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Jackie Whitney

Digital Storytelling: A Tool for Teaching and Learning in the YouTube Generation - Midd... - 0 views

  • Growing up with unprecedented access to technology has changed the way young people, "digital natives," communicate, interact, process information, and learn (Oblinger & Oblinger, 2005; Prensky, 2001a, 2001b). Thus, many new teachers entering 21st century classrooms are digital natives teaching digital natives (Prensky, 2001a). Lei's (2009) study of a group of digital native preservice teachers suggests that, although future teachers may hold strong positive beliefs about technology and may be proficient with a variety of software applications, they may be unable to translate this knowledge to their teaching. "Digital natives," Lei argued, "need to develop a systematic understanding of the technology, subject matter, pedagogy, and how these aspects work together" (p. 93).
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    A great article from the NMSA's Middle School Journal on digital storytelling.
Daniel Mendes

Free Technology for Teachers: Create Digital Magazines With Glossi - 2 views

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    "Glossi is a new service for creating digital magazines. Glossi magazines can include images, videos, audio files, and links to external sources of information. The magazines that you create are displayed with page-turning effects. Your magazines can be embedded into your blog. Learn more about Glossi in the video below. "
jremingtonasd

Exactly What The Common Core Standards Say About Technology - 0 views

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    more at the article.... The Common Core standards don't just suggest novel technology use as a way to "engage students," but rather requires learners to make complex decisions about how, when, and why to use technology-something educators must do as well. In the past, tech use-whether limited or gratuitous-has been more a matter of preference or available resources than a must-do requirement. With the Common Core, such use is now a matter of law. Takeaways for Teachers: For teachers, the takeaway is simple: technology is no longer a feel-good way to develop buzz and honor authenticity, but rather a matter of academic merit and fidelity-which is awesome for several reasons: -No longer must progressive educators defend the reasoning behind twitter, YouTube, iPads, or blogging in their classroom. -Teachers will now have access to district, state, and federal resources to more meaningfully integrate technology. This means funding, training, school and district programs, and formal and informal professional development. -Social media professional learning networks (PLN) from linkedin to twitter, facebook to even pinterest, can be dominated by education technology discussion rather than broader concerns of how people learn, likely because those educators tending towards technology are on these digital networks to begin with. Now that said technology integration is required, it has the chance to bring the "old guard" of educators (perhaps kicking and screaming) into the world of #edtech. -This should also mean better resources for all teachers in the future. Digital "stuff" is easier to share than yellowing worksheets in an old file cabinet. As more learning becomes digital, sharing should increase as a result.
Holly Hoskins

Teaching with Technology in the Middle: The Digital Inquiry Project and "The New Cultur... - 1 views

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    This is an interesting blog post from an 8th grade English teacher about using Diigo to support creative writing on a blog. He has some basic guidelines and assessments too.
dwain confer

Glogster - Poster Yourself | Text, Images, Music and Video - 1 views

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    A free app for creating digital posters. 
Allison Hart

Infographics as Assessments for Nonfiction Reading - Getting Smart by Susan Lucille Dav... - 1 views

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    This example comes from grade 5/6, but could be scaled up....
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