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Technology Integration Matrix

The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, collaborative, constructive, authentic, and goal directed (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). Technology Integration Matrix. LoTi_Framework_Sniff_Test. Frameworks. How To YouTube Your Classroom. Learning About Blogs FOR Your Students- Part III: Commenting  This is Part III in the series “Stepping it Up: Learning About Blogs FOR your Students” In Part III , I am exploring COMMENTING on blogs.

Learning About Blogs FOR Your Students- Part III: Commenting 

Commenting is a great introduction to student writing on blogs. It does not require to plan and write an entire blog post. Commenting could be used as a stepping stone for students to “earn” the right to author their own blog posts on a classroom blog or before they get to be administrators of their own student blog. I have seen teachers require a certain number of “moderated” comments before students “graduate” to be able to post comments without prior approval.

Even with classmates or commenters from around the world leaving comments, WE ARE our students’ first and primary commenters. It takes time to learn how to become a quality commenter FOR our students. Model commenting Model writing Model proper grammar, etc. M-learning on iPad. Across the US, universities and schools see the iPad as the device which will take classroom education truly into the digital era.

m-learning on iPad

Educators in particular, feel that tablets will change education because they dovetail with the goals and purposes of education in the digital age. Let’s look at the features that make the iPad such a great learning device. Touch Screen Usability The touch screen of the iPad has extended Human Computer Interaction (HCI) in a way that mimics human gestures. The iPad touch screen enables intuitive touch to interact with computers, bypassing mouse-click and PC learning requirements, and getting straight into the action.

Kids who haven’t learned to read or operate a remote, are picking up the iPad’s interface with remarkable speed. Single Screen User Interface The iPad does not provide users the ability to read information from multiple sources simultaneously on a single screen through windows. Infographic: Next Steps in Mobile Learning. Technology Integration Matrix. Technology Integration Matrix. There's a whole new TIM in town!

Technology Integration Matrix

The version of the Technology Integration Matrix that you are currently viewing was developed by FCIT in 2006. The revised and expanded 2011 Technology Integration Matrix is complete. TIM 2.0 includes detailed descriptions of each characteristic and level and 100 classroom video lesson plans in four core subject areas. PLANNING AND PEDAGOGIES (under construction) » Top Tools 2011 C4LPT. July « 2011 « Workshops. Find Your Own Tool – Bonnyrigg HS – Selective Schools Day, 18th July, 2011 « Workshops. Best Practices of Technology Integration. Teaching Publishing as a 21st Century Literacy. For years, a common method for teaching writing in elementary and secondary school was the five paragraph essay.

Teaching Publishing as a 21st Century Literacy

Lately this style of essay has fallen out of favor, for a variety of reasons. However, one of the most compelling reasons to avoid teaching the five paragraph essay is that it is a form of writing that isn't really found out in the wild. That is, you don't often see these essays outside of the classroom in magazines or newspapers or other public writing venues. It was really the creation of the academy that had very little utility outside of the classroom. It is the writing equivalent of teaching to the test, only in this case instructors made up their own test. 62 things you can do with Dropbox. Ask Macworld editors to name our favorite apps, and most of us would mention Dropbox.

62 things you can do with Dropbox

The file-synchronizing service has revolutionized the way we use our Macs; we’re always looking for new things it can do. Towards that end, a couple of months ago we posted a note on Macworld.com, asking readers, “How do you use Dropbox?” The response was incredible: Between our forums and email, we received nearly 250 suggestions.

iNet educator conference. Ms Belinda Giudice Merrylands High School Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Merrylands High School takes pride in being a leader of innovative technology, and embraces a rich learning environment for all students and staff. This article highlights some of the innovative approaches to technology and focuses on the role of students as leaders and drivers for change. José Picardo – Box of Tricks Education Ltd. Lesson plans for teachers. Common Core Implementation Kit enables the creation of a Common Core State Standards aligned lesson plan with a few easy clicks.

Lesson plans for teachers

Common Core operates from within Word 2013 and provides daily learning targets for Common Core State Standards, along with instructional notes, student friendly “I Can” statements, vocabulary lists, differentiation ideas, activity ideas, assessment ideas, common student misconceptions, and links to open educational resources aligned to the standards. Save time planning lessons and locating resources for your students The Common Core Implementation Kit is a free tool that makes it easy for teachers to create Language Arts and Math lesson plans aligned to the Common Core State Standards all from within Microsoft Word 2013.

Common Core consists of a series of course-specific Microsoft Word templates that access Common Core information through a Microsoft Office Task Pane that is displayed next to the lesson plan document. PowerPoint in the Classroom. Edna closure. Looking for Groups and Lists? Click here. Welcome to the Macquarie ICT Innovations Centre.