If you are using an IPAD in your classroom to teacher your students, can you please list the apps/sites you are using? I think it's important to discuss what we can use the IPAD for. Many times, people don't use it in class because they don't know how to use it.
How did technology encourage cooperative learning in this Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow project?
The studies showed that ACOT students wrote better and were able to complete
unites of study more rapidly than their peers in non-ACOT classrooms. In one
case, students finished the year’s study of mathematics by the beginning of
April. In short, academic productivity did not suffer and in some cases even
improved.
According to this study, do you think that our students in our classrooms would have the same results if we presented them with computers as they did in their program? If so, what would we do or how would we follow this program with limited funding on technology?
Nineteen of the ACOT students (90%) went on to college, while only 15% of
non-ACOT student sought higher education.
Marivel,
I agree that districts and campuses have to be committed when introducing and executing the use of technology in the classroom. I believe errors in success occur when there's no consistency in using a technology in the classroom. Students are always more engaged. For example, this week, I did the story plot with my students in class and we retold the story of Prometheus using Toontastic ( I believe that's the name of the app) and my students were glued to the screen. It's a FREE app I encourage teachers to use. It provides the visual in the story students need so they can recall events in the story.
I like the Building a School Website. I found it easy to follow for teachers and students. I'll be sure to use some of this information on my Study Guide for Competency 003:B. Thank you for sharing. This will most definitley help teachers hesistent to try new things. =-)
Yes, i just viewed this site on someone else's comment. I honestly enjoyed the one about building a school website. It appeared to be very user friendly and perfect for teachers transitioning into the use of technology.
I have used this website for about three weeks and recently shared it with my department. As a teacher, you can register your students (easier to use their AR username and passcode if your campus does AR) and create quizzes online. You can create T/F, Multiple Choice, and Short Answer (short answer will not be graded) and select how many points each question is worth. You can also enlarge your font for your students who have modifications. Oh, and there's an option where you can have the results emailed to you once your class is done testing. There are a lot of interesting features offered through this website. Highly recommend! By using this tool, I have made grading easier on myself, and you can too!!
I just completed my eigth year of teaching. Seven of those years I spent teaching EC-4th. This year was my second year coaching girls' soccer and girls' track at the middle school level.