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How can students use tech to make thinking visible? How can we use tech to make sure every student is heard? How can we use tech for students to share what their learning with each other?

Part 1 – Making Thinking Visible: After being part of a technology infused classroom for over 15 years, I have recently come to believe something profound about teaching and learning in the t…

This kit with ideas for tech projects to support science themes is being offered free...just enter your name and email for the link...probably involves spam later but the resource looks good.

8 SAMR examples. However, note that each example starts with a traditional assignment rather than a goal. The focus on product is another thing about SAMR that I don't like. Wouldn't it be better to start with a goal and then choose the tool(s) that best serve the goal, tech or not? It seems to me that what redefinition really means is coming up with a more robust and worthwhile goal. I'd rather just start with the goal and UDL Guidelines and select tech as an option that helps achieve the goal and meets the Guidelines.

Practical ideas for using tech in teaching.The post is by Kevin Jarrett of New Jersey, but it highlights the amazing work of Tom Barrett in the UK.

Here's a set of very simple one-page Kurzweil Tutorials with matching videos that I created for Middle School Students. The info-tech teacher wanted something to use for introducing just one feature a day but feel free to mix and match for longer training or workshops.

Cool new tech enables you to control screen without even touching.

Great post shows the difference between old-school and wonderfully creative Pro-D on technology. Participants used tech in the course of real problem solving. Posts about ChatterPix written by Ms. Hayes

Wiki I created to document what's happening as I work with a group of grade 8 teachers who want to help students acquire more tools and skills (both high and low tech) for use in high school.

just because it's tech, doesn't mean it's good!

Anita's UDL page on the CEET discussion forum. This is a new social network created to discuss tech initiatives in BC education.

Students in a South Texas classroom had taken on the role of employees at CleanWater Tech, a fictional U.S. company that produces water filtration technology, and were poring over the economic indicators of various unnamed countries, trying to decide into which nation the company should expand.

There are a handful of questions I can count on being asked at least once at every school in which I do instructional technology coaching. I'm sure many of you have the same issues, so I thought I'd share. Good solid advice for 1)showing YouTube videos, 2)mirroring iPads to SMARTBoards and 3)the best answer to the "must-have" apps question.

UDL-Designed Math Lessons. Interesting lesson plan with space for goals, I can statements, student considerations, tech/materials needed, UDL guidelines written on right hand side opposite lesson elements.

Paul Hamilton's brilliant new website has a great introduction to UDL and many resources organized by the UDL guidelines of multiple means of representation, expression, and engagement.

This large library of free photos was contributed by students, teachers, and amateur photographers. This should be a relatively safe place for students to search photos.

The real challenge is not integrating technology effectively. It's developing a vision for technology use