FPS Integrating Technology into Your Classroom

"Welcome to NationMaster, a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD."

"Inquiry is a dynamic process of being open to wonder and puzzlement and coming to know and understand the world. As such, it is a stance that pervades all aspects of life and is essential to the way in which knowledge is created. Inquiry is based on the belief that understanding is constructed in the process of people working and conversing together as they pose and solve the problems, make discoveries and rigorously testing the discoveries that arise in the course of shared activity."

"This great infographic from Always Prepped outlines 7 lessons from teachers who use technology that we can all learn from, regardless of how much or little technology usage is happening in your classroom or school."

"This is a round-up of the ways that you can add interactive elements to your videos."

"Transform your text into word clouds!"

Blogging is one of the eventual realization of web 2.0 technologies. It is the driving engine behind this online information revolution. Thousands of blogs are created everyday and for different purposes. 

"Learning and teaching is a lot more fun through visuals. Research and present material with the same tool! Share quickly assembled videos with your class!"

"Recently, I've been noticing that a lot of instructors are under the impression that they are successfully integrating technology, when in fact they are simply using technology. Although this might seem to some as just semantics, in my opinion there is a huge difference between the two - a difference that can be seen in the impact the technology usage has on student learning."

A LiveBinder full of Google tools, help, & integration suggestions.

"InfuseLearning is a breakthrough virtual learner response solution. If you like Socrative.com, you will love Infuse Learning. Students can annotate images, draw responses, respond on devices, and receive feedback from the teacher."

"That's amazing! I would lose so much time pausing the video, opening Evernote and taking notes." Alexandros "This is very nicely done. The time code links and automatic saving to my Google Drive makes this a very useful app." Jim "This is the best note taking tool I have ever seen! Thanks!" Jaclyn"

Insight into the importance of asking questions and taking in answers.

"So digital citizenship is nearly the same thing-"the quality of a response to membership in a digital community" would be a good first crack at the definition."

"Google Forms is a great tool and I hope to use it more throughout this year. Take a look here for a more detailed introduction and guide to using and creating a Google Form "