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§. Integrating Tech: More Than Just Having Computers. Technology has become part of the educational process, but too often it is separate and not integrated into the learning experience.Today, Education World offers easy and painless ways to integrate technology into your daily routine.
Included: Nineteen activities and nearly 50 Web sites. Integrating technology into the curriculum is a priority -- if not a mandate -- in most schools today. Most educational technology experts agree, however, that technology should be integrated, not as a separate subject or as a once-in-a-while project, but as a tool to promote and extend student learning on a daily basis.
The challenge, of course, is in finding ways to use technology -- and to help students use it -- that don't take time away from core subjects. For many teachers, a lack of personal experience with technology presents an additional challenge. Used properly, however, technology can be a tool for teachers as well as for students. Access an online weather forecast. Master Google Classroom. How To Host An Hour Of Code At Your School. How to Use Online Video to Flip the Classroom. Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. Learn how to use Classkick in your iPad based classroom. Podcast: Download | Embed Jeff sits down with Peter Do and Andrew Rowland to discuss how Classkick is helping teachers share awesome lessons on the iPad and gain invaluable student feedback. About Classkick The Classkick Team seeks to understand the most fundamental needs of teachers, students and parents in education. In doing so we can build extremely focused and impactful technology that demonstrably increases student learning and development.
Links of Interest Website: Blog: Twitter: @classkick Facebook: About our Guests Andrew Rowland Andrew obsesses over finding ways to increase student achievement. Peter Do Peter studied mechanical engineering at UC Berkeley and most recently developed algorithms that find energy waste in buildings. Shake Up Learning Website and Blog. iPads, MakerEd and More in Education. Mrs. Gage's Technology Website - Mrs. Gage's Free Technology Website. 11 Ways to use Symbaloo in the Classroom – The Edublogger. NOTE: This is a guest post by Mimi Chau from the Symbaloo team. Edublogs just rolled out a free Symbaloo plugin available to all users that we think you’ll enjoy! What is Symbaloo? Symbaloo is a free social bookmarking tool. A fun and simple way to organize and store all your digital resources in the cloud.
You can categorize your resources, share and access them from any device. Meanwhile, Symbaloo is a free educational tool, SymbalooEDU Premium is a resource management system that offer classrooms, schools, and districts a customized SymbalooEDU page with a dedicated URL to distribute and manage all digital resources in one place. Learn more about “Which Symbaloo is Best for You”. Why Should You Symbaloo? Symbaloo helps teachers curate content and share the best of the web with their students. “Help, I’m drowning!” As schools start to implement 1:1 or BOYD methods in the classroom, teachers are required to keep up with the latest technology and teaching methods. 1. 2.
Music Webmix: 3. 4. How to Create Images, Videos, and Web Pages With Adobe Spark. Adobe Spark is a new suite of free tools for creating images, videos, and simple web pages. The blog-o-sphere was all abuzz about Adobe Spark late last week so I gave it a try too. Adobe Spark can be used in your web browser or you can download the Adobe Spark video, image, and web page iPad apps. In the video embedded below I demonstrate how to create images, web pages, and videos with Adobe Spark in your web browser.
Key features of Adobe Spark's web app include an integrated Creative Commons image search tool, the option to download images as JPEGs, and the option to download your videos as MP4 files. Applications for Education You and your students could use Adobe Spark to create short informational videos. The recording feature in Adobe Spark's video editor makes it very easy to precisely control the audio on each part of your videos. The Adobe Spark web page tool provides students with a great way to tell stories through pictures. How to make a Wizer Worksheet.