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Jill Bergeron

How to Integrate Tech When It Keeps Changing | Edutopia - 0 views

  • Meanwhile, those of us whose skills in tech integration are not quite Olympic class may find the SAMR model (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition) more helpful for locating ourselves along the continuum of maximizing the transformational impact of technology. What won't work is waiting for technological change to stabilize.
  • You'll never keep abreast of every technology innovation, so allow yourself to be a curious learner that doesn't know it all.
  • top education technology bloggers and ask their advice on social media
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  • Give yourself 30 minutes every couple of weeks to learn a new tech tool from Tammy's Technology Tips, Edudemic, Monica Burns' ClassTechTips, Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything, Cybraryman's Teacher Tools, or Richard Byrne's Favorite Resources. Happy clicking!
  • "The time I spend helping my students to edit and refine their writing as they write is exponentially more valuable for them than the final comments I leave on their essays."
  • For even more information on this topic, visit Edutopia’s Resources for Technology Integration.
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    This article contains a number of resources to help teachers better familiarize themselves with the myriad of tools and ways in which they can be integrated.
Jill Bergeron

Tech Finder | Technology Apps for Learning Disabilities and Issues - Understood - 0 views

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    This search engine helps find appropriate tech tools for teaches and students based on grade level, subject and skill. It is powered by Common Sense Media.
Jill Bergeron

The Student Tech Tools Collection by Drew Ackerson | edshelf - 0 views

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    A dozen tech tools for classroom use. Some of them may only be used by students 13 and older.
Jill Bergeron

Know Students Better: 15 Tools for Formative Assessment - Learning in Hand - 0 views

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    As you scroll down, you'll see lots of different tech tools for formative assessments. Many can do the same thing. A few to note would be Nearpod, Seesaw and Kahoot.
Jill Bergeron

4 Free Web Tools to Boost Student Engagement | Edutopia - 0 views

  • myBrainshark (1) is a superb tool that allows students to add a voiceover to PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, videos, and photo albums -- or to simply produce podcasts
  • myBrainshark (1) is a superb tool that allows students to add a voiceover to PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, videos, and photo albums -- or to simply produce podcasts
  • If you are looking for a tool that also allows for video narratives along with PowerPoint presentations (instead of basic audio), I would suggest Present.me (3).
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  • PosterMyWall (4) is a fantastic tool for creating artistic, high-quality posters (5), collages, photo calendars and/or photo cards that can either be shared online or printed out and inexpensively shipped home.
  • PosterMyWall is slightly restricted in terms of the amount of options available for customization (mostly pictures and text), but other services, such as Glogster (6), offer a wider range of options.
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      But Glogster is very glitchy
  • Screencast-o-matic (7) is a powerful screen recorder that allows users to capture anything (8) happening on their screen, as well as voice and video from the webcam for up to 15 minutes in the recorder's free version.
  • Some high-quality alternatives to Screencast-o-matic are Jing (9) and Ezvid (10), both of which are very powerful and offer unique features.
  • Padlet (11) is another free program that facilitates the creation of virtual walls (12) where students and teachers can post sticky notes with almost anything they want.
  • Other similar sites are Linoit (13) or NoteApp (14).
Jill Bergeron

5 Good Tools to Differentiate Instruction | Opening Paths - 0 views

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    "5 Good Tools to Differentiate Instruction"- low tech tools
Jill Bergeron

Extensions, Add Ons and Apps, Oh My! How to Utilize Google in Your Classroom | EdSurge ... - 0 views

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    Several great tools listed here for teachers to try in their classrooms. Newsela is great for humanities and the Easy BIb Add-On can be used in any class. Several video editing tools as well. "Easy Bib Bibliography Creator is an add-on that creates a guide within Google docs that allows you to search for books, journals, and websites to automatically generate citations in order to properly format them in MLA, Chicago and APA for a bibliography or a work cited page. (Show this one to your students writing research papers!)"
Jill Bergeron

MASHER - create a video online for free - 0 views

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    Use this tech tool to make a mash up with royalty free music and images.
Jill Bergeron

Open Educational Resources Commons - 0 views

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    Lesson plans integrating tech tools sorted by subject.
Jill Bergeron

Apps That Rise to the Top: Tested and Approved By Teachers | MindShift | KQED News - 0 views

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    Some diverse tech tools sorted by subject and skill.
Jill Bergeron

Striking a Balance: Digital Tools and Distraction in School | Edutopia - 0 views

  • In Age of Distraction: Why It's Crucial for Students to Learn to Focus (1), Katrina Schwartz refers to studies showing that the ability to focus on a task has been linked to future success. She quotes psychologist and author Daniel Goleman as saying, "This ability [to focus] is more important than IQ or the socio economic status of the family you grew up in for determining career success, financial success and health."
  • In a similar article, With Tech Tools, How Should Teachers Tackle Multitasking in Class? (2), author Holly Korbey explores research around student study habits and talks to veteran teachers about their experiences with students using technology in the classroom.
  • Instead, we should be deliberately teaching students how to manage their attention with their devices.
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  • The reality is that devices are not going away, and we need to teach our students how to effectively manage them so that they can be successful in whatever they do.
Jill Bergeron

Learning Music - Symbaloo - 0 views

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    A great compilation of music tech tools.
Jill Bergeron

3 Excellent Google Drive Apps to Remotely Present to Your Students ~ Educational Techno... - 0 views

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    These tools integrate with Google slides and other presentation tools.
Jill Bergeron

A Gold Mine of #EdTech Resources | Getting Smart - 0 views

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    Video creation, timelines, screencasting, presentation tools, photo editing, miscellaneous gadgets, comics, flip teaching tools.
Jill Bergeron

An Annotated List of Flipped Class Tools and Resources - Turn to Your Neighbor: The Off... - 1 views

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    This site lists methods and tools for making flip teaching videos and many of them are free.
Jill Bergeron

EDpuzzle - 0 views

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    With this tool, teachers can pull videos from online or upload their own. They can then embed quizzes into the video and get student feedback.
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