the authentic ways in which teachers are using Voki to enrich their classrooms. See how her students used Voki! Take it away Karianne! Voki is a tool I can use no matter what grade level or subject I am teaching. My teaching career thus far has been anything but boring. For the first project of the year using Voki, I let the students choose any backgrounds, and characters they want. Wiggio Blog » education. Wiggio Blog » Chat Rooms Make Class Collaboration Easy.
Nearpod Blog. Nearpod Blog. Nearpod - In the Blogs. The Power of Kahoot! in the Classroom - Guest Blog Post. Who better to speak to the power of using Kahoot!
In the classroom than the eLearning Contributor who developed the training on Kahoot! 7 tips for writing original stories - Storybird Blog. The Storybird blog — The world needs stories. Your stories. PARENTS AND EDUCATORS AGAINST COMMON CORE STANDARDS. Education Week. School Improvement Network. Common Core. Check for Student Understanding with Pear Deck - From Jennifer Carey. This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers.
As more schools go 1:1, teachers often feel challenged to make their traditional lessons and activities more interactive. A Lever and a Place to Stand: Pear Deck = Presentations + Student Response System. When I got my first set of student response clickers, I admit that I started using them to mock them.
It only took a few uses, though, before I was hooked. I especially like the clickers when I am teaching a new type of problem or formula in chemistry because I can quickly see how many students are mastering or struggling with a concept and clear up misconceptions as they happen. This summer I participated in the Beta for Pear Deck, a new presentation and student response platform. It's hard to try out a student response system in the summer . . . without students . . . so I was excited to try it in my classroom this week. Pear Deck integrates with Google Drive, so I tried it out with our Chromebooks today. After clicking Create a New Deck, click the New Slide button. ClassDojo.
Curriculet - Revolutionizing the way students engage with books. Explain Everything. This app is epic!
Explain Everything gives amazing options for creating videos and presentations and it’s development cycle is excellent with regular great improvements. Explain Everything is SUPERB, it is one of the best content creation apps there is! It is super easy to use and the end files and sharing allow for great flexibility. @rolfek The concept is basic! Bill Gates blogs about LearnZillion! We’ve been meaning to post this for a long time but never got around to it.
Right after our Dream Team’s lessons went live on the site at the end of August, 2012, Bill Gates blogged about his support for LearnZillion! How cool is that?! Here is the link if you want to read his original article Gates Foundation was instrumental in getting our content up and running. They supported us this summer when we convened the inaugural TeachFest in Atlanta. Goalbook - Success For Every Student. Goalbook has provided teachers in Glendale Unified School District the ability to create Common Core aligned learning goals for students.
Goalbook provides resources and strategies which have helped GUSD teachers address the individual needs of children, including those in special education. These resources allow teachers to help their students achieve and access content at higher depth of knowledge levels. I am excited because for the first time we can truly meet the needs of all kids. Goalbook has allowed us to integrate the instructional practice for our general ed and our special populations, and ensure that all our students are taught to think critically and have the joy of learning. It is phenomenal. With clear alignment between measurable goals and state standards, along with instructional best practices using UDL strategies, Goalbook can transform our teaching.
Education Week. My Approach To Digital Content Curation. My Approach To Digital Content Curation by Steven Anderson, Presenter at tlipad.com. I spend a great deal of time looking up stuff. Education Week. Education Week. Education Week. Education Week. Guest post by Steven Ramirez, technology integrator at The Philadelphia School. Most educators I know are obsessed with learning. They live in a constant state of exploration; seeking out information and resources that will stretch their students' (and their own) understanding of the world.
Nevertheless, there exists a perception that teachers are resistant towards adopting new technologies in the classroom. At the progressive preK-8 independent school where I support faculty in their integration of technology, educators live and breathe creative, student-centered teaching. My experience has shown me that these teachers, like most teachers, consistently seek tools that will improve and expand their students' learning experience and/or improve management of student work. Many educational technologies struggle to break into the classroom because they have yet to clearly meet teachers' needs. Simplify the setup for teachers.