50 Education Technology Tools Every Teacher Should Know About Steve is in the back, uploading your file We're sorry, but we could not find what you are looking for. Global Digital Citizen Foundation © 2015|terms & conditions|privacy policy Get ready for TED Talks Education, airing May 7 at 10pm TED is coming to a TV screen near you. On Tuesday, May 7, our first-ever television special will air on PBS at 10pm. Called TED Talks Education, the special is a deep dive on ideas to make our education system stronger – with talks from teachers, learning experts, education researchers and more. The speaker roster includes: host John Legend, educator Rita F. Set your DVR or mark your calendar now: May 7, 10pm, PBS. And stay tuned for much, much more, as TED will be kicking off Education Week on our site on May 6.
23 Things Every Teacher Should Be Able To Do With An iPad Using an iPad is simple due to its intuitive interface, elegant touch interface, and user-friendly operating system. Below we’ve listed 23 different tasks a teacher should be able to perform with their iPad. We’ve tried to focus on the basics, along with some typical tasks a teacher may be required to complete. We’ve also (roughly) arranged them from less complicated to more complicated, so consider yourself an Unofficial iPad “Basic Hacker” if you can get to the bottom. And let us know which important ones we’ve missed below on twitter or facebook. 1. Power button; long press and plug it in. 2. Apple has you covered: “To redeem an iTunes Gift Card or Gift Certificate, click the Redeem link in iTunes, enter the code on the card or certificate into the Redeem Code box on the page, and click the Redeem button. 3. For reference, check Apple’s help page, or Appducate’s page for some troubleshooting tips. 4. And this probably means social media messages, too. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
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The 7 Characteristics of Teachers Who Use Technology Effectively I just came across this awesome graphic shared by our colleagues in teachthought and I found it really interesting. The graphic features 7 habits of the highly effective teachers using technology. Even though the habits mentioned are generic , they still reflect part of the digital behavior teacher should embrace when using technology in their class. What is really interesting in this graphic is that all of these 7 habits are also the same features we find in people with " growth mindset ". If you still remember the comparison we have made between growth and fixed mindsets and we said that teachers with the growth mindset are more open to embrace change, take risks, persist in the face of setbacks, see effort as the path for mastery , and find lessons and inspiration in the success of others. Without any further ado, I ll let you go through these 7 habits and don't forget to let us know what you think of them. Priginal source of the graphic is always prepped
Learning Is Not About The Technology You have an expert Skype or Google Hangout into your classroom. Students discover a career they want to pursue. It’s not about the technology. It is about the learning. Your students are creating deep reflections in their blogs. Your students are using iPads to research the location from a novel. Your students are collaboratively creating a group project using Google Presentations focused on the digestive system. It’s not about the technology. Your students are making short video book reviews and creating QR codes and pasting the codes in the books to share. You and your students use Symbaloo, or Delicious, or Diigo to save and share favorite websites for quick and easy access. Your students share their collaborative group GoogleDoc and receive instant feedback through comments. You have another teacher and her class video chat with your students and they eagerly locate information to determine the location of the other class. When is it about the technology? Make it about the learning.
Say Hello to the Mobile E-Learning Revolution Not long ago, the iPad was nothing more than speculation. It was spec drawings on techie blogs and whispers at conventions that drew our interest and peaked our curiosity. Some claimed that this would be the device that finally ended Apple’s reign of supremacy. Others thought that this device would open up a whole new market segment that revolutionized the way we viewed personal computing as a whole. One year later, the iPad – and tablet devices in general (and even smartphones) have in fact changed the way we look at, and think about computing. It has made us realize that computers can be created to fully reflect their users, and that devices can be customized to meet their needs. Should E-Learning be any different? Here’s my thought on the matter. In the past, mobile learning had nothing to do with the individual learner. I’m not asking you to reinvent the wheel. This could not be further from the truth! Mobile platforms should be natural extensions of our existing materials.
