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This in a great article with examples of how beneficial technology is in the classroom. You get great visuals and explanations of how technology is being utilized.

This was an interesting article that showed off many interesting things that can help students become more engaged in what is going on. The article gives a good summary of the different technologies used and more importantly how it helps students better understand what subject it pertains to.

I loved the idea of using language exchanges through technology.

I really like this article because it addresses the need for learning to be relevant to the students. It is important for students to use what they have learned and technology provides a great outlet for that use.

Reading this article made me get excited about the possibilities of teaching with creativity and application. I agree with the author when she wrote, "I'd rather know that my kids were creating something of meaning, value, and I hope, beauty for people other than just their teachers, and that those creations had the opportunity to live in the world. That they were thinking hard about audience. That they were learning how to network and collaborate with others. That they were developing "proficiency with the tools of technology," learning to "design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes," and becoming literate in the process. Real work for real audiences is, of course, hard to find in the current standardized testing regime." I could not have said it better myself! It seems that employers are looking for people who possess the quality of "working well with others". This new integrated classroom setup would allow for so many different learners to excel! Incredible article!

I enjoyed this article but also disagreed with it due to the fact that it is not possible for most students to complete some of these because they may not have access to a computer. They are great ideas but you have to look at your students before making it an assignment.

I like this site it was informative, but mostly I like that it's interactive aned allowed you to comment.

personally I don't think children should have computers in their rooms. If they are going to have one, I think they should have them in a centrally located spot where the child can be supervised. However that is my opinion and I liked how this article talked about it being case by case, and depending on the child and or the parents, and the intended use of the computer.

I agree with Laura that children should not have computers in their rooms, it should be located where parents can actively see what their children are doing. But I did like how the article highlighted about the dependence on the family situations.

I picked this as one of my articles because I liked how it broke down how to effectively implement educational technology into your classroom into five points. it breaks down what could be a large amount of material and information into five points so its easier to understand.

I find this article fascinating on how they have complied all of the information into 5 components of "educational technology". It makes it concise and simple to visually see and digest mentally.

I found this article to be to the point and full of details. It allows for the easiest description of educational technology. It breaks down the topic making it easy to understand and grasp. The five points created within this article create an easy understanding.

This article talks about how Iowa public universities are seeking money for building but meeting resistance since online education is being used more than ever.

I like how this article examines the overall cost and benefits that online education has. As a student who has taken online classes, and enjoys them, this article was awesome for me to read!

I like that is article talks about costs in it. I feel like everyone thinks technology is so great to have within the classroom but people tend to forget the cost of all that technology is not cheap.

This article again stressed a lot of benefits that technology has to offer for education. However, my favorite part about this article is that it talks about how integration of technology begins with the teacher. 

This is important because it gives tips on how to effectively use tech in the classroom

I like this article because it shows how much technology has changed education and how easy it makes communication. Using email the way this teacher does is very helpful and also very green.

This article talks about the use of technology in early childhood classes.

I like the article but one thing stuck out to me and that is "Preschool and kindergarten children should first be introduced to computers one at a time, or in small groups." I think this quote is controversial, to me that is. I think technology needs to be introduced to students at a later age like maybe 4th grade. Just definitely not preschoolers and kindergarteners. Lets say you show a kindergarten child a picture of an apple and you only show them pictures of things and you do not integrate actual apples or trips they will only perceive the item as what they saw. My main point is if you show a picture of a red apple and say this is what an apple looks like they will memorize an apple as being that red apple on the screen. Then when they go take a test on fruits and the question says: What color is an apple? A) red B) green or C) red or green. The child will pick A when the correct answer would be C. They will pick A because they only saw a red apple during that lesson.

I really like how this article addresses the DAP of computers in an early childhood classroom.

This gives good reason on why to teach typing, it also has instructions on how to teach, and tutorials on how to learn.

This site has got some great articles on intergrating technology in the classroom. This one in particular gives some useful tips when setting up your classroom instruction.

This was very interesting. I found it a little funny when I saw the word relax but it is true that if you let students have the feeling that these valuable tools are theirs then they will take care of them. I feel for most children, who are taught to be careful with valuable things, this will be the case. Although, there are some kids who are never taught that nor taught respect for others things because they are just taught to be selfish. As a teacher this would be you job to show them that they need to care for valuable things and respect others property along with your own.

I thought this article was very interesting. Students do have the ability to continue the use of technology with out the guidance of teachers, as this article points out.

