Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: Anatomy of The 21st Century Classroom. May 29, 2014 As a doctoral researcher in the field of emerging literacies, I view the affordances brought about by the integration of digital technologies in education as a major game changer in the transformation of those basic literacy notions that have accompanied us since the emergence of the first signs of literacy (writing) 5000 years ago.
The impact of these networked digital technologies in the first decade of the 21st century alone is unprecedented both in scope and breadth. We are now witnessing the birth of a new educational system that is more geared towards celebrating diversity, collaboration, independent learning, self directed learning and on-the-go learning. Of course any change in the education ecosystem is first felt in the classroom where it is demonstrably translated into teaching and learning pedagogies.
In the case of the 21st century classroom this change is clearly noticeable in three main areas: Table created by GASH-Math. Educational Technology Philosophy Statement. When discussion turns to “educational technology” many consider only those “technologies” that can be used to augment a typical American classroom.
Thoughts turn to digital projectors, computers, software, and the internet. All of these technologies can be quite beneficial. They allow teachers to illustrate principles that would be very time-consuming or difficult to illustrate using only a chalkboard. Computers and software can provide drill and practice with much more immediate feedback which greatly enhances learning.
Lesson Plan Idea: Acting Out Shakespeare Through... Teacher Tools. Apps for Education. Farnsworth Blogging Req. How To Videos. How To Videos. 50 Fab Apps for Teachers. Less Is More You don’t need a one-to-one classroom (one device for every student) to integrate tablets into instruction.
Whether you have one tablet or five, possibilities for teaching with them abound. Single Tablet • Independent reading Load up your tablet with books in a reading app. Key Questions You Should Ask Before You Flip Your Class. I am preparing to do a workshop with Icelandic Educators this week and I was asked to give them a list of questions to consider as they begin to flip their classes.
As I wrote these I realized that many people could benefit from these questions. It is no doubt an incomplete list. If you have more questions that I should include, please comment and I will add them. Overall Questions: E-Learning. VideoNot.es. How to Foster Collaboration and Team Spirit. Teaching Strategies Flickr: woodleywonderworks By Thom Markham Once they get to the working world, most students, in almost any job, will collaborate as a member of a team.
And every student needs to be prepared for that environment — partly for employment opportunity, but mainly because the deeply embedded mental model of learning and creating as an individual process is obsolete. Collaboration has become the chief way in which things are done. But collaboration doesn’t necessarily come naturally to students. Second, import and adapt the high-performance principles common in the work world to teams in the classroom. Examine individual strengths within collaborative context. 13 Free Web Annotation Tools for Teachers to Draw, Add Notes, and Highlight Sections on A Web page. 1- Diigo Diigo is the first web service that comes into mind when talking about web annotation. .
Diigo has a tool that lets you annotate web pages, add notes and colour specific chunks of a paragraph to share with your colleagues. 2- Sharedcopy This is another great bookmarking and annotating web service. It allows users to save a web page and annotate it the way they want via adding comments in text boxes or highlighting important parts. 17 Signs Your Classroom is Behind the Times. 1.)
Your students turn in their homework on printed paper...instead of digitally. 2.) For poster assignments, your students need glue, construction paper, and scissors... instead of using an online tool like Glogster. 3.) You still have chalk. 4.) 50 Reasons to Invite Facebook Into Your Classroom. Technology Integration Matrix.
Audioboo. Teach Parents Tech. 100 Incredible & Educational Virtual Tours You Don’t Want to Miss. By Katheryn Rivas One of the wonders of the Internet is that it can bring the world to you instead of your needing to find the time and money to explore the traditional way.
The following virtual tours bring opportunities to explore cities, famous landmarks and buildings, museums, college campuses, and even outer space. You can learn how things are made, explore the human body or that of a life-sized whale, and visit ball parks and theme parks. There is even a section of incredible virtual tours that Google Earth has compiled that shares the world in a whole new way. Cities From historic cities hundreds of years old to newer cities, these tours take you all around the world. Pompeii, Italy. Famous Landmarks and Buildings Take these tours to visit the Taj Mahal and the Palace of Versailles in the same day. Explore the Taj Mahal. Museums Take a peek inside these museums to learn about history, read ancient books, or view some of the most revered works of art available. Turnitin.
Conciselearning. Scholarcast. Podcast.ucsd.edu. Lesson Plan: Graffiti Wall: Discussing and Responding to Literature Using Graphics. Overview Featured Resources From Theory to Practice.
