Skip to main content

Home/ Groups/ classroom tech resources
Rss Feed
Sort By: Most Recent | Popular Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
4More

YouTube Lets Schools Opt for Educational Videos | MindShift - 1 views

mindshift.kqed.org/...cation-site-with-school-access youtube education filter technology classroom learning socialnetworking socialmedia
shared by anonymous on 11 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Schools interested in participating in the pilot program can sign up at YouTube.com/t/education.
  • YouTube plans to add hundreds of thousands of more educational videos onto the /edu site (which was launched two years ago), including videos from the Museum of Modern Art, BBC Earth, the Smithsonian, Big Think, and many more
  • Newly added content will be focused more on K-12 curriculum, as well as post-college content — what’s referred to as “lifelong learning.”
  • ...1 more annotation...
  • Solving the access issue, adding more educational content, and launching the YouTube Teachers site a few weeks ago are all part of the world’s largest video site’s foray into the education space.
2More

Google launches YouTube curriculum to educate students on digital citizenship (video) -... - 0 views

www.siliconrepublic.com/...28371-google-launches-youtube
shared by anonymous on 24 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Google has developed an interactive curriculum on YouTube to support teachers in educating students on how to be safe, engaged and confident model netizens.
  • A list of 10 lessons has been devised, in which students can learn about YouTube’s policies, how to report content, how to protect their own privacy, and how to be responsible YouTube community members and, in the broader picture, digital citizens.
4More

Digital textbooks get a boost with new offerings | eSchool News - 0 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...get-a-boost-with-new-offerings
shared by anonymous on 27 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Discovery Education has given digital textbooks another jolt with the release of its own high school science offering—and a middle school social studies product as well.
  • Discovery Education’s new “Techbooks” expand on an instructional delivery model that Discovery launched for K-8 science in 2010. Much more than just digitized versions of static textbooks, the Techbooks include videos, embedded assessments, and other interactive features that leverage the power of the internet, the company says.
  • Discovery’s Techbook series is cloud-based, meaning students can access the materials from wherever they have an internet connection; the company says that’s because not all school districts have the funds to give every student his or her own device. The Techbooks are also platform-agnostic to work with whatever hardware a district or student might have—iPads, tablets, mobile devices, laptops, or desktops.
  • ...1 more annotation...
  • the Techbooks give teachers the opportunity to incorporate current issues into their curriculum. The resources also include an assessment component that measures students’ progress and recommends individualized resources.
1More

ScootPad :: Practice. Learn. Grow! - 0 views

www.scootpad.com/signin
shared by anonymous on 23 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • anonymous on 23 Feb 12
     
    aligned to Common Core Reading and Math Standards. Can track student progress on skills. Free for right now.
9More

ASCD Inservice: Feedback to the Future, with Tools Students Really Use - 0 views

ascd.typepad.com/...feedback-20.html
shared by anonymous on 27 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Poole's feedback traditionally came at the end of an assignment, was delivered in writing (the typical inked-up assignment), and covered lots of traits. Students weren't really reading her feedback
  • "Too often, feedback is just a way to justify a grade, rather than help students improve," Poole observed.
  • also needed to be more specific about what students should focus on, and show them how to incorporate feedback into their revisions.
  • ...6 more annotations...
  • Matching feedback best practices and technology helped her hit these marks.
  • For screen sharing, Poole uses Join.me (because it's free, with no account required*). Students can share their screen with a group, or just the teacher, and it's a good way to quickly assess student work, especially if they're doing research (are they on sites that will give them appropriate information?) or preparing a presentation.
  • Poole will set her classroom up so students rotate through feedback stations. There will be a station for Traditional peer-to-peer feedback. Self-assessment screencast (use YouTube direct record function). LiveScribe feedback listening stations. Working with specific trait tools (students work on improving one aspect of their writing).
  • Getting student buy-in and understanding of the difference between feedback and criticism are lingering challenges to enacting these types of feedback processes
  • had students do a simple exercise—she brought in a teddy bear dressed in a funny outfit and asked how they would give feedback on the outfit as the bear's friend or as its enemy. Students put their responses into a big T chart, listing their ideas on what constitutes feedback and what criticism is, and this was displayed in the classroom all year.
  • her new, targeted approach to feedback takes less time and is way more effective in terms of raising the quality of student work as compared to teacher-centered, written feedback.
15More

Personalized Learning Requires Effective Teaching First,Technology Second - Leading Fro... - 0 views

blogs.edweek.org/...ng_firsttechnology_second.html personalized learning
shared by anonymous on 24 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • What is Personalized Learning? ED describes Personalized Learning as: Adjusting the pace of instruction so that instruction is more individualized. Adjusting the learning approach so that instruction is differentiated. Leveraging student interests and experiences so that learning is more... personalized.
  • The traditional teaching model treats all learners the same despite unique needs and strengths. We need a new educational model that takes classroom learning beyond a one-size fits-all mentality. Personalized Learning is not about technology, but technology helps.
  • technology empowers personalized learning from 1:1 computing, use of handheld devices, classroom response systems, and learning management systems.
  • ...12 more annotations...
  • More than Technology Required
  • This focus on Personalized Learning is exciting because we've combined the emphasis on individual needs and empowered this approach with the power of technology.
  • one should hope that educational leaders will not view the purchasing of devices as providing quick and easy solutions. More importantly, Personal Learning demands a shift in how lessons are designed, which requires certain levels of knowledge and skillsets.
  • Personalized Learning, like all other models of instruction that attempt to introduce innovation in schools, is about professional development and support.
  • Personalized Learning requires that teachers should: 1) Know their students: Teachers should know their students ' interests, know their learning styles, and know their ability levels.
  • 2) Know their pedagogy and content: Teachers should be able to implement multiple paths to knowledge- having a variety of ways to help a diverse group of students learn rigorous standards.
  • Simply giving a teacher an iPad will not guarantee this level of expertise.
  • 3) Manage student learning: As teachers will now have classrooms where multiple activities may be occurring at the same time, this requires a level of classroom management, data keeping, and use of a variety of assessments.
  • 4) Access available resources
  • In this regard, district and schools will have to provide curriculum support and ensure that all teachers have the resources to focus on student learning.
  • Personal Learning has exciting potential for both the student and the teacher.
  • with technology and our information-on-demand society creating opportunities for more students to learn academics outside of school through opportunities such as through Udemy, Khan Academy, and LearnZillion, perhaps this change is inevitable.
4More

