Technology in Teacher Education

The flipped classroom inverts traditional teaching methods, delivering instruction online outside of the classroom and moving "homework" into the classroom.

The How YouTube Increases Classroom Pass Rates Infographic presents the benefits of Youtube in classrooms as well as ways for teachers to incorporate Youtube in their lessons and keep their students engaged. More engagement from students.

This visual demonstrates the impact of flipped classrooms onto the teacher outcomes.

Could you even think universities facilitate Snapchat to promote events, host giveaways, and showcase what is happening around the campus? This article shows how to use Snapchat at the organizational level in the higher education institutions. A good one!

I am not sure if this link is directly related to social media but this is an online conference about education and technology. Check out the link and register for free for the conference if you wish :)

Here are 7 free social media tools you can utilise for your classes. They are explained in detail. There are also videos providing information for each of them.

Here you can find really good advices to stay safe in your social networking connections. The advice for being prepared to answer questions about your social networking page or other social account in job interviews is a good one that I didn't realize before.

EdTech Leaders Online (ETLO) is an program for K-12 school districts, state departments of education, regional service centers, teacher training institutions, and other educational organizations to enable them to provide effective online learning programs for teachers, administrators, and students.

Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our 175,000 members in 119 countries are professional educators from all levels and subject areas--superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and school board members.

This guide provides a practical approach to creating communities of practice (CoPs) based on experiences working with corporations, nonprofits, associations, government organizations, and educational institutions. While it is important to recognize that every organization and community is different, this guide provides a structure to help clarify the most important design elements that go into defining, designing, launching, and growing CoPs-both online and face-to-face.

These are very practical guidelines for everyone. Thanks for sharing it, Sibel!

The notion of community has been at the heart of the Internet since its inception, yet our understanding of the specific contours and details of what that community should look like have changed dramatically. Initially, we were driven by the desire to engage with people we didn't know and grow our community, as shared interests and passions drove our desire to connect.

It is really a good video to explain this community as we watched in class. And the only video shared about communities I think. Thanks for your share..

Oh, how come I forgot to mention Mendeley! Apart from being reference manager, it is a useful networking platform as well.

"Children learn best when the content is relevant to them and when they can connect new learning with old," says Marcia Baldanza, principal of Patrick Henry Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia. Finding the Velcro to make those connections can be challenging, but with games, it's easy."

This web-site presents simulations mostly related to natural and applied sciences. When I was a student in SSME in METU, we used to apply actively simulations in this site.

The website looks pretty useful when it comes to STEM teaching. Thanks Hasan!

use of technology in learning

Avator tools are like the comic tools I have covered in an earlier post before, they both involve the use of images but in a funny and joyful way. Of course these tools can be used for a variety of educational purposes with our students in the classroom.

You can find teachers or a lesson all around the world and involved in.

Avatars can be used by classroom teachers when designing digital stories or delivering content. Avatars can represent a tour guide explaining travels along the Silk Road, or represent real life characters like Mark Twain giving a lecture on his home or Einstein introducing the solar system.