Nhinstitutes. Stretch Your Digital Dollar — Affordable strategies to bridge the digital divide. GAMEUP. Digital Tools for the Common Core. By Michael Fisher In the next few weeks, Janet Hale and I will have our newest book published by ASCD, Upgrade Your Curriculum: Practical Ways to Transform Units and Engage Students. We will very soon be launching a new ASCD Edge Group and Discussion Board around the book to discuss improvements in instructional practice and design. We also want to hear the awesome ideas of all the educators who would like to engage in a dynamic multi-media conversation! In the book, we discuss different lenses and considerations through which you can view your current curriculum for a particular upgrade. This blog post is honing in on two upgrades: technology integration and Common Core alignment.
The Common Core alignment relates to a pair of anchor standards for reading: #1 that asks students to read closely, and #10, that asks that students read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts. It’s always worth reminding ourselves that it’s the task that matters, not the tool. Smore Piktochart. Flipped Learning Network Ning - A professional learning community for teachers using screencasting in education. Skype in the classroom. WoWinSchool / FrontPage.
This is a collaborative workspace for the development of instructional items for the use of MMORPGs, like World of Warcraft, GuildWars2 and others, in a school setting. Please take a moment to explore the various sections of the site and if you would like to contribute, please email Lucas Gillispie at lucas AT edurealms.com. The original focus of this project was to develop a curriculum for an after school program or "club" for at-risk students at the middle and/or high school level. This program would use the game, World of Warcraft, as a focal point for exploring Writing/Literacy, Mathematics, Digital Citizenship, Online Safety, and would have numerous projects/lessons intended to develop 21st-Century skills. Because of the success of the first year's implementation as an after school program, the program is now being implemented as a language arts elective for middle schoolers designed to provide enrichment for students at all levels.
Current Status/News ut the State of Play! Gamingeducators [licensed for non-commercial use only] / Gaming Educators. We're still helping teachers get their game on. It's all just happening at: gamingedus.org. Jump on over and see what we're up to and how you can join us! Two Minecraft Servers, Endless Possibilities All servers are generously hosted by the EDGE Lab at Ryerson University in Toronto. Server #1: Professional Play Server The Professional Play server is for educators and their families to learn the game for themselves outside of school. This server is open to teachers and education workers who want to learn more about Minecraft or just have a fun, safe kid-friendly server to play on. This server is ideal for educators who: have never played Minecraft and want to learn in safe, fun environmenthave played Minecraft and want to connect with other educators want a safe, kid-friendly server for their families to play Minecraft Want to Join the Professional Learning Server?
Just fill out the White List Request Form and you'll be playing and learning with us in no time. Server #2: More Stuff Inside: Wiki. Ten Educational Gaming Sites… Formative Experiences For Elementary Core Learning. Welcome to another informative post dedicated to learning in the 21st century. I dedicate this post to a wonderful group of teachers I have in an on-line graduate level class in the state of Indiana. I have been learning so much from them as together we have studied technology integration in the elementary school. I decided to search cyberspace for some free games created to promote the core curricula in the elementary grades. Since I created this list of sites that I believe allows students to progress through formative learning for that awesome group of teachers… I thought I would also share with another great group of educators… the readers of this blog.
In fact, thanks for continuing to return and please also share this blog with others. What could be better than free computer games for elementary students? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Primary Games – As the site proclaims… “A fun place to learn”. Like this: Like Loading... Web Tools. Elementary - Technology Resources for Teachers. Prezi Support : The Prezi Manual. Importing PowerPoint : Prezi Support. Fun Kids Online Math Games.
"Sheppard offers everything from early math to pre-algebra. The lessons include interactive activities to practice concepts. Students can shoot fruit, pop balloons, and even play math man (the math version of pac man!). Fractions, place value, money, and basic operations are some of the areas that are covered. Check it out at " --Shannon Jakeman , sjakeman.blogspot.com "Online math games, like the ones that you'll find for free at Sheppard Software, provide a valuable opportunity for children to learn a great deal while they're having fun. It can be very difficult for parents to find productive and worthwhile activities for children on the Internet; however fun online math games do offer a wonderful alternative. This free section of Sheppard Software was written for children.
Sheppard Software offers a couple of cute games for the youngest math students. For slightly older kids, there are a number of very popular arcade-style "popup" math games. Flow. Flow brings embodied learning to any existing Interactive Whiteboard or projection surface. Using motion-capture technology - similar to the Xbox Kinect™ - students’ bodies are the interface in Flow. Students use their hands in real 3D space to manipulate images, sounds, text, and graphics. This kinesthetic engagement opens new pathways to learning. For example, in the Color Mixer Scenario, groups of three students collaborate control the amount of red, green, and blue light that is mixed in a virtual spotlight. By raising and lowering their arms, they can see a dynamic mix of colors, hear the impact of their actions, and feel the relationship between gesture and how a variable changes. Why Flow? With Flow, students are up out of their seats - playfully engaged - and physically moving as they learn.
Purchasing Flow Flow is designed as a low-cost system that adds value to your existing technology investment. More Information For pricing and conditions, please contact us. Educational Games. Interactive activity finder. Videos. What Makes Great Digital Instruction.
“Digital instruction” (“Boundless”) is delivered via technology, such as video and smart software that offers students a personalized sequence of learning experiences, and does not include live interaction with a teacher. Digital instruction must be combined with an excellent in-person or remotely located teacher, who is personally accountable for students’ learning outcomes. It is “boundless” because, once recorded, great digital instruction can help a limitless number of students located anywhere. Digital instruction is essential to Time-Technology Swap school models that free excellent teachers’ time to reach more students.
It may be imported from outside the school or developed internally, such as by video recordings of instructional units by the best instructors within each subject or sub-subject in a school, district, or school network. But what makes great digital fare? The most useful digital instruction has the following characteristics: Resources for digital instruction: School of the Mathematical Future. Games For Learning Institute » Games. Enrichment2 - home. Internet Catalogue. Bedtime Math | A fun new math problem every night. Studyladder, online english literacy & mathematics. Kids activity games, worksheets and lesson plans. Learn It In 5 - Home.
StudyBlue. AASL 2010 Best Websites for Teaching and Learning. Organize your resources in an online binder - LiveBinders. Deep Sea Duel. EdWeb's collaborative Games For Learning Database - launched Jan 2012. iHomeEducator®, Inc. Educational and Productivity Apps for the iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone.
Home. Media-Making Toolkit. Adam Heckler - Fractus Learning. 40 Open Education Resources You Should Know About. MasteryConnect - Home. KB...Konnected Kids. Free Technology for Teachers. Institute of Play. Nanuet Professional Development. Interactive Video Conferencing Services - Education Content - Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration - Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration. Wixie - Online authoring software for education. Ed Tech Map.