Budget Crisis Inspires Award Winning Curriculum Redesign at Byron Senior High School --... - 0 views

thejournal.com/...-byron-senior-high-school.aspx curriculum redesign high school budget electronic textbooks learning education edtech Resources
shared by anonymous on 30 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Since they couldn't afford new textbooks, Byron High's math and science teachers offered to donate time to sift through the best free resources and create virtual textbooks. The kids would have access to the lessons 24/7 and the department would have lessons that met the new state standards.
  • In addition to virtual textbooks, why not add on YouTube videos of individual lessons? Kids would still have normal classroom instruction, but now they'd be able to rewind and fast-forward their teacher. No matter what time they did their homework, the teacher would be there to help them brush up on the day's lesson.
  • With this award, Byron Senior High School made a 180-degree turn from being so desperate they couldn't afford textbooks to having a wealth of high tech resources they can share with the entire Byron school system
  • ...1 more annotation...
  • We have identified with a laser focus things that are essential.
3More

Can Apple Products Pave the Way to Personalized Learning? | MindShift - 0 views

mindshift.kqed.org/...e-way-to-personalized-learning Apple technology in classroom ipads edtech education Resources
shared by anonymous on 05 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Without adjusting classroom instruction to take full advantage of a one-to-one classroom, many of these schools are just doing the “same old thing” but using more expensive tools to do so. And the operative word here may be “expensive” too.
  • Despite the rush to adopt Apple devices, it’s still not easy to sync them simultaneously to one administrative account, nor is it possible to blend a school’s iTunes account with a student’s school account with her or his personal account.
  • The promise of a personalized device was the “big reveal” at the end of today’s Apple event, when the company unveiled its plans to integrate the Siri personal assistant technology into its iPhones. Siri allows users to now control many aspects of their iPhones with their voices, including asking research questions (among its resources are Wikipedia and WolframAlpha) and listening to, dictating and transcribing messages.
6More

From desktop to desk - Boston.com - 0 views

articles.boston.com/...an-academy-high-tech-classroom math
shared by anonymous on 26 Sep 11 - No Cached
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 26 Sep 11
       
      need to figure out how to include kids without internet access. Can videos be downloaded and viewed in school library during study hall? saved to teacher web site and student access at public library?
  • But at school, it was worksheet after worksheet, even if I had already mastered a concept.
  • The kids who already get something are bored, the kids who are trailing behind feel lost and embarrassed. And the middle third isn’t having such a great time, either
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • the Khan Academy, it’s a free website that offers a large library of startlingly clear mini-lectures, combined with software that generates exercises, feedback, and encouragement in the form of points and badges inspired by the video game world.
  • Khan offers a new way to teach mathematics for a country badly in need of inspiration
  • we may finally begin to see ways technology can contribute in the classroom
7More

NASA's Spacecraft 3D augmented reality app puts users inside robotic spacecraft -- Gove... - 0 views

gcn.com/...reality-spacecraft-3d-app.aspx spacecraft nasa augmented technology ipads
shared by anonymous on 24 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • NASA is exploring new frontiers in the app universe, with the release of an augmented reality app for Apple iPhone and iPads.
  • Spacecraft 3D created a high-definition, three-dimensional model and uses animation to let users see how some of the agency’s robotic spacecraft work, NASA said.
  • Augmented reality apps, a fairly new breed of applications, combine real-world images with additional digital effects
  • ...4 more annotations...
  • NASA’s Spacecraft 3D, currently available from iTunes, features two current missions, the Curiosity rover expected to reach Mars in August and the two GRAIL spacecraft, Ebb and Flow, orbiting the moon, NASA said.
  • “It is a great way to study the 3-D nature of NASA spacecraft,” said Kevin Hussey, manager of visualization technology at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
  • NASA developed the app by drawing on 3-D models it had already made for its "Eyes on the Solar System" Web application, which lets visitors explore the solar system with the help of a 3-D plug-in.
  • NASA plans to add Cassini (orbiting Saturn), Dawn (in the asteroid belt) and the Voyager spacecraft (on the outer reaches of the solar system) to the app, and says it will add platforms other that iOS in the near future.
3More

Google Adds New 34-Button Scientific Calculator to Search Results | Techland | TIME.com - 0 views

techland.time.com/...c-calculator-in-search-results calculator scientific
shared by anonymous on 27 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Google has just released a new scientific calculator. Go ahead and enter an equation into Google Search. Try 2+2. Now, instead of simply coming up with the answer, Google presents you with a full, 34-button scientific calculator.
  • Sine, cosines, tangents; all of that good stuff is in there. Want to multiply something by Pi? Don’t worry buddy, Google’s got you covered.
  • You can also access the calculator with Desktop Voice Search. Just click the little microphone icon in the search bar, speak your equation out loud and wait a split second for your answer. A pared-down version of the calculator also appears during mobile searches.
1 - 20 Next › Last »
Showing 20▼ items per page