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Dennis OConnor

Education Week Teacher: High-Tech Teaching in a Low-Tech Classroom - 6 views

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shared by Dennis OConnor on 04 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • How can we best use limited resources to support learning and familiarize students with technology?
  • get creative with lesson structure
  • Take advantage of any time that your students have access to a computer lab with multiple computers.
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  • Relieve yourself from the pressure of knowing all the ins and outs of every tool. Instead, empower your students by challenging them to become experts who teach one another (and you!) how to use new programs.
  • "Pass it On" Buddy Method
  • Students assist one another in creating digital products that represent or reflect their new learning. It’s a great way to spread technological skills in a one-computer classroom.
  • Group Consensus Method
  • Small groups of students engage in dialogue on a particular topic, then a member uses a digital tool to report on the group's consensus.
  • Rotating Scribe Method
  • Each day, one student uses technology to record the lesson for other students.
  • Whole Class Method
  • Teachers in one-computer classrooms often invite large groups of students to gather around the computer. Here are a few suggestions for making the most of these activities
  • When we are faced with limited resources, it is tempting to throw up our hands and say, "I just don't have what I need to do this!" However, do not underestimate your ability to make it work.
  • Dennis OConnor on 04 Sep 11
     
    Might help create a blended classroom, even when you have to share the blender.  Common sense advise for the real world of underequipped classrooms and stretched thin teachers.
The0d0re Shatagin

Tech Tips For Teachers: Free, Easy and Useful Creation Tools - The Learning Network Blo... - 7 views

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shared by The0d0re Shatagin on 09 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Dana Huff on 09 Jul 10
     
    Ryan Goble, who often coaches teachers in what he calls the "mindful" use of technology, has written today's guest post on user-friendly tools that enable the creation of student projects.
  • The0d0re Shatagin on 24 Jul 10
     
    NYTimes article recommending 5 free tools: Visualizing Text, Comic Text, Interactive Timelines, Digital Interactive Presentations, Idea Maps & Brainstorms
Jane Lofton

Free Technology for Teachers: Free Teacher Training Videos - Including Moodle - 0 views

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shared by Jane Lofton on 12 Aug 09 - No Cached
  • Jane Lofton on 12 Aug 09
     
    Tutorials on tech topics for teachers and students
anonymous

TED: Ideas worth spreading - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 15 Jul 09 - Cached
  • anonymous on 15 Jul 09
     
    Incredible videos of leaders in tech, education, science, literature
Meredith Stewart

10 Tech Enhanced Alternatives to Book Reports - 0 views

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shared by Meredith Stewart on 15 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Meredith Stewart on 15 Jul 09
     
    Ideas for using technology to increase student interest/engagement
Donalyn Miller

Tech Learning TL Advisor Blog and Ed Tech Ticker Blogs from TL Blog Staff - TechLearnin... - 4 views

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shared by Donalyn Miller on 18 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Donalyn Miller on 18 Sep 10
     
    Resources and tips for using Skype in the classroom.
Leslie Healey

Gates and Hewlett Foundations Focus on Online Learning - NYTimes.com - 3 views

www.nytimes.com/...11online.html

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shared by Leslie Healey on 12 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • To date, education research shows that good teachers matter a lot, class size may be less important than once thought and nothing improves student performance as much as one-on-one human tutoring.
  • The potential benefits of technology are greater as students become older, more independent learners. Making that point, Mr. Gates said in an interview that for children from kindergarten to about fifth grade “the idea that you stick them in front of a computer is ludicrous.”
  • Leslie Healey on 12 Oct 10
     
    Bill Gates says some surprising things about need for tech in schools!
Teresa Ilgunas

eduTecher.net - 8 views

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shared by Teresa Ilgunas on 25 Nov 10 - Cached
  • Teresa Ilgunas on 25 Nov 10
     
    One stop for teachers looking for tech tools. Click on Edutech.TV, and many of these tools have how-to videos. Nice.
Dana Huff

