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" Do not just walk into this casually. " Identity Crisis- You will become a student too. Remodeling. Fear (Freedom is Scary) massive overhaul Really well-written article about how having students own technology changed everything in a K-12 history class.

Article on how to use Diigo with students. Especially geared for k-12 (?). Ideas for things like shared annotation roles, shared bookmarking roles, Handouts are at the bottom of the page.

lThe course introduces pre-service teachers to the applications of different instructional technologies in mathematics classrooms (K - 12).  Students will examine and interpret the meanings of effective and appropriate use of technology through readings and activities.  Using technology along with existing school curriculum, either as an aid or as a supplement, students will learn to create, adapt, and find technological resources.  Students will be exposed to and use Web-applets and other resources on the Internet, computer-based learning software, multimedia presentations, mathematics forums, interactive whiteboards, spreadsheets, dynamic geometry software, calculators, and calculator based laboratories (CBL).  

We welcome you to our wiki and blog for supporting iPod & iPad devices in education. Although our focus is K-12, many of the techniques should work for you at any level and with any number of devices. On the wiki side of this site are the deployment and management articles, and on the blog side, you will find the classroom activities (written primarily by teachers) where iPods are supporting achievement improvement for our students. We are posting as many help and how-to articles here as we can and as quickly as we can so you can continue to be successful using iPod devices in your classroom. Please let us know if there are more or different things that you would like to have included here.

Video that might appeal to K-12 teachers. Teachers talk about how it gives the students control over what they are doing. With access from any computer, students are able to work on their assignments virtually anywhere. Whether they are out from school, on vacation or working from home, they can stay up-to-date with assignments and group projects.

7 Technology Alternatives to Standard Homework Assignments PicLits, wallwisher, glogster Most are K-12 ish but the idea of showing the "standard homework" and then how to add media to it is good.

k-12 PLN between 2 HS.

Find Free-to-Use Teaching and Learning Content from around the World. Organize K-12 Lessons, College Courses, and more.

includes list of apps you could use. K-12

K-12 ish

The "publish" button isn't the end of the process. Now it's time to talk to-and learn from-strangers.

I found this post about using blogs in the classroom to be a helpful curation of teacher tips for student blogging. Mike G

Dual enrollment is widely seen as a strategy to help advanced high school students begin college early. More recently, interest is growing in using dual enrollment as a way to smooth the transition to college for students traditionally underrepresented in higher education.1 Many scholars and practitioners are coming to believe that high school students who have the opportunity to participate in college courses are more likely to enroll in college and succeed once there.

My article about the use of Twitter in Orange Class (@ClassroomTweets) was recently published in English 4-11. I have changed some of the ways in which we use Twitter even within the short time between writing and publication of the article. I plan on writing another more up-to-date reflection on how we have been using Twitter soon but in the meantime hopefully this will provide you with the context in which our work is based. As this is the first article I have ever had published I would value any comments or feedback as to what you think about it.

Department of Education's Director of Education Technology, Karen Cator on the rules for what schools must filter due to CIPA