Submitted by: Jake Glasgow, Instructional Technology Specialist from Upstate NY There has been a lot of chatter lately about whether integrating technology into the classroom is having an impact on student learning. "Where is the data that justifies the millions of dollars spent on technology?"

I agree with this article on the fact that allowing technology in the classroom increasing the depth of understanding. It allows for the student to be able to visually see problems being worked out, and they can access it whenever and where ever they want.

I like how this article points out that technology is not a substitute for the teacher, but it is a tool that can be used to increase student learning.

This article discusses the challenges of professional development, resistance to change, MOOCs and other new models for schooling, delivering informal learning, failures of personalized learning, and failure to use technology to deliver effective formative assessments. It also talks about emerging trends, opportunities, and technologies.

From this article, I learned of the many challenges faced within educational technology. It lays out the challenges and makes it easier for an understanding of the challenges faced. Each challenge makes it easier for these challenges to become over turned.

This article definitely asks some good questions but I'm not sure that they answered all of the completely. There is a lot that needs to go into an online classroom like the teachers need to have a completely different type of training if they are going to teach online and not in the classroom. how do you keep a child engaged when they are not right there with you? Also the student needs to have the ambition to do the work. I know for myself that having online classes is not an option because I become distracted and for a teen or younger the number of distraction in the world is countless.

This article addresses a lot of concerns and questions with technology in education. It talks about schools that have a device for every individual student as well as the challenge of students bringing their own devises from home. It also reiterates that teachers are very important in leading this shift into a more technological classroom and school environment and how teachers can learn also from each other and students. 

At first I didn't think I was going to find this article useful, but after reading through it, I really enjoyed it. I really like how it took a side that asked questions, but also addressed the concerns. I feel like this was a different way of examining the topic of educational technology.

This article is about how technology is what we need to use as educators to increase our students knowledge. It talks about how if we want to prepare students for the future and enable them to succeed we must incorporate technology into education.

This is a great example of using computers and technology to create differentiated learning within one classroom.

As a special education major, this article really relates to daily activities I can experience in the classroom. Technology gives special education teachers an opportunity to watch students learn on their own at their own levels, rather than teaching at an intermediate level where all kids can learn.

I so enjoyed reading this article about new ideas of learning with students. It is imperative that we, as future teachers, learn to engage students where they are at and also where they are going. It's incredible to think how fast computers and technology have changed our lives, however this fast-paced world of new gizmos and gadgets is the "norm" for our students. When the article talked about, "The school hardly seems like it would be ground zero for high-tech educational innovation. It occupies a clean but unremarkable building on a quiet wooded street near a seemingly endless series of strip malls. Many of the teachers, and almost the entire corps of key technology leaders, are older women -- not your stereotypical technology mavens. Yet these veteran educators are living proof that success lies not in the flashiness of the gizmos you have but in how well you use them." It will be critical that we keep up with the ever-changing types of technology so that we can best serve our students.

I really like this article, it talks about teachers who are using the ipads in the classroom, and how they are able to keep the kids on track and make sure the students are using the ipads the way they are meant to be, not goofing around on them.

Mobile Learning | Feature Teachers Find iPad Slide-sharing App Nearpod Like 'PowerPoint on Steroids' Technology director and teacher Frederico Padovan may be only a few weeks into his school's first 1-to-1 iPad deployment, but he's already figured out how to keep students focused on their lessons.

Looking to add visual interest to your lesson? Pinterest may be your solution! The article suggests ways in which this visual social media site can be used in the classroom and promotes SPACE - an acronym that helps students to remember the "best" uses for the site. This is interesting in terms of reaching students with varied learning styles and intelligences, developing creativity and higher order thinking, and more. However, like most tools the site does have its downfalls. It tends to be more engaging for females than males, which brings about an interesting gender debate. Its use also falls into fuzzy copyright issues - none of which are different from other social media sites. Check out the article & let me know what you think!

Until Pinterest addresses the nudity and pornography that can pop up on the "everything" catergory, I can't recommend this site for class projects. I've banned my own children from it (both of my daughters have a board on my own account) and wish desperately that I could unsee some of the images I've seen. It seems like copyright might be the least of their worries if lewd content continues to surface. It's really too bad - I have to agree that it could be great for group or individual projects.

This article talks about the advantages and disadvantages of technology in the classroom. It discusses how technology can benefit some classes but may not be as beneficial to others. It also talks about the various ways that technology is changing how children learn and go to school.