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This article outlines the benefits of using technology to go paperless. Gwynn Moore, a media technology teacher in Aurora, Colorado, uses Google Classroom with her students. She also uses Google Docs. WIth over 200 students, they help her keep organized. There are many benefits: students can work at their own pace, grading is efficient, templates are easily designed, the sharing of documents, opportunity for collaboration, and voice-to-text writing abilities. Cloud-based tools improve the learning environment.

The article explains how a teacher's decision to go paperless affected the learning process of her students and her performance and organization as a teacher. Using Google Classroom made the grading process easier for her because she did not have to fight with "unreadable" handwriting anymore. She was able to grade the assignments from any device or computer without having to carry tons of paper around. And she was able improve her classroom's organization by keeping track of her students assignments in the cloud. This allowed her to view, grade, and comment on their assignments without damaging or losing them. For the students, it was beneficial as well because it gave them independence and ownership over their own learning. They were also able to work at their own time and space. Google Classroom proved to be beneficial for both the students and the teacher.

Math and Science students are now using the Madden NFL game for the classroom. Being a division 1 AA football player and now coach of the game, this learning tool is something I would definitely love to use in the classroom and for myself! Electronic Arts will work with NFL Players Association and Discovery Education on a program called EA Sports Madden NFL: Football By The Numbers. The program is for 5th and 9th graders to teach them Math and Science skills. The program will combine football concepts with math and science principles including physics and probability. Different opportunities will be accessible for the kids as well. Students can take field trips to EA Sports Tiburon studio in Orlando to watch the creation of the Madden NFL. NFL players are hopping on board too. NFL players will help promote the program and develop awareness of the learning opportunities. Being a fan of this game, this is very good news. Not only is it incredible that they are using it for academic reasons but I believe accessing knowledge for gaming creation will benefit the game in their future. Every Madden game gets more realistic each year, allowing children to gain greater knowledge of how this system works will increase the future endeavors for the company.

This article starts off by showing you how to install Chrome extensions and which ones to be aware of that could possibly harm your computer or give you issues during use. The article then gives you a link to 50 of the best Chrome extensions for educators in alphabetical order. As an educator, it is important to be able to have a variety of different learning tools for your students.

I took a look at this article as well and loved it! I thought the step-by-step instructions to install Chrome extensions was very helpful. I liked the descriptions of the extensions on the Google doc.

This source not only tells you about 15 great chrome extensions, but it also explains how to get and use chrome extensions as well.

We have been waiting for this one! Yeah Google!

Offers a swot analysis of web 2.0 tools. Click on more on the left to see the full list of tools, there are so many and they are listed alphabetically.

Wonderful program for reading and assigning questions and alternative materials as well as background knowledge.

This is an excellent post that discusses the pros and cons of digital reading versus paperback reading. You may want to read up and think about how have your students optimize their digital reading if they will be reading off of ipads instead of paperback books.

This article talks about changing the way teachers are teaching. Using technology in classrooms as opposed to lecturing. This method helps the students who are struggling as well as challenging the more advanced students.

This article talks about changing the way teachers are teaching. Using technology in classrooms as opposed to lecturing. This method helps the students who are struggling as well as challenging the more advanced students.

Students in 600 districts nationwide will have their very own Apple iPad. A lot of schools have scratch textbooks and moved to using ebooks on the iPad. There are so many different lectures, videos, and textbooks on the Apple's ITunes U Store for students to use. 

"In order to help educators integrate technology effectively, we have compiled a list of technology tools focused on learning goals consistent with the CRCD framework. Unlike other lists that promote "cool tools," yet leave teachers wondering about purposeful educational integration, our list is driven by specific learning goals that promote critical-thinking, creativity, collaboration, and community-mindedness. We hope you will find our list useful."

The article speaks about President Obama's delivering his State of the Union address, and his first line was about the commitment of passionate teachers who have help increase graduation rates across the country. The important thing delighting education technology leaders, Obama made the announcement about delivering high-speed broadband to 15,000 schools. This would result in 20 million students with new digital learning opportunities. President Obama also spoke about the Race to the Top program, which he said "has helped states raise expectations and performance." Obama talked about how it requires everything from more challenging curricula and more demanding parents to better support for teachers and new ways to measure how well our kids think, not how well they can fill in a bubble on a test.

This article spoke about the importance of technology in the classroom, and how it only benefits the children and makes their learning easier. It said that technology helps with personal and social responsibility. It said that technology helps change the student/teacher roles and relationships, with technology it gives the students more responsibility and accountability. As a whole, I felt this article was great for our class because it was showing the benefits of technology in a classroom.

This article spoke about the importance of technology in the classroom, and how it only benefits the children and makes their learning easier. It said that technology helps with personal and social responsibility. It said that technology helps change the student/teacher roles and relationships, with technology it gives the students more responsibility and accountability. As a whole, I felt this article was great for our class because it was showing the benefits of technology in a classroom. 

Depicted in the documentary "If You Build It', it shows 10 high school teens in Bertie County helping their local community make a difference and building a farmers market. Instead of sitting in desks and learning in a classroom all day, they took to the land and began to build. They incorporated hands-on shop lessons and used technology to map out the design of the farmers market. They were instructed to think outside of  the box which made their experience all the more valuable.

UNC-Greensboro won a massive grant of $7.7 million that will go towards technology integration. The article appealed to me because I am a math major, and the money is specifically meant for training future educators in the fields of science, technology and engineering and math. In my opinion, this is a big step in other schools possibly winning similar large grants. Additionally, it shows the recognition of large schools taking part in technology integration.  

This article highlights how tablet based apps derived from classic thinking games, puzzles, and problems in recreational math are becoming a viable option to integrate technology into curriculum. The article states that puzzle apps are fantastic tools for training students to be creative mathematical thinkers. These apps align with the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice as well which makes this article important to our class because it gives us as future teachers an affordable option to integrate technology into our classroom that meets the Common Core Standards.

This article is helpful to us as future teachers. This teacher states that she was always the student falling asleep during her boring lectures. Now that she teaches she has thought of fun and exciting ways to integrate technology into her classroom presentations to keep students engaged! She loves using polls and encourages using social media also!

I think this article is helpful for me because as a future history teacher, lectures and presentations are going to be inevitable. Therefore, its important to think of the students and how they can be actively involved and engaged and enjoying the lesson!