AudioOwl - Free Audio Books - Download mp3 and iPod format today! - 4 views

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shared by Dana Huff on 28 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Dana Huff on 28 Jan 10
     
    Lots of free audio books (via Tech Chicks podcast).
Jane Lofton

Tech Tools for the English Classroom by Kim trefz on Prezi - 23 views

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shared by Jane Lofton on 16 May 10 - Cached
  • Jane Lofton on 16 May 10
     
    A prezi presentation on a variety of Web 2.0 tools useful in the English classroom.
Dennis OConnor

Engrade - Free Online Gradebook - 9 views

www.engrade.com

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shared by Dennis OConnor on 11 Jan 11 - Cached
  • Dennis OConnor on 11 Jan 11
     
    For those that don't work with an LMS, Engrade looks like a fine tool for educators.  It integrates some interesting power tools. Discussions, wikis, quizzes, messaging.  This might be an LMS substitute for those teachers looking for a free blended tech solution.  Worth investigating!
anonymous

'Teach Naked' Effort Strips Computers From Classrooms - Technology - The Chronicle of H... - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 23 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Here's the kicker, though: The biggest resistance to Mr. Bowen's ideas has come from students, some of whom have groused about taking a more active role during those 50-minute class periods.
  • Introduce issues of debate within the discipline and get the students to weigh in based on the knowledge they have from those lecture podcasts, Mr. Bowen says.
  • "Strangely enough, the people who are most resistant to this model are the students, who are used to being spoon-fed material that is going to be quote unquote on the test," says Mr. Heffernan. "Students have been socialized to view the educational process as essentially passive. The only way we're going to stop that is by radically refiguring the classroom in precisely the way José wants to do it."
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  • "inverted classroom."
  • 'I paid for a college education and you're not going to lecture?'"
  • PowerPoint is not the problem. It is how PPt is used.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 24 Jul 09
       
      That's exactly the point. Of course we do need discussions in classrooms, but we also need to enable students to perform well in them, and here is where technology comes in: You can facilitate it in the learning process. - The headline of this article makes things far too easy...
  • Patrick Higgins on 23 Jul 09
     
    I like how Bowen is questioning the use of tech for tech's sake. This further shows how it's not about the technology, but about the teaching.
Meredith Stewart

Books and Bytes - 0 views

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shared by Meredith Stewart on 15 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Meredith Stewart on 15 Jul 09
     
    Blog from last year's 6th grade Language Arts class, includes descriptions of projects/activities and student reflection on activities. Lots of information about using Web 2.0 technology in the LA classroom.
Donalyn Miller

Now Playing - Night of the Living Tech - NYTimes.com - 6 views

www.nytimes.com/...22lohr.html

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shared by Donalyn Miller on 22 Aug 10 - Cached
  • Donalyn Miller on 22 Aug 10
     
    In spite of predictions, the Web is not dead, but evolving.
Mary Worrell

Nameless, Faceless Children (Blogs & Internet Safety) | Julie A. Cunningham - 7 views

www.julieacunningham.com/?p=129

technology children privacy_issues digital_citizenship

shared by Mary Worrell on 21 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • I would say that they primarily need protected from themselves… that they need help moderating their web presence until they understand the full ramifications of things they say online.  I don’t think that means they need to be anonymous.  I do think that anonymity tends to foster less responsible behavior, in both children and adults alike
    • Mary Worrell
      Mary Worrell on 21 Sep 10
       
      Hear hear! Boogeyman tactics don't work. Educators and parents should be online, modeling the sort of digital citizenship we hope for our children and students - the kind that will keep them safe.
  • Mary Worrell on 21 Sep 10
     
    Great article demonstrating the threats of real life and juxtaposing them with the threats of having an active, online life.
  • Mary Worrell on 21 Sep 10
     
    Great article demonstrating the threats of real life and juxtaposing them with the threats of having an active, online life. Might be a good conversation starter with tech facilitators at your school.
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