The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference brings together a huge cross section of educators who share a common belief that technology in the classroom can make learning more relevant, engaging and fun for kids.
Sadly, according to this county website, technology programs are offered during non-school hours. Of course, this does not account for the good that is going on in individual schools in the district.
With my daughter being a recent UCF graduate in Elementary Education, she has given me insight on her internship experiences in Marion County Schools. In her opinion, she noticed that if and when technology and media resources were available, the teachers did, in fact, make use of them in the classroom. This is definitely encouraging to me.
Recently learning that this is what we are moving to in the near future, I thought reading about what it was would be interesting. Hopefully, this will better reflect what is being taught in the classrooms!
ePals is the social network optimized for K-12 learning. Over half a million classrooms in 200 countries and territories have joined the ePals Global Community to connect, collaborate and exchange ideas. ePals now translates in 35 languages!
This site automatically converts text from one language to another language. This site is easy for the student to identify all the languages by just typing the text to be converted into another language. A student can write and paste up to 1800 in the text box. This is very useful to use to learn a foreign language in classroom.
iPads are making waves in education all over the nation, even in college classrooms, where they're replacing laptops, textbooks, and notebooks. Some colleges have even gone so far as to hand out iPads to new students, helping students and faculty all work with the same technology for learning.
This resource would be great for anyone who has an interactive whiteboard or even computers in their classroom. Brainflips allows you to create flash cards for any content area. After creating the flash cards there are different "modes" that students can use to learn the content. What a great way to practice spelling words, math facts and so much more!
This is an awesome website with short (and free!) videos to help teach all types of math from 1st - college and some higher level sciences. It's great for those days when the kids don't want to listen to your voice anymore.
Oh, Twitter. You're so useful for teachers. You connect educators so that they can share tools, tips and tricks, offer insight, and support one another. You bring your sexy social media-ness into the classroom to keep kids interested in what they're learning when they think they're actually (sort of) having fun instead.
This video series goes inside the classrooms of educators who use technology tools in their lessons every day. Learn from their challenges, celebrate their successes, and share their resources in every episode.
A pinspiring place for teachers to find and share creative ideas. Follow these boards for lesson plans, classroom decor and lots more for lively learning.