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Meghan Brooks

8 Tips to Power-Up Your Classroom Presentations | Edutopia - 0 views

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    Using technology to present students projects in and outside the classroom.
rmissel

For Teachers, Wired Classrooms Pose New Management Concerns - 0 views

  • “The siren call of technology and its bells and whistles is just too powerful for kids,” said Redford. “If they know we’re moving around the room they’re much less likely to wander down the path of distraction. We are literally doing laps around the room.”
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    Four tips to keep students on track while using technology devices in the classroom
Antonio Amores Ortiz

Digital Storytelling in the Spanish Language Classroom - 0 views

  • Digital Storytelling in the Spanish Language Classroom
  • We started with the students writing an autobiographical essay describing themselves and where they are in their lives right now
  • Photo Story 3 makes movies by stringing together still photographs with music or narration.
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  • Having practiced with Photo Story 3 and having explored the technique of telling a story through still photos, students used Photo Story 3 to turn their digital audio presentations into digital video
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    Example and process to make a digital storytelling with Photo Story 3
Antonio Amores Ortiz

50+ Ways to USe Glogster EDU in Your Classroom - 0 views

  • 40+ Ways to Innovative Teaching Using Glogster EDU in the Classroom
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    Different ways to use Glogster in class
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    Different ways to use Glogster in class
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    Different ways to use Glogster in class
rmissel

11 Virtual Tools for the Math Classroom | Edutopia - 0 views

  • Whether you’re teaching elapsed time or just helping students monitor their pacing and stamina, the timer built into the clock that comes with the iPad (or one of the many comparable options (11)) is a great addition to your classroom.
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    lower elementary math tools found on iPad, online, etc
rmissel

Global Learning- What Do You Mean? | Langwitches Blog - 1 views

  • With the increasingly interconnected nature of our global society and the need for a very different kind of literacy for our students, extending teaching and learning beyond the walls of our classrooms is especially vital in this digital age. Through a blend of authentic examples, hands-on activities, and engaging social learning experiences, this learning path will guide you through the process of modernizing and globalizing your classroom practices while expanding your professional learning network to include colleagues from around the world.
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    Global learning requires globally connected teachers!
rmissel

How To Gamify Your Classroom - Edudemic - Edudemic - 0 views

  • These resources and ideas represent just the tip of the available tools on creating and developing educational games. There is a vast, international network of educators who are banding together and pooling resources to further the study and practice of educational games. Thus, I encourage you to get involved; we can all learn from each other!
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    Incorporation a game into pedagogy.
Meghan Brooks

10 Good iPad Apps for BYOD Classroom ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning - 0 views

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    Using technology, such as an ipad to help students with understanding math.
Meghan Brooks

The Flipped Mobile Classroom: Learning "Upside Down" | Edutopia - 0 views

  • Conversely, in a flipped class, students gain content knowledge at home through audio, video and text, so that more class time can be devoted to discussion, exploration and experimentation.
  • giving students not only the ability to learn at their own pace but also in the way that best suits their learning needs
  • Students have access to the content outside of school.
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  • Students have the capacity to be independent learners.
Meghan Brooks

Rob: Technology in the ICT Classroom (Reality 101: CEC's blog for new special education... - 0 views

  • Studies have shown it increases engagement and improves online literacy.
  • Online Discussions
  • Online Writing Portfolio
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  • Castle LearningCastle Learning is basically an online database of multiple choice and open-ended questions across all middle and high school subjects
rmissel

Five Ways Assistive Technology Helps Those With Down Syndrome | Concordia University - ... - 0 views

  • But since federal legislation requires students with learning disabilities be educated in the same manner (and often the same classrooms) as other children, there has been a need for modifications and tools to assist special needs students in meeting their educational goals.
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    Not 5 tools but 5 ways (convincing)
Antonio Amores Ortiz

60 Educational Game Sites - 0 views

  • 60 Educational Game Sites That You’ve Probably Never Seen
  • the site is an amazing resource,
  • These aren’t in order of greatness – they all have their own specific applications for education
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    A list of Educational Games Sites that can use in different classes
Meghan Brooks

Game-Based Learning in Practice | Edutopia - 0 views

  • I find that my students remain highly engaged in their learning. Gamifying my classroom has truly been transformative!
  • I also had unintended success by posting leaderboards with total earned scores -- there was a spike in iteration with students redoing work so that they could do it better.
  • Games enable my students to discover different ways of solving problems, which is more like life and less like standardized tests.
Antonio Amores Ortiz

6 Resources for Educators - 1 views

  • Digital Citizenship Week: 6 Resources for Educators
  • Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum for K-12 (4):
  • Understanding YouTube and Digital Citizenship (6):
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  • Digital Citizenship Learning Center from CyberWise (7): CyberWise produced an extensive list of digital citizenship resources, including videos, games and toolkits from a variety of sources.
  • Cable in the Classroom’s Digital Citizenship Resources (11): Cable in the Classroom (CIC) is a one-stop-shop for digital citizenship resources for teachers.
  • BrainPop Jr. Spotlight -- Free Digital Citizenship Resources (13): BrainPop's Digital Citizenship resource page is perfect for younger students, and there are two sections on bullying and Internet safety.
  • Digital Citizenship Teaching Channel Video Overviews (14):
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    Digital tools resources to use in class
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    Digital tools resources to use in class
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    Digital tools resources to use in class
Antonio Amores Ortiz

Create and Manage Student Blogs in 5 Simple Steps | The Edublogger - 0 views

  • Create and Manage Student Blogs in 5 Simple Steps
  • Step 1 – Create a class blog
  • Step 2: Set up My Class
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  • Step 4:  Add Class blog widget to sideba
  • Step 3:  Create your student blogs
  • The class blog widget provides a handy link to all student blogs attached to My Class.  Students just need to click on the link to easily go to a class mates blog.
  • Step 5:  Check student posts and comments
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    Create&Manage a blog
Meghan Brooks

Let Tech Organize Your Teaching | Edutopia - 0 views

  • Following are three applications that can organize your teaching schedule and turn your classroom into an efficient machine.
  • At the core, technology integration can save us time and make us more efficient, organized educators. Instead of pushing back against technology integration, first see what it can do for you
  • Plus, many students now have email accounts and use this medium to submit work or the occasional excuse.
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  • Google Drive gives every user 30 GB of shared space, and includes docs, spreadsheets, presentations, folders, forms and more. Teachers can upload and convert a variety of document types for sharing and collaborating.
  • Evernote is where I make my lists, take a quick picture to remember something . . . and where I am writing this post. Another great feature in Evernote is its ability to remember the web.
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    more efficient teaching, planning and organizing with an iPad
rmissel

9 Starter Tips for Teachers who Just got iPads - 0 views

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    apps to use, how to use them, how to manage settings,etc.
rmissel

Microsoft's photo and movie making apps revealed ahead of Windows 8.1 release | The Verge - 0 views

  • You can now select auto fix for a selection of different corrections, and there’s also manual cropping, red-eye removal, retouch, and other basic contrast and brightness settings. One of the more interesting features is color enhance that lets you pick an area of a photo to brighten up or darken areas of photos.
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    Movie and Photo Apps revealed and more progressive
rmissel

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013 - 0 views

  • The Top 100 Tools for Learning was compiled from the votes of over 500 learning professionals in workplace learning and education from 48 countries worldwide in the 7th Annual Survey, by Jane Hart, Centre for Learning & Peformance Technologies
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    slide show with tips, tricks, and tools for technology-involved learning
rmissel

5 Mthys Vs. Facts About Copyright Infringement on the Internet | Langwitches ... - 0 views

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    Useful for 'Fair Use' info
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