technology in education
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There is open wireless access in every part of the school and staff and students alike are accessing it. They are accessing it on laptops, iPads and NetBooks. They are using them to complete activities that promote higher order thinking skills.
The Education of an Elementary Principal
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How to Grow a Blog | blog of proximal development
Last month, in preparation for my K12Online Conference presentation , I re-read Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s Good Business. Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning . In it, he states that the experience of flow – when the person is totally immersed in an activity and genuinely enjoying the moment – comes from “the steps one takes toward attaining a goal, not from actually reaching it.”
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The Education Technologies That Educators Believe Can Have The Biggest Impact On Student Learning (Survey Results) | Emerging Education Technology
Survey results indicate several specific technologies as those that we should be investing in and focusing on if we want to effectively leverage technology in education.
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Using Blooms Taxonomy in education is a highly effective way to scaffold learning for the students.
3 Reasons an Administrator Needs an iPad
For over a month now, I have been testing the capabilities of my iPad, and I have to admit, it has now become a seamless part of both my professional life and personal life. I would encourage all administrators to consider investing in an iPad for three reasons.
iPad implementation
Lots of people have been asking about using the iPad as a way of teaching young students to write.
Apps in Education
Kidblog is built by teachers, for teachers, so students can get the most out of the blogging process. Kidblog meets the need for a safe and simple blogging platform suitable for elementary and middle school students. Most importantly, Kidblog allows teachers to monitor and control all publishing activity within the classroom blogging community.
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From the same people that created My Brainshark comes SlideShark . SlideShark is a free app for converting and viewing PPT files on your iPad.
Free Technology for Teachers: SlideShark - Convert & View PPT on Your iPad
Although we are still adjusting to the routines in our literacy centers, we are ready to begin using the iPads in our content area instruction and inquiry. A little background: our faculty has both studied and been featured in a book/DVD series by Stephanie Harvey and Harvey "Smokey" Daniels entitled Comprehension and Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action . Inquiry-based learning has led to increased student choice and engagement, deep and meaningful questioning, and real-world advocacy and action.
Next steps: getting ready for inquiry
To be successful when using technology in education, it is important to focus on engagement, creativity, inquiry-based learning and differentiated instruction rather than on the technological tools used to amplify the learning which takes place in the classroom.