iTeach with iPads | Innovating learning and literacy with iPads in kindergarten Remote PC access software. Remote login for remote desktop | Splashtop Educational Technology Clearinghouse 8 Examples of Transforming Lessons Through the SAMR Cycle The SAMR Model for integrating technology into teaching, developed by Dr. Ruben Puentedura, has gained a good deal of exposure in recent years. “SAMR” is an acronym that stands for Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition. The SAMR model provides a technique for moving through degrees of technology adoption to find more meaningful uses of technology in teaching and move away from simply using “tech for tech’s sake”. We recently discussed the SAMR model during an Academic Technology Work Group meeting at The College of Westchester. Following are 8 examples of the SAMR process, each taking an example of a typical classroom exercise that does not use technology and walking it through each phase of SAMR. The goal of this exercise was to help me (and readers) better understand the SAMR model, and to really see how lessons and assessments can be transformed while considering the benefits of evolving them through these stages. Lesson: Writing a Short Paper Lesson: Art/Painting
Bootstrap Free Technology for Teachers The 100 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You The Wordle of this list! (Click image to enlarge) One of the most popular posts on Edudemic in 2010 was The 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You and I felt it might be time for an update to that list for 2011. In order to put together a list of the best Web 2.0 classroom tools, I polled my Twitter followers, Facebook fans (are they still called fans? Likes?) and ran a contest to try and get as many submissions as possible. There were more than 900 submissions but many were duplicates. Get Ready for the Future of EdTech: NMC Horizon Report The annual Horizon Report from the New Media Consortium (NMC) and EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative is out! The 2013 edition for higher education presents some interesting predictions for trends in educational technology over the next five years. This is the 10th year for the project, “designed to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have an impact on learning, teaching, and creative inquiry in higher education.” The final report includes thorough descriptions of each technology, along with links to examples of how it is applied in educational settings and related reading. Let’s take a closer look at the list of items included in the report and explore resources for getting up to speed on each one. One Year or Less The creators of the Horizon Report predict that the impact of these four technologies is imminent with “time-to-adoption” within the next 12 months. Two to Three Years This list also includes items you may have already experienced as an instructor or student.
50 Education Technology Tools Every Teacher Should Know About Technology and education are pretty intertwined these days and nearly every teacher has a few favorite tech tools that make doing his or her job and connecting with students a little bit easier and more fun for all involved. Yet as with anything related to technology, new tools are hitting the market constantly and older ones rising to prominence, broadening their scope, or just adding new features that make them better matches for education, which can make it hard to keep up with the newest and most useful tools even for the most tech-savvy teachers. Here, we’ve compiled a list of some of the tech tools, including some that are becoming increasingly popular and widely used, that should be part of any teacher’s tech tool arsenal this year, whether for their own personal use or as educational aids in the classroom. Social Learning These tools use the power of social media to help students learn and teachers connect. Learning Lesson Planning and Tools Useful Tools
10 Resources For Getting Elementary Students Interested In Reading This week’s Learnist Top 10 is dedicated to material and experiences that develop or enrich elementary students in reading, writing, and research. It features several boards from elementary blended learning expert Carrie Sorenson, material from homeschooling mom Kimberly Charron, and boards that reinforce reading and writing through art, cooking, and other experiences. Integrating experiences into student’s worlds makes them more interested in reading and literacy. Learning Culture Through Food: China Carrie Sorensen’s series “Learning Culture through Food” is based on experiential learning. Hollywood/Movie Theme Patricia White features Hollywood cinema decor from the “Teachers Pay Teachers” website. Elementary Story Apps The term “story apps” refers to any apps that can help read stories to students. Elementary Literacy Apps–Phonics Carrie Sorenson also likes apps. Elementary Research Online This site builds elementary level research skills.
10 African-American History Month Teaching Resources This week, we’re featuring ten learnist boards celebrating African-American history month . These boards showcase African Americans who have or are currently impacting American society, including one short board that argues against African American history month, stating that historians and the public should be attentive to African American perspective in all renditions of history every day–that a month should be unnecessary. Regardless, we will take this time to pay tribute to individuals and movements in African-American history that have helped shape the nation. Cory Booker Cory Booker Cory Booker is the Mayor of Newark, NJ, an inspirational leader whose mission is to improve the City of Newark as well as the state of New Jersey. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Vivian Kerr made this tribute board to Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday . African American Artists in Film Black History Month Stokely Carmichael History of Republican Victories for Civil Rights African American Cinema
Sweet Search Corporation of New York: Transforming Teaching & Learning Through Technology by Kathy Seal Fourteen year-old Will Gomez leans back on his chair, stretching away from the black-framed computer screen in front of him. He wears a blue oxford cloth shirt and khakis, and his light brown hair is gelled up into spikey peaks. “Does anyone have a bunch of golf balls?” he tosses out toward the backs of the 20 other students in his physics classroom at San Diego’s High Tech High, who are also seated at computer screens ranged around three of the four classroom walls. “I want to find out how many golf balls will fit into a cubic foot,” he says. “If you convert the volume of the stadium into cubic inches, you would divide that by the volume of the golf ball,” answers Steve James, a tall slim boy with black hair combed back smoothly over his skull. The two teenagers bend over a piece of paper on a table, James talking excitedly as he sketches and scribbles formulas and calculations, Gomez watching. Two-year-old High Tech High receives funding from the Annie E.