MCPS SA-94

This is an example of a traditional lesson that I added technology to very easily. The lesson plan is in the attachments. My class went through the writing process to create their New Year's resolutions. When they finished their traditional "stepping into New Year's" bulletin board activity, we then digitally captured their voices in Audacity. Students then created their own Resolution Page in Glogster.edu.

Includes online word magnets, equitable practice random selectors. Great tools for those who don't have Promethean Boards

We are going on a field trip on 10/ 8. Each student will have a digital camera/video camera to take pictures on the trip. When they return they will need to answer three of the index cards and create their own glog with their own text/pictures and videos. Great way to followup a field trip!

Love this! I also love how kids will have cameras and be taking their own pictures. What kind of cameras are they using?

I have a class set of Bean Sprout and Cabinar camera's so each student has one to take digital pictures. I also have 13 GFM DV-150's which students pair up to take videos and digital pictures. The first field trip was quite a success using this assignment. My students were engaged and asked very pointed questions. The tour guide commented how well prepared they seemed, and how great their questions were. I plan on doing the same type of assignment when we go to the Natural History Museum next month.

Technology is revolutionizing the world of education - replacing familiar classroom tools and changing the way we learn. MindShift explores the future of learning in all its dimensions - covering cultural and technology trends, groundbreaking research, education policy and more. The site is curated by Tina Barseghian, a former editor of Edutopia and the mother of a grade-schooler.

great interactive site for children's stories

Nice site. The narration is a bit slow for my taste, but that makes it all the better for some of our students. There is lots of control, like turning highlighting and animation on and off. You can have the book advance automatically. You can go forward and backwards in the book.

Interesting points. I especially like 6. DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION AS A SIGN OF DISTINGUISHED TEACHER The 21st century is customizable. In ten years, the teacher who hasn't yet figured out how to use tech to personalize learning will be the teacher out of a job. Differentiation won't make you 'distinguished'; it'll just be a natural part of your work.

Another resource for Clicker is the Clicker ebooks that you can download from the Accessible Book Collection. This is a great website that has digital text in different formats available for download...there is a $50 subscription fee for the year but it is well worth it if you are trying to integrate digital text with instruction. You can see that Linda has played a large part in adding these Clicker 5 books to the collection! Posted by Kathryn Lee on Blackboard

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, constructive, goal directed (i.e., reflective), authentic, and collaborative (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments. Together, the five levels of technology integration and the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments create a matrix of 25 cells.

Discusses a strategy for getting started with web 2.0 tools and gives a list of the major categories to consider.

Allows you to enter a web address (URL) and make all of the words on that page clickable for definitions and translation. It allows the user to click on any word on the page for a definition.

Glog I created that has a great teacher focused 21st Classroom video

Looking for a short video to introduce or reinforce a math concept. This site is great.

make your own materails and get a bank of ideas for lessons, as well!

Yet another Web 2.0 tool.

Create and view beautifully informative animated maps, for free!

Examples of how 21st century learning will better prepare students for the future they'll encounter when they leave school.

Supports Session 3

Great comparison chart

Love the quote from a Twitter feed I received today, "Easier to change how we teach than to change the way students learn"

These tips about personlising with technology are really 10 ways to apply UDL concepts to your technology use. A good quick and dirty of how UDL and technology overlap.

"More important than the gadgets themselves, of course, is how the teachers use them to create personalized lessons and a productive environment where each child is engaged." I wish some of our staff development would focus on bringing all of the elements together the way that this article does. Sometimes we might lose sight of the bigger picture with so much technology available to us. This puts it all in perspective.