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The 36 Rules Of Social Media. A Great Guide on How to Cite Social Media Using Both MLA and APA styles. Using Technology Vs Technology Integration- An Excellent Chart for Teachers. Are you using or integrating technology in your teaching ?

Using Technology Vs Technology Integration- An Excellent Chart for Teachers

At the face of it, it seems like a game of semantics but in fact it is more than that. Ways to Evaluate Educational Apps. I am conducting a series of workshops in Florida and was asked to share a rubric to help teachers evaluate educational apps as part of the workshop.

Ways to Evaluate Educational Apps

In 2010 Harry Walker developed a rubric, and I used his rubric (with some modifications by Kathy Schrock) as the basis for mine. (Read Harry Walker's paper Evaluating the Effectiveness of Apps for Mobile Devices.) 5 Handy iPad Apps to Create Infographics. ADEs on Twitter. The 33 Digital Skills Every 21st Century Teacher should Have. By EdTech Team Updated on march 2, 2015 : The original list that was created in 2011 comprised 33 skills , after reviewing it we decided to do some merging and finally ended up with the 20 skills below.

The 33 Digital Skills Every 21st Century Teacher should Have

7 Tips to Beautiful Presentations. 2013 - Sessions 2013. A Printable Guide to Social Media [#Infographic] Cram a dozen educators into a conference room and ask them to name the most popular social media tools used by students, and it’s a safe bet everybody at the table could rattle off the top two: Facebook and Twitter.

A Printable Guide to Social Media [#Infographic]

But those are far from the only online applications making inroads in schools. As administrators warm to engaging students through social media, the list of potential resources at their disposal grows longer by the day. Facebook and Twitter are the obvious choices. But there are other options — Tumblr, the online blog tool, for instance; YouTube, which doesn’t always get the social credit it deserves; and Google+, the less popular but still-growing social network launched by the search engine giant as an alternative to Facebook, to name three.

Of course, if naming the latest social media tools seems tough, learning how to use them all is harder still. Bloom’s Taxonomy: The 21st Century Version. So much have been written about Bloom’s taxonomy; one click in a search engine will flood your page with hundreds of articles all of which revolve around this taxonomy.

Bloom’s Taxonomy: The 21st Century Version

Only few are those who have tried to customize it to fit in the 21st century educational paradigm. As a fan of Bloom’s pedagogy and being a classroom practitioner, I always look for new ways to improve my learning and teaching, and honestly speaking , if you are a teacher/ educator and still do not understand Bloom’s taxonomy then you are missing out on a great educational resource. Beyond Substitution: The SAMR Model. Think technology and education end with Word documents and Google Apps?

Beyond Substitution: The SAMR Model

Think again. SAMR, a model designed to help educators integrate technology into teaching and learning , was developed by Dr. Ruben Puentedura. The model aims to enable teachers to design, develop, and integrate digital learning experiences that utilize technology to transform learning experiences to lead to high levels of achievement for students. Double click the image below to get a full size view of the image. Substitute, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition SAMR - Models for Enhancng Technology Integration 1 The four levels of the SAMR model: 1. 2. 3. 4. Find more information about SAMR in Puentedura’s podcasts at iTunes U. Edtech theory….why bother? I am currently studying my Masters in Education, specialising in Information Technologies and over the weekend completed an assignment.

One part of the assignment was to look at some of the theories, models and frameworks behind using technology in the classroom, that enable teachers to do this effectively. I thought I would share some of that information here as a little reminder as sometimes I feel many teachers get so caught up in the tools and forget about the pedagogy. The theory behind effective technology integration: If you want to embrace technology effectively and in a meaningful manner in the classroom, you first need to identify your strengths and weaknesses. You need to identify what kind of knowledge you are bringing. TechnologyPedagogyContent Imagine you are teaching a fractions lesson in mathematics, do you know the content? InnovationsTeam. NTDOEMinecraftEdu. MinecraftEdu Minecraft has been used with great success in education programs around the world to engage children in creative learning.

NTDOEMinecraftEdu

MinecraftEdu is a customised modification designed for classroom use that works right on top of the original Minecraft game. It has special features accessed through in-game menus that enable teachers to control the learning environment and guide students through tasks with the inclusion of these features: NTDOEScratch. What do students learn as they create interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art with Scratch?

NTDOEScratch

For one thing, they learn mathematical and computational ideas that are built into the Scratch experience. As students create programs in Scratch, they learn core computational concepts such as iteration and conditionals. They also gain an understanding of important mathematical concepts such as coordinates, variables, and random numbers.

Significantly, students learn these concepts in a meaningful and motivating context. When students learn about variables in traditional algebra classes, they usually feel little personal connection to the concept. As students work on Scratch projects, they also learn about the process of design.