Do Your Students Know How To Search? This blog post was first published on Edudemic on October 16th, 2013 The Connected Student Series: There is a new digital divide on the horizon.
It is not based around who has devices and who does not, but instead the new digital divide will be based around students who know how to effectively find and curate information and those who do not. Helene Blowers has come up with seven ideas about the new digital divide – four of them, the ones I felt related to searching, are listed below. The New Digital Divide: In an age of information abundance learning to effectively search is one of the most important skills most teachers are NOT teaching.
Teachers – especially in the elementary grades -need to develop a shared vocabulary around the skill of searching. Here are some of the searching skills and vocabulary we should be teaching students : Smarter Chrome: Three Simple Chrome Tricks. URL Shortners: Latest Free URL Shortners Tools to Create Tiny URL. URL shortners are the online applications that shorten the length of a URL.
These are very useful tools as you may need to submit the URL to a micro blogging website like twitter where you can’t exceed the defined character limits. URL shortners provide a short URL in place of your permanent URL so that you can use it to navigate the users on your webpage. These URLs don’t affect the page views or web page optimization. These tools are free and used by millions of bloggers and website owners every day.
Utilizing Technology in Grade One to Help With Literacy Learning. I have had access to several iPads and computer technology for almost ten months now and in that time a lot has changed in my classroom.
Technology - whether an iPad or a desktop computer - is just a tool my students use to show and share their learning. My planning revolves around learning out comes and not specific websites or iPad apps. How to Embed Just a Portion of a YouTube Video ... Using iBooks Author to re-purpose face to face class time. Google Drive for iPad. Empowering Educators with Evidence on Proven Programs.
How To Know If You're Correctly Integrating Technology. A common question that we hear from teachers about integrating technology into their classrooms is, “how do I know if I’m doing it right?” We love to hear this question because that tells us that the teacher is starting to analyze and evaluate how they are integrating technology and are looking for a way to gauge their effectiveness. We feel that the Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) best addresses the question of “doing it right.” 5 Resources to Help Students Learn About Income Taxes. Today is the busiest day of the year for the U.S.
Post Office. Why? Because tax returns have to be post marked by today. If you're looking for some resources for teaching about taxes, take a look at the items below. This morning's episode of CNN Student News has a short segment on income taxes. For high school students, college students, and adults CNN's Explain It To Me video about the "Buffett Rule" explains why sometimes the super rich don't pay as high a percentage of their income in taxes as the rest of us.
iGeneration - 21st Century Education. An iPad Workflow for the Classroom Using Google Drive & Pages, Keynote or Numbers. The Google Drive iPad app is not yet all that we might want it to be, but it is definitely moving in the right direction.
A recent update included the ability to create and edit spreadsheets, but it also added something equally useful – the ability to upload files from other apps to Google Drive via the “Open in” function. This creates some useful workflow options for teachers who want to assign, receive and grade student work on the iPad. Here’s how it could work. 1. Using the Drive app, the student creates a folder for assignments and shares it with the teacher (some kind of default naming strategy would be good here: see The Paperless iPad Classroom with the Google Drive app). 2. 3. 4. 5. How to Create Your Own Free iPad Templates for Keynote. The recent update to Keynote, brought the ability to import presentations complete with master slides and preset styles.
So, this got me thinking. How could I take advantage of this new feature? SoundCloud+QR Codes=A Gallery of Students' Voices - Getting Smart by @JohnHardison1 - Email Share February 15, 2013 - by John Hardison 15 Email Share For a multitude of reasons, teaching in today’s time is nothing short of exciting. One such reason for so much enthusiasm is the availability of educational technology. 5 Presentation Tools To Captivate Every Student. Creating a presentation that keeps a captive audience engaged is tough.
Creating a presentation that keeps distracted students engaged is a much harder task again. Whether your are demonstrating to a class or presenting at a conference, keeping an audience focused on your content is more challenging than it used to be. Children and adult audience members alike, now have glowing distractions in their pockets and are expecting the instant gratification that comes from the Internet generation. Dtmoviemaker / FrontPage. Badges, Gaming, and Digital Media - David Truss.
Education Quotes. Annie Dillard:I would like to learn, or remember, how to live.
Plutarch: The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be ignited. Aeschylus I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship. B.B.King: The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. Primary Tech. - Top 5 most popular technology solutions in 2013. Free Technology for Teachers. Top Web Tools for Teachers in 2012. 7 Tips From Effective Teachers Who Use Technology. The Current State Of Technology In K-12 2.52K Views 0 Likes What is the next device most students will soon purchase?
How many schools have a digital strategy? Find out in the current state of technology in K-12. How Online Education Has Changed In 10 Years 9.73K Views 0 Likes We all know that education, specifically online education, has come a long way in the last few years. The Importance Of The Evolution Of Education 7.30K Views 0 Likes Over the past century, the modes of both imparting and receiving education have undergone a paradigm shift. The Teacher's Quick Guide To Digital Scavenger Hunts. If you’ve got a smartphone or a tablet in your classroom, you’re ready for the adventure to begin!
By adventure I mean, of course, the world of active learning through digital scavenger hunts. In this hunt, students are tasked with finding a particular physical object, person, or place and have to use technology to track it down. Note: an ‘online scavenger hunt’ usually implies that you’re hunting around online and not physically with classmates. For the purpose of this article, I’m focusing on the physical version I’ve dubbed ‘digital scavenger hunts’. The Simple Goal So now that you’re all ready to start your very first scavenger hunt, let’s figure out what the goals are.
Finding The Technology.