Iowa ASCD :: Teacher Guides for Technology Over the last couple of months, Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has been working diligently on a variety of educational technology guides for teachers and educators. The majority of them have been posted here and, thankfully, have received a huge and unprecedented interaction from their readers. These guides come in very handy for every teacher looking to better integrate technology into his/her teaching. They are very simple,developed in a step-by-step process, illustrated by pictures, diagrams, video tutorials, and examples, and concluded with a webliography containing links to a variety of other websites relevant to the topic under discussion. Pedagogical implications are included in the review of the web tools featured in the guides. These guides are completely free for you to use and all that is asked by Educational Technology and Mobile Learning is that you pay credit to Educational Technology and Mobile Learning if you want to reuse them somewhere else.
This is Why Flipped Learning is Important for your Students I just came across this great video ( less than 3 minutes long ) about flipped learning. This is basically a successful case in which flipped classroom helped students learn better. I am really amazed at how the teacher in the video managed to shift direct instruction out of his class and turn his class time with students into work time, engaging them in some higher order thinking . Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has also featured some previous posts and guides on how teachers can apply the concept of flipped classroom in their teaching, check out this resource to learn more.
Technology Tools for Teachers Every year, so many new technology tools for teachers are launched into the market that it can be nearly impossible to keep up with them all. In order to keep you up-to-date with the latest and greatest educational tech tools, our team of edtech specialists has put together this list of the best edtech resources and technology tools for teachers. Clicking on the links below will take you to hundreds of apps, websites, extensions, and more. Whether you're looking for a specific tech tool or just trying to find something new and interesting for your class, we encourage you to browse around all of the different categories to see how many wonderful resources are available for your students. Also, if you have a tool that you'd like to see added to the list, please feel free to contact us at admin@edtechteacher.org. The following technology tools for teachers have been organized by academic subjects, topics, and learning activity.
My 35 Favorite Free Apps for Teaching Schools around the country are undergoing a digital transformation. With iPads and tablets showing up in classrooms with greater frequency, trying to figure out which apps to use can leave a teacher’s head spinning. Last year, when my school debuted an iPad lab, I was thrilled, but as it turned out, I barely used it. I shied away from this new technology (which is definitely not like me!) because I honestly had no idea how to make the most of the iPads in my daily lessons. Oh, what a difference a year makes! Over the past year, I have found several great educational apps that I integrate into my teaching on a regular basis. Please note that since the publication of this blog post, two of the apps, Shake-a-Phrase and Stack the States, are no longer free, but are low cost and still useful tools. With nearly a million apps available, I know there are other great ones out there.
A New Awesome Visual on Flipped Classroom A few days ago I published here a post featuring a host of interesting video clips explaining the concept of flipped classroom together with providing some examples on how others have been employing it in their classrooms. Today, I come across this awesome graphic entitled " What Is A Flipped Classroom " and thought it might be a good addition to the flipped learning resource page here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. Flipped classroom or flipped learning is a methodology, an approach to learning in which technology is employed to reverse the traditional role of classroom time. If in the past, classroom time is spent at lecturing to students , now in a flipped model, this time is utilized to encourage individualized learning and provide one-on-one help to students, and also to improve student-teacher interaction. Check it out the full visual from this page.
theclassroomblog - Examples of Classroom Blogs Here is a great list of classroom blogs organized by grade level and subject area: Examples of Educational Blogs: District Blogs: TechDossier- Middle and High School blog written by Patrick Higgins, Angela Davis, Brad Davis, Mike Gregory, Erica Hartman, Patrick Chodkiewicz, and Cathy WilleHyPE 2.0: Physical Education and Health blog written by Cathy Wille.The ITClassroom: Erica Hartman's blog about her classroom and her use of technology within it. David Gorecki's Blog: Where Dave writes about what is happening with his teachersMaryAnn Hyland's Poetry Blog Elementary Kindergarten Vestavia Hills East Elementary, AL Wilson's Whiskers 3rd Grade Arbor Heights Elementary, WA Mighty Writers Computer Class List of Blog 4th Grade Hedden Elementary, WA Mr. Middle/High School 7th Grade, Maungatapere School, New Zealand. Blogging Resources:
