FPS Integrating Technology into Your Classroom

"Ben Rimes talks about connecting technology and Common Core standards.  Ben is passionate about technology in the classroom, digital storytelling, and social media."

"the following series of fill-in-the-blank prompts can be used by teachers to create lessons, students to create projects-or teachers to collaborate with students to create lessons-or projects."

"Empower your students to think critically about data, ask meaningful questions, and communicate their conclusions." Conduct inquiry-based activities and lessons in Math, Science, and Social Studies topics aligned to the Common Core Content and Practice Standards.

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"Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET™ project at the University of Colorado."

"The Background Burner quickly removes the background from any image or photo. Our patent-pending technology does all the work for you, automatically."

"After years of experimentation and reflection, here's my current take on smart-and not-so-smart-ways to use technology in the classroom."

"If your students understand the "why" behind your technology use, then the class will have a purpose and technological glitches and issues can be worked through. If they don't understand the "why" then any small issue could turn into a major problem."

"And then one day everything changed for me. While researching online for something to add onto a lesson on art, I found a video that was beautiful, intriguing, and fell neatly into my curriculum. Instead of adding it on to an established lesson, I took a different approach and I built a lesson around the video instead. The focus went from adding technology to my lessons as an afterthought, and instead the technology became the starting point of my lesson."

"During the summer the IT department at your school may have been working to update the technology infrastructure in your school. At the same time, the developers of many of your favorite apps and services were working hard to update what you can do with technology in your classroom. Here are ten popular services that were updated over the summer. "

"Depth of Knowledge is a conceptual framework and a vocabulary reference developed by Webb (1977) to help with analyzing the cognitive demands and expectations students are to meet when engaged in Common Core learning. DOK categorizes the curricular activities into four major groups with each one of them corresponding to a particular cognitive level it addresses."

"Classroom is a way to get all of your students in one place and allows you to easily assign work and for students to turn it in."

"Present your documents, presentations, etc. with video and audio."

"Pear Deck makes it easy to plan and build interactive lessons directly from your Google Drive that promote active learning in the classroom. As students interact with the lesson, real-time data provides instructors the feedback they need to adapt teaching on-the-fly." Currently in limited beta testing, but you can sign up and be part of the first test groups trying this out.

"The ultimate goal of teaching is understanding. But sometimes it's easier to talk than to teach, as we all know, especially when we need to cover a lot of material in a short amount of time. We hope students will understand, if not now then before test time, and we keep our fingers crossed that their results will indicate we've done our job. The problem is, we often rely on these tests to measure understanding and then we move on. There isn't always time to address weaknesses and misunderstandings after the tests have been graded, and by that time it's too late for students to be interested."

"Using TED Talks to convey an important message or spark creativity might be more effective in teaching students than an individual agenda or preconceived notion of what should be said. Furthermore, TED Talks challenges educators everywhere to think differently and encourage the same in their students. These are the best TED Talks for any educator because they make us laugh, warm our hearts, break down barriers, and always inspire us to dig a little deeper and push a little harder, challenging your educator perspective."

"Doctopus is truly the educator's virtual personal assistant. This script is so many things: a virtual copy machine for your Google Drive, a customizable feedback tool and a great way to digitize differentiation. Newly upgraded with easier user interface."

"Some of you are still probably not sure about the difference between what constitutes a copyright infringement and fair use. Well the post I have for you today might help illuminate the key differences between the two concepts. This post is based on  a two days work reading a wide variety of resources pertaining to copyright and . Please check the references below to learn more about my sources."