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Technology in the art classroom

Technology in the art classroom

Google is often NOT the best choice for kids! Did you know that if you type "dogs" into Google, you get nearly 5 million hits? The Library Patch has put together a list of eight different search engines that you can use with elementary students. Your student search results will be SOO much better!

This is a great article that touches on the importance of reflection. Although reflection can be cumbersome true learning can not be obtained with it.

To challenge and support each child at his or her own level, the educators of Forest Lake Elementary deploy a powerful array of digital-technology tools. Discover what your school can learn.

To challenge and support each child at his or her own level, the educators of Forest Lake Elementary deploy a powerful array of digital-technology tools. Discover what your school can learn.

In a new paper, Darrell West explains how mobile technology can transform learning and act as a catalyst for creating impactful change in the current system.

In a new paper, Darrell West explains how mobile technology can transform learning and act as a catalyst for creating impactful change in the current system.

S. Downes. EDUCAUSE Review, Vol. 39, No. 5. (September 2004), pp. 14-26. "I think it's the most beautiful tool of the world and it allows us the most magic thing."-Florence Dassylva-Simard, fifth-grade studentThe bell rings, and the halls of Institut St-Joseph in Quebec City echo the clatter of the fifth- and sixth-graders. Some take their chairs in the more traditional classroom on the lower floor. Others attend to their projects in the large, open activity room upstairs, pausing perhaps to study one of the chess games hanging on the wall before meeting in groups to plan the current project. A third group steps up a half flight of stairs into the small narrow room at the front of the building, one wall lined with pictures and plastercine models of imagined aliens, the other with a bank of Apple computers. blogging education internet lit-review weblog

S. Downes. EDUCAUSE Review, Vol. 39, No. 5. (September 2004), pp. 14-26. "I think it's the most beautiful tool of the world and it allows us the most magic thing."-Florence Dassylva-Simard, fifth-grade studentThe bell rings, and the halls of Institut St-Joseph in Quebec City echo the clatter of the fifth- and sixth-graders. Some take their chairs in the more traditional classroom on the lower floor. Others attend to their projects in the large, open activity room upstairs, pausing perhaps to study one of the chess games hanging on the wall before meeting in groups to plan the current project. A third group steps up a half flight of stairs into the small narrow room at the front of the building, one wall lined with pictures and plastercine models of imagined aliens, the other with a bank of Apple computers. blogging education internet lit-review weblog

Research on mobile technology in education

Research on mobile technology in education

Google Expeditions are field trips with a virtual reality twist. Last spring, Hector Camacho guided his high school economics class on comprehensive tours of the New York Stock Exchange, Federal Reserve banks, and the Treasury Building. Students swept their eyes up countless Neoclassical columns before heading inside for a detailed look -- all without leaving the library of their Mountain View, California school.

Recent college grads and current students can showcase on-campus achievements on the social network.

These tools from Google for Educators, whether old and familiar or new and improved, will keep teachers and students inspired, inventive, and organized.

Education-technology tools have made it easier for teachers to keep tabs on students' understanding.

The buzz around the maker movement obscures the benefits of maker education for students, writes researcher Jennifer Oxman Ryan.

Discussion and resources for developing a Makerspace.

Technology has become highly advanced and is used in almost every aspect of our lives. Yet most schools continue to fall behind when it comes to integrating forms of new technology into the classroom. Technology has allowed educators to move beyond traditional blackboards and chalk.

Get the best personalized lessons to help with math, english, biology, history, and more, for free. It's like studying with the world's smartest tutor whenever and wherever you need.

Creative Commons search engine allows you to search for CC licensed content from up to 13 popular search engines with a single click and from a single page. Creative Commons search is not a search engine per se but only a portal that pulls out results for your queries from the search engines it supports.

In the earlier 20th century, educators had very few tools to use to accomplish their goal of educating students. Pens, pencils, markers, blackboards, notebooks, and construction paper were staples in every classroom. Eventually, technology evolved and better teaching tools emerged: overhead projectors, record players, filmstrips, movies, VCRs, tape recorders, Xerox printers, and four-function calculators.

Three educators share their favorite social media sites to use within their classrooms. Diigo, Instagram, VoiceThread, Scoopit.com, Pinterest, and Feedly help these educators stay up-to-date while keeping their students engaged.

Teachers share ideas on organization within their classroom on this social networking site.

A first grade teacher blogs about organizational techniques, lesson plan and activity ideas, and ways to incorporate technology within the classroom.