Stich.It - Turning the Web into Stiches! iPad As.... iPads have exploded throughout schools and classrooms. Their flexibility, versatility, and mobility make them a phenomenal learning tool. As teachers seek ways to integrate these devices, we recommend focusing on specific learning goals that promote critical-thinking, creativity, collaboration, and the creation of student-centric learning environments. In other words, begin with.....
50-sites - home. Smart Board. Family and Consumer Science. How to use Twitter in the classroom. The advantage to using a tool like Twitter for education is that it’s instant and it’s to the point. There have been countless articles about whether or not social media makes us lazy, or whether it affects our attention spans. If that really is the case, why not use that to our advantage? Twitter, and social media in general, can make a surprisingly useful educational tool, giving students and teachers an easy way to communicate that goes beyond office hours and classrooms.
With the use of a simple hashtag (#), it becomes incredibly easy to curate tweets, giving students an easy way to follow the information that is associated with a specific class. Alternatively, teachers can create accounts or Twitter lists specific to a course that students can then follow, making it easy for them to find each other on Twitter. You might also like: How to Optimize Blog Design to Better Engage with Readers These are just a few ideas on how you can use Twitter in the classroom. Send reminders Share links.
Ask a Tech Teacher. Kathy Shrock has done a wonderful piece linking the multitude of Google Apps to the levels of Blooms Taxonomy. This is an invaluable resource for all teachers. BTW, she’s updated the page since I posted this 18 months ago so the picture looks a bit different. Click the image; scroll down to the section on “Google Apps to Support Bloom’s” Take a look: Google Apps Meets Blooms Taxonomy Follow me Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years.
Like this: Like Loading... Helping Educators Navigate Web 2.0 in a Connected World: A Few Moments with Steve Hargadon. Steve Hargadon’s career in education technology stems from a passionate interest in the role of technology in changing education. Known for being at the forefront of open education resources, web 2.0, and virtual live events, Hargadon has become the go-to expert in educational social networking.
In 2007, he created Classroom 2.0, a social networking community for educators using web 2.0 and collaborative technologies, which in the past five years has grown to a network of more than 63,000 members worldwide. He also hosts the Future of Education interview series, a weekly podcast for which he has interviewed a rich and diverse group of key researchers, practitioners, and thought leaders from the ed tech and digital media & learning fields. His newest venture, Teacher 2.0, is designed to help promote the personal and professional growth of educators in a web 2.0 world.
What happened in Classroom 2.0 was very gentle because the space was much more egalitarian. MySpace. Creating a plan with students to use cell phones for learning. Want to integrate cell phones into learning? You can involve your students with this planning lesson where students will focus on cell phones as learning tools. With an overview of the educational uses of cell phones (the Gr8 8, below), students will determine how they will choose to use their cell phones for educational purposes.
Contracts for tools will be developed by students and the result will be a plan for educational uses of cell phones. Lesson Title: Plans for Phones or Plnz 4 fonzTools Used: Poll EverywhereLesson Description:Start with a class discussion about tools, and their purpose, for learning.Multiple choice poll: Ask students to text into a poll everywhere free text poll examples of tools and their uses: pencil-communicating/taking notes, calculator-do math, dictionary-learn meanings of words, notes, books, websites, teacher instruction.Free text poll: Ask students to share the tools available on their phone.
50 Ways to Anchor Technology (Ways to Anchor Technology in Your. Using Free Websites as Learning & Teaching Tools 1. Have students use Spelling City to learn their spelling words, vocabulary words, or site words through games, practice, and quizzes. Spelling City is a free resource for teachers. www.spellingcity.com 2. Use Brain POP to show short, animated videos as a lesson opener. Brain POP is available in its original version (appropriate for grades 3-8), Brain POP Jr. Www.brainpop.com 3. Www.dovewhisper.com 4. Www.flashcardexchange.com 5. People.uncw.edu/ertzbergerj/ppt_games.html 6.
Www.clustrmap.com 7. Www.ustream.tv 8. Www.fanfiction.net 9. Www.ccmixter.org 10. Www.toolsforeducators.com 11. Www.animoto.com/education Share your ideas for integration on Animoto. 12. Www.makebeliefscomix.com 13. Www.wordle.net 14. Www.surveymonkey.com 15. Www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline 16. Www.kerpoof.com 17. Classtools.net 18. Www.buildyourwildself.com 19. Www.freerice.com 20. Www.fluxtime.com Using Free Websites for Management 21. Www.myavatareditor.com 22. Www.dropbox.com. Green screen movie fx app. The 1-minute guide to the mobile classroom. Jan 31st, 2012 Photo by Milica Sekulic Wondering how to start introducing elements of mLearning (mobile learning) into your language classes?
