Point/Counterpoint - a discussion on "is technology killing critical-thinking skills?" I think they're coming from the same point of view, but expressing it differently. A lot of frustration with internet filters...
We can continue a discussion here in the Diigo group about articles, tools, or whatever the group finds and bookmarks. You can also put "sticky notes" right on the article page itself - no one but the logged-in group members can actually see the notes. This is one way we can keep the "group momentum" going after the institute ends. Add your thoughts!
Monthly webinars on one web 2.0 tool each month. You may want to watch them live, or come back later for the archived recordings. QR codes was done, Flickr in Dec. Ideas for future topics are Audacity, Google Earth, Glogster, Animoto, Prezi, Webspiration, Voicethread, Xtranormal, Jing, and Evernote
The top listed sites in a number of categories for these awards! They're not language-specific, but you can find a lot of good educational uses of blogs, tweets, wikis, podcasts, webinars, and other categories.
It's getting close to that time of year when teachers and students will be returning to school for the fall semester. The great thing about the start of a new school year is that it brings new resolutions for both teachers and students.
Today there are lots of creative blogging tools for students to use at school, but the five below are specifically catered towards a K-12 audience and come with lots of useful features for teachers and students. So, if you are itching to get your students online, consider the following options.
A collection of all sorts of things here - from tech gadgets to apps for iPod Touch, to podcasts for mostly Fr, Sp, Gr, Jpn - but many will be applicable to all languages. It would take you a long time to look at everything that's here!
First paragraph:
As 21st-century teachers, we are expected to help students master the technological tools they will use in college and the workplace. But in many districts, the one-computer classroom is not extinct. So how can we do a lot with a little? How can we best use limited resources to support learning and familiarize students with technology?"
Here are some tips!
Is Facebook making students more narcissistic or are narcissistic students drawn to Facebook? Checking Facebook every 15 minutes during an hour of study? You'll get worse grades...
Resources to teach digitally are integrated all through the teacher preparation courses, and they have resources to try and show things with many different kinds of equipment.