3 Great Google Drive Tools for Grading Assignments November 3, 2015 Below are three great tools to help you with creating, grading and distributing class assignments. While Chalkup is directly integrated with Drive, Flubaroo and Super Quiz are add-ons that you need to install on Google Sheets. 1- Flubaroo Flubaroo is a free add-on to Google Forms/Sheets which lets you quickly grade and analyze student performance on multiple choice and fill-in assignments. Within a minute you'll be able to: Get scores for each student, and identify students in need of extra help. View average score, and a histogram of scores. Super Quiz is an excellent Google Sheets add-on that allows teachers to add some amazing functionalities to the quizzes they create through Google Forms. 3- Chalkup Chalkup is a great web tool that allows teachers to create classes and share different study materials on a message board that students can access in real-time. Some things that are unique to the Chalkup Google integration are:
Teachers' Practical Guide to A FLipped Classroom July, 2014 Unlike the numerous graphics I shared here on the topic of flipped learning which were substantially theoretically based, the one I have for you today provides a practical demonstration of how Dr.Russell flipped his classroom . The graphic also features some of the activities and procedures he drew in his flipped instruction. Another section of this graphic highlights some of the bearings of this flipped methodology on students performance particularly in terms of the enhanced test scores. Here are the three easy steps Dr. 1- Record 25 lectures were recorded with Echo 360, each just 35 minutes long 2- Watch Students tune in and watch video the night before class 3- Active Learning Students arrive to class ready to engage and participate Read on to learn more about the whole procedure Dr. Source: Echo 360
Blended Learning Toolkit 6 strumenti per creare libri interattivi L'utilizzo e la creazione di libri interattivi FAVORISCONO un approccio all'apprendimento più stimolante e coinvolgente, grazie al prezioso supporto grafico che allevia, almeno in parte, la fatica di leggere i testi. Analogamente, l'ampia accettazione da parte dei tablet e di altri dispositivi mobili di queste tipologie di contenuti prefigurano un futuro in cui molti testi saranno letti attraverso connessioni mobili e l'editoria dovrà adeguarsi a questa situazione. Intanto eccovi ben 6 strumenti per creare libri interattivi MoglueBuilder Moglue propone due soluzioni: MoglueBooks per cercare, scaricare e condividere libri interattivi (gratuiti o a pagamento) anche attraverso dispositivi mobili, e MoglueBuilder, la piattaforma che consente di creare libri interattivi. Baker ebook Framework Un Framework basato su standard libero, che consente di realizzare libri interattivi in HTML5, compatibile con dispositivi iOS (in particolare l'iPad). Neobook Playfic Myebook
Les outils qui rendent possible la classe inversée La notion de classe inversée tourne beaucoup autour de la vidéo. Mais pourquoi? Selon Caroline Hétu et David Chartrand, enseignants, elle constitue un outil pédagogique très puissant, permettant « d’expliquer des notions, substituer une partie du cours et donner des instructions claires, autant en classe qu’à la maison ou à l’étranger ». De plus, elle favorise l’autonomie des jeunes en leur permettant d’apprendre à leur rythme, laissant par le fait même plus de temps à l’enseignant pour aider les autres. 1. Quiconque a déjà travaillé avec la vidéo sait à quel point ce média est « lourd » côté informatique. Le fait de déposer un fichier (dans ce cas-ci, un fichier vidéo) sur un service en ligne pour y avoir accès de partout s’appelle l’infonuagique, ou l’informatique en nuage. Il existe d’autres applications de l’infonuagique. 2. Pour la création de capsules vidéo originales, il y a différentes façons de procéder. Dernière étape : Rendre la vidéo disponible sur YouTube 3. Khan Academy 4.
UX to LX: The Rise of Learner Experience Design The term “user experience” or “UX” wasn’t always an overused Silicon Valley buzzword. Coined in the mid ‘90s by Don Norman, while he was vice president of advanced technology at Apple, it refers to an abstract way to describe the relationship between a product and a human. Back then, Norman argued that technology must evolve to put user needs first—the opposite of how things were done at the time. It wasn’t until 2005 that UX gained mainstream relevance: 42 million iPods were sold that year and the mass market experienced great design at scale. Not long after, run-of-the-mill software engineers—once in high demand—weren’t as competitive in the job market. Instructional design is now approaching a similar transition. Parse higher-education job postings and descriptions, and it’s evident that LX design is, as a discipline, among the fastest growing fields in education. Greater Than the Sum of Its (Many) Parts What’s Next?
Usi di Google Drive in classe: eccone uno! - GRIMPO! Innanzitutto partiamo dal capire, esattamente, che cos’è Google Drive. Ecco la definizione di Wikipedia: Google Drive è un servizio, in ambiente cloud computing, di memorizzazione e sincronizzazione online introdotto da Google il 24 aprile 2012. Google Drive, per cui è disponibile anche una Google App, comprende una serie di strumenti per la produttività e la collaborazione. Lo spazio che è disponibile con l’account di base – che è totalmente gratuito – è di 15 GigaByte: vi assicuro che, per quanto riguarda l’uso scolastico, questa misura vi basterà – almeno – per i prossimi 5 anni! Google Drive è uno strumento formidabile che può essere di enorme aiuto e potenziamento nelle attività didattiche. Per questo inizieremo uno breve serie di articoli per illustrare alcuni usi di Google Drive in classe. Una volta registratisi è possibile iniziare subito ad usare Google Drive. Google Drive per la condivisione di documenti A breve, sempre sul blog di Grimpo! Noi di Grimpo! Vuoi un corso?