Here are five ways to do so, starting from simple recognition type activities to more complex project work. 1 Show and tell Let students talk about their mobile phones, and what they use them for. Many of us develop serious emotional attachments to our phones, and love showing or telling others about them. See this lesson plan introducing the topic of mobile phones from Jo Budden. 2 Texting Carry out a short focused classroom activities in which students use their mobile phones. 3 Reading Engage reluctant readers by sending them simple serialised stories or questions via daily sms messages. 4 Recording Get students to audio and/or video record themselves in pairs while carrying out a speaking task. 5 Creating a treasure hunt Get students creating treasure hunts/ quizzes for each other using quiz apps on smart phones. What about you? EmergingEdTech. Education Technology. Internet and instructional technologies for teachers & other educators.
Five Steps to Starting a Class Blog in 2012. Redefining Instruction With Technology: Five Essential Steps. Widgets. Awesome Apps for Science Experiments, Storytelling, Coding and More. Every month, we review some of our favorite educational apps that have been released or updated. You can find all the posts in our series here. Below you’ll find a mixture of iOS, Android and Web-based apps.
Scribble Press is an iPad app that lets you build and illustrate your own e-books. The app offers numerous story templates and drawing tools, guiding you through the story-writing and book layout process. Squad is a collaborative code editor. The mobile language learning startup Mindsnacks launched its Mandarin iPhone app this month. It’s hard to pick one app from the new educational game-maker Airy Labs to feature here, particularly as the startup updated all seven of its apps this month.
Long known for its Flash-based educational content, Exploriments launched 3 science education apps for the iPad this month: Weight, Mass and Force of Gravity (iTunes link), Fluids – Archimedes Principle, Buoyancy and Flotation (iTunes link), and Electrostatics – Coulomb’s Law (iTunes link). Lessons learned from using Khan Academy content in a blended learning pilot. Final sentence added 3/1/2012. In this December 2011 report [23 page PDF] Brian Greenberg, Leonard Medlock and Darri Stephens report on the "performance and engagement of low‐performing high school algebra students receiving a mix of traditional teacher-led instruction and self‐guided instruction through the Khan Academy website".
The authors seek to compare the performance of two groups of "summer school" learners, one group taught traditionally and one group teacher-supported in largely individual use of Khan Academy content (thus "blended learning"). Both groups made substantial progress (as judged by the increase in percentage questions answered correctly on the MDTP Algebra II Readiness Exam). The Khan Academy group is reported - with plenty of caveats, and with the rather disconcerting bar chart above - to have made very slightly more progress. Along the way, the authors make interesting and useful observations about:
Top how-tos and tech tips of 2011. I began this series with a list of my 11 most popular blog posts of 2011. As I looked through my analytics in preparation for that post, I was interested to see the appetite for posts that offer specific tech tips and how-to guidance. Today, I round up the 2011 posts that I think offered the most useful tech how-to tips. 3 steps to creating a Facebook friend list for your kid-related content: Whether or not you have kids, there’s no question that creating smart, specific lists of different Facebook friends is the essential skill for successful Facebook use. This post walks you through the steps for creating a list to protect your kids’ privacy, but it’s just as applicable to creating a list of close friends, trusted colleagues, or simply a list of the Facebook friends you actually know.Create a category-specific series box with WordPress, Thesis and Organize Series: If you use WordPress, I highly recommend the Organize Series plug-in.
Reader. Convince Your School That Diigo Rocks In Just 7 Slides. There are two types of people in the world. Those that use Diigo, and those that are really missing out. If you are one of those currently missing out, never fear, this slide set is for you. If you are one of those already using Diigo, probably shaking your head in pity at the thought of bookmarking locally, then it is about time to share your knowledge. This is your chance to improve how your school stores, manages and shares online resources. It is also an opportunity to spark a passion for technology in students and staff that may lay dormant without the right fuel. Here is a presentation you can use with your school staff, students and friends to bring them into the world of Diigo and Social Bookmarking.
If you or your school are interested in learning more about social bookmarking, check out our online training course - Introduction To Social Bookmarks and Discovery. Are you using Diigo in your school? Interested in more resources to help your school keep on the cutting edge? Overcoming the Divide Between Curriculum and Technology Leaders. The digital revolution is changing how many U.S. school districts create engaging learning environments, with collaboration between the curriculum and technology departments slowly becoming the norm rather than the exception. By developing a common language around how students learn best, these leaders are fostering a shared vision for effective 21st century learning.
Unfortunately, there remains a striking gap between this vision and the day-to-day strategic work these leaders are doing. Historically, technology leaders have focused more on technical work that includes data centers, wired and wireless environments for data, packet shaping and enterprise e-mail solutions. Meanwhile, their curriculum colleagues often have been caught in the status quo, potentially discounting the important role digital technologies should play in preparing students for their knowledge-based future. Connecting the Dots Action Plan Recommended Reading A Force to Be Reckoned With.