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1. Flip (10) Your Lessons

2. Create Scaffolded Challenges

3. Empower Student Leaders

1) Notify Parents

2) Develop a Responsible Use Policy

4) Plan Activities "With" Students

Using visual thinking methodologies, Kidspiration provides a cross-curricular visual workspace for K-5 learners. Students combine pictures, text, numbers and spoken words to develop vocabulary, word recognition, reading for comprehension, writing and critical thinking skills.

Kidspiration works the way students think and learn and the way teachers teach. As students make visual connections, they build fundamental skills in reading, writing, math, science and social studies. Kidspiration offers activities in all curriculum areas, so students use visual learning naturally and confidently.

The use of technology in the classroom is becoming more mainstream than ever

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Instant knowledge has changed how everyone learns because the questions we need to have answered are just a few clicks away.

When the micro computer came into vogue in schools, doomsday prophets predicted the demise of the public school teacher. Now we have so much more technology in schools and student's pockets, and we still have teachers. What then, will be the role of the teacher when each student can look up every answer on their wrist phone, or with their eyeglasses? The teacher's role will be to motivate; the teacher can provide the answer to the question, "Why do I need to know this?"

How do you create learning environments that motivate students to learn?

So how will iPads be used as their classroom roles evolve in 2013? Education Dive found these examples:

1. PUTTING STUDENTS IN CHARGE OF THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

2. REPLACING TEXTBOOKS AND TRANSCRIBING LECTURES

ompounding the issue, data has shown that students with disabilities perform well below their peers in standardized testing.3 In their research, McTighe and Brown articulate a disconnect between the instructional

Overcoming obstacles to effective differentiation

Many of the obstacles to implementing differentiated instruction can be overcome with the effective use of technology. Teachers who feel ill-prepared to address the diverse needs of their students, for example, have ready access to more options than ever before as a result of the wide range of software and hardware tools available. Technology can equip teachers to address students’ needs in an almost limitless number of ways, through content input, learning activities, and opportunities to demonstrate comprehension. And because many students come to the learning environment with a predisposition for using it seamlessly, technology can become an intermediary that bridges the relationship between teacher and student,

Social media is not an option – it is a must! Mobile is growing – users will expect websites and tools that work mobile as well as desktop. You need to pay attention to Google+ – so far, it has been Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, but you can’t ignore Google! Images, images, images – Images will be the top content and furthest reaching in social media. Video – Vine, Instagram, Google + hangouts, and YouTube will be popular media for getting messages across. Podcasts will continue to grow.

Effective technology integration is achieved when its use supports curricular goals. It must support four key components of learning: active engagement, participation in groups, frequent interaction and feedback, and connection to real-world experts.

Through the intelligent use of technology, combined with new approaches to education, a more personalized style of learning can be realized.

Educators and researchers share their views on why technology integration is an important strategy for 21st century classrooms.

1. Use Learning Taxonomies

2. Use Concept Maps

3. Use a Variety of Assessment Forms