ENSURING SCHOOL IPAD SUCCESS The initial goal is to ready a school for the quick iPadding of all daily school tasks carried out by Teachers, Admin and students. The first emphasis must be to get staff and students to move their daily routines onto the iPad and not look back. This realignment will only be quick & successful if staff and particularly members of the leadership team understand iPad best practice. In the beginning, at least one senior leader must become fully fluent in how the iPad deals with the daily school tasks. 5 EVERYDAY iPAD ESSENTIALS THAT LEADERS MUST UNDERSTAND AND PROMOTE: A) DOCUMENTS: How to convert and ensure all documents (forms/worksheets) are shared in PDF format. B) COMMUNICATION: Email is dead! C) IMAGES: The leadership must decide on how staff iPads will upload, store and organise photos. D) VIDEO: This is quickly becoming the new ‘paper’. E) LEADERSHIP BLOG & ADVICE: This is a great idea to ensure genuine engagement from all staff and students. [Update] Other Considerations: 1. 2. 3.
How Teachers Use Technology: The Latest Research Back in 2011, I wrote a post about the "New Digital Divide." Based on Pew Research data from 2011, it was apparent that, while many previously marginalized populations now had more access to the Internet, these populations were accessing the Internet mostly through mobile devices, which are limiting, especially when trying to build and create online or access job applications or opportunities. Just this past week, Pew released a new study called How Teachers Are Using Technology at Home and in Their Classrooms. It explores how teachers use the Internet for their own professional learning, with their students and for communicating with families. Who's Connected and Who Isn't As a member of a large online community of educators through Twitter and other social media outlets, I know how much of an impact the Internet has had on educators and their classrooms across the world. Same Old Digital Divide
Twitter for Professional Development: Ultra Beginner Edition Written by Mark Brumley Using Twitter for professional development is extremely powerful. However, I often find myself in front of a room full of teachers with the majority having no idea how Twitter works. Even though you may be a social learning master, you must assume that most teachers (and the general public) are thoroughly confused and skeptical. Here’s some basic information to share. I’ll write this in a format that you can copy and paste into your own document to send to your faculty. Tutorial Starts Here: What is a Tweet? A tweet is a short message that can have up to 140 characters. Anatomy of a Tweet A tweet can certainly only contain text such as, “I just ate pizza for lunch.” Short message such as, “I just found a great language arts lesson plan!” So, a typical tweet contains: short message, link, hashtag Hashtags Hashtags provide a way to search millions of tweets and find content relevant to you. Hashtags are the key to finding relevant content. Finding Good Stuff
5 Features Technology Must Have Before Classroom Use Hyperboles run rampant when it comes to education technology. The old adage of ‘under promise and over deliver’ does not appear to be the cultural norm. Almost like a demigod, the education industry seeks the golden bullet that will solve the problem of providing an engaging personalized learning experience for every child and we assume it will have a USB port. Perhaps reflecting on historical advances in education will shed some light on the task. I recall with great fondness a teacher I worked with in my first appointment, she took great pleasure in explaining her use of some sort of jelly pad device which paint or ink was applied to. Using Technology Without The Art Behind It In much the same way as my efforts would be painful behind the world’s greatest piano, the use of technology as a tool without the art behind it is painful. So it is the buzzword of the last 10 years “Pedagogy” that makes the difference. Effective Use Of Education Technology
Edmodo is THE iPad Workflow Solution The world of iPad workflow just got a whole lot easier. After months of ‘work arounds’ involving screenshots, Dropbox and pre-tablet technology, the latest Edmodo update has changed the game. Put simply, you can now use the iOS6 function ‘open in app’, to open a document in Edmodo. This allows you to upload a document to your Edmodo library on an iPad. Lets look at an example to illustrate how easy this has made the sharing of assignments for a student and an educator. Once the student has completed their document they should tap on the share and print option in Pages and then tap on ‘open in app’. They should then select open in Edmodo and choose a file type to share – I can recommend the ‘Word’ option as this works well with the Edmodo annotation tool. This will upload the document to the student’s library (Backpack). The rest of the process is then the same as the educator can annotate and grade the assignment on any web based device including the iPad. Like this: Like Loading...