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Purpose of this paper is to survey current & best practices in the integration of technology into ESL adult classes.

This link will take you to a collaborative workspace that is intended to create a compilation of what technologies we should be monitoring today for creating instructional materials for tomorrow's students.

Amazing resource website for smartboard lessons. It seems that the big drive these days is to get a smartboard in your classroom (at least in elementary.) The question is what do you do with it once it's there? Unitl you are comfortable with reating your own lessons (and this does take some time to do because there are so many resources) it's very helpful to have a resource that has MANY already designed smart lessons available. From the home page click on Smart -> Lessons. Additionally, these lessons can be downloaded and manipulated to meet the individual teacher's needs.

Thank you for finding this--awesome! I will share with a teacher who is looking for SMART lessons.

Abstract Distance education as a primary means of instruction is expanding significantly at the college and university level. Simultaneously, the growth of social networking sites (SNS) including Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace is also rising among today's college students. An increasing number of higher education instructors are beginning to combine distance education delivery with SNSs. However, there is currently little research detailing the educational benefits associated with the use of SNSs. Non-commercial, education-based SNSs, such as Ning in Education, have been recently shown to build communities of practice and facilitate social presence for students enrolled in distance education courses. In order to evaluate the largely unexplored educational benefits of SNSs, we surveyed graduate students enrolled in distance education courses using Ning in Education, an education-based SNS, based on their attitudes toward SNSs as productive online tools for teaching and learning. The results of our study suggest that education-based SNSs can be used most effectively in distance education courses as a technological tool for improved online communications among students in higher distance education courses.

The textbook company, Glencoe, did a great resource page that has several academic sites on using the internet into your classroom. They give examples and instructions for educators.

A power-packed article about differentiation with ideas and resources.

Questions whether learning theories reflect the needs of learners of the future. Identifies that school systems haven't developed a connectivist model for curriculum instruction because educators aren't sure of all the possibilities technology is able to offer. Author feels that connectivism is an important part of developing theories but shouldn't be considered a learning theory, on its own.

Connectivism This article defines the important role of connectivism in developing of new pedagogies where power is being taken over by the autonomous student.

I love this article. The article briefly describes the learning theory of Connectivism. The article also reviews learning theories of the past. The main point this article works to answer is whether Connectivism has a place as a learning theory for today's learners. Should Connectivism be the new learning theory that replaces older theories because they no longer address the needs of today's learners.

Teachers who use instructional video report that their students retain more information, understand concepts more rapidly and are more enthusiastic about what they are learning. With video as one component in a thoughtful lesson plan, students often make new connections between curriculum topics, and discover links between these topics and the world outside the classroom.

Now open your Weebly site, and go to the page on which you'd like to embed the document. Add an element called Custom HTML to your page. Next. clic...

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IXL allows students to use drill and practice software for a specified amount of time for free. Students can join for unlimited access for a fee. Language Arts and Math are focused on and drill and practice activities are broken up by standards.

This chart represents student skills which every Caesar Rodney educator should make an integral part of their classroom to improve student learning. Skills are shown at the grade level in which students should demonstrate independent proficiency. Students may need instruction and support to use the skills in projects or assignments in the years preceding the target.

Excellent videos on common math topics - Jennifer Frisk

Thanks for sharing this!! I work in Higher Ed. So I always thought the Khan Academy was for very young kids. It does appear that is still who it is geared towards, but looking around I can see some beneficial information for all ages. Great resource!!

Khan Academy is one of the most popular tutorial websites on the internet. This website covers every subject you can think of with step by step tutorial videos along with the option to practice the concepts as well. The students receive feedback from the practice and the tutorials provide detailed instructions for each lesson.

Using these step by step instructions you can make an interactive quiz which you can embed into a website. Since the quiz is in Google Forms you can collect the information inputted into the forms in a Google spreadsheet.