I'd like to hear more about who's bridging the gaps between traditional skills and students' new habits ;) Great missed opportunities to connect Vishal's love of film with the English curriculum, for example.
This first-ever National Broadband Map shows where broadband internet service is available, the technology used to provide the service, the maximum advertised speeds of the service, and the names of the service providers.
The study reveals that one-third of U.S. households still lack a broadband internet connection, speaking to the disparity of access that still exists.
The Blueprint for Teaching and Learning: The Moving Image (preK -12) is divided into three types of media: Film, Television, and Animation. Each of the 5 strands-Making Moving Images; Literacy; Connections; Cultural Resources; and Careers and Lifelong Learning-includes benchmarks, indicators of student learning, and suggested activities...
Always run through a technology lesson before presenting it to the class -- and always have a back-up lesson prepared in case the technology fails.
Type directions for frequently used computer operations -- opening programs, inserting clip art, printing documents, and so on -- on index cards, laminate them, and connect them with a circle ring. Keep a set next to each computer.
If you're a language arts or foreign language teacher using Microsoft Word, teach your students how to use the Text to Table feature.
When working on lengthy technology projects, print out step-by-step instructions. Include
some that say "Save your work; do not go any further until you help your neighbors reach this point."
Turn your classroom into a museum. After a lesson using presentation software, allow students to walk around the room and view everyone else's work
Post a list of all your rules for technology use in a visible place
Attach plastic hooks to monitors to hang headphones on when they're not being used.
Have students turn off their monitors when you're giving directions.
Type PLEASE WAIT FOR INSTRUCTIONS on 8½ by 11 papers, laminate them, and tape one sheet to the top of every monitor
When working in a computer lab, assign each student a computer.
Have each student keep a Tech Folder for storing ongoing technology projects
When students are working on small group technology projects on classroom computers, divide the tasks so some students are working on the computers while others are working at their desks on another part of the project
Provide a sign-up sheet for the computers. When one group is finished using the computers, they must notify the next group that it's their turn.
Set up teams of computer helpers,
Never assume you know it all! Offer a free pencil to any student who teaches you something you didn't know.