INSTTECH 4131/5131 Technology in Education (Fall 2011)

A list of free High school MOOC AP courses.

Effective integration of technology, the steps to make this work. 

Google Taxonomy, Dr z reflects blog entry March 2011

Blooms Digital Taxonomy

Odds are pretty good that if you're talking about changes to teaching and learning that the new Read/Write Web is bringing about, many of the words you are using start with "C."

"Six design elements that shouldn't be left out of today's smart classroom"

Mr. Rothamel (Peet JH) homepage for US History.

This is the website of a national organization that advocates for 21st century readiness for every student. The organization promotes the framework for 21st century learning, which includes 3rs & 4cs (Critical thinking and problem solving, Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity and innovation)

Good tool to make animation presentations.

Making Movies in an interactive and fun way....all you have to do is type.

Teachers who want to put web 2.0 technologies to work for them can find many different free options online. There are tools for creating online classrooms, social networks, student podcasts, web-based flashcards, elearning modules, and much more. Here are 10 free web 2.0 tools for teachers to try in the classroom this year.

Great resource for lessons and classroom activities for Social StudiesClasses.This one site is connected to many other history themed educational sites. While planning my first lesson ever, this site was my go to. It helped with activity ideas, lecture, and powerpoints. Although I may have not used everything it gave me great ideas to build on.

Leigh Zeitz, instructional technology professor at UNI discusses the latest technology news for pre-service teachers and educators.

Dr. Z reflects upon technology, education, Web 2.0 and how these all work together to provide opportunities for students in today's classrooms.

This is a great visual that shows iPad applications at the various levels of the revised Bloom's Taxonomy.

Online resource for MLA, APA, and all citation and paper creation needs. Regularly updated and easy to use resource for writing projects.

Great Educational resource that was not mentioned. I been a little more successful in my writing since finding this great resource.

Step by step for exporting an InDesign document to the epub (iBook) format. Create your own epub with InDesign, also includes some tips and tricks.

I liked this bookmark because I have no experience working with InDesign and Terry White explains the content to address a broad audience; even I could follow along and understand! I actually created a 30+ page review last spring using Photoshop... if I could only get some of that time back...

There is no getting back any time that the Photoshop black-hole has taken from the unknowing slaves to it's awesomeness. : ) Sorry I couldn't resist, as a Photoshop instructor and connoisseur I have lost many a lifetime to Photoshop and it's mysterious ways.

This blog shares information about different resources that teachers can use for free in their classrooms. There are so many free online resources out there and this blog does it's best to bring the best to you.

The individual blog of Richard Byrne, a high school US History and Civics teacher, who actively submits his educational technological findings to over 36,000 daily subscribers. Byrn's blog has been awarded edublogawards.com's "Best Individual Blog" award the past three consecutive years; the award recognizes those who promote and demonstrate educational values with social media. This site offers many great links to resources pertaining to Web2.0 for educational purposes. 

I really enjoy finding sources that combine many ways to use technology. I think this was a great source. I am so glad that you added this link. It will be a great tool to use when I am thinking of ways to integrate technology into the classroom.

This article highlights some of the topics discussed during a virtual meeting (UNI - INSTTEC4131/5131) on 11/16/11.  "Rich Environments for Active Learning, or REALs, are comprehensive instructional systems that evolve from and are consistent with constructivist philosophies and theories. REALs provide learning activities that engage students in a continuous collaborative process of building and reshaping understanding as a natural consequence of their experiences and interactions within learning environments that authentically reflect the world around them."

This is a graphic showing how multiple Google tools can be used in different levels of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy.

I've seen this before, but I'm glad you bookmarked it! This is a really cool visual aid we can use with our current students, to help them form a connection and better identify the categories within Bloom's educational hierarchical structure.

Wow this was really fun to look at! I think it is a great source becasue it would help with ideas with what technology to integrate into the lesson so it is effective. Thank you for sharing this!