An article about a study being conducted in Australia. The study is set in Kindergarten classrooms and is monitoring the use of iPads in children of lower socio-economic status.
Title: Should Kindergarteners Use IPads in the Classroom?
URL: http://www.govtech.com/education/Should-Kindergarteners-Use-iPads-Classroom.html
Tags: kindergarten classroom, iPads, elementary education
Description: This article examines the occurring rise of technology available to young children, and whether or not it should be included in the classroom. The article states from several different opinions that technology - if used - must be under control of the educators and that children need to be taught and monitored to technology exposure.
Title: Should Kindergarteners Use IPads in the Classroom?
URL: http://www.govtech.com/education/Should-Kindergarteners-Use-iPads-Classroom.html
Tags: kindergarten classroom, iPads, elementary education
Description: This article examines the occurring rise of technology available to young children, and whether or not it should be included in the classroom. The article states from several different opinions that technology - if used - must be under control of the educators and that children need to be taught and monitored to technology exposure.
This website outlines what a flipped classroom is, how it came to be, and what it looks like. Good graphics, charts, and images. This is a good introductory explanation for the visual learner!
This article summarizes the results from 14 research fields that looked at the relationship between classroom grading and student outcomes, especially involving learning strategies, motivation and achievement. The individual results are analyzed and used to discuss the most effective ways of evaluating student learning.
The purpose of this study was to determine what the most commons grading practices were and to find out if they met with standards of grading students, especially with disabilities. It reviews those grading techniques and patterns and then lays out the results of their study and what they think worked best.
Article sharing the use of iPod Touches for learners who are ELL. Applications include voice recording. Student results also included in article. Search criteria: "ipod touch classroom elementary reading"
This article outlines the debate on wether video games are good or bad for the brain. It includes research on positive effects and negative effects on people's brains. It also includes five aspects of video games that affect the players long term influences.
This article discusses a KIPP school's use of computer instruction in a kindergarten class. This particular program used computer-based learning during part of the class time so the teacher could focus on smaller groups of students, among other reasons.
This page describes the four types of video modeling used for teaching a range of skills and behaviors to children on the autism spectrum. You will find several example videos, a brief explanation of why video modeling works, and five helpful resource links.
Magazine article from NY times examining use of tablets in classroom. In depth article in which the author spends time with educators in North Carolina as they receive training for a new tablet program in their schools. Interviews with multiples sources in education examining connections between educational research and tablet use.
Article that interviews teachers and advocates for and against in-class tablet use. Looks at the pros and cons of tablet technology particularly in elementary schools. Looks into the ways technology in classrooms can negatively and positively affect student performance and student-teacher relationships.
This is a study done to see the effects of using iPads with preschoolers. It talks about the effect that technology has on children's development and how to positively use technology to help children learn.
This is an article that addresses problems with traditional, single grading techniques-especially for students with "diverse learning needs;" suggesting methods of alternative grading such as IEP-Based grading, portfolio grading and self-comparison grading. It also speaks to the issue of misunderstanding the true purpose of grades (as ways to demonstrate progress, show competency in a subject area, etc.).
A journal article explaining why there is a need for change in the way students are graded, ideas for forms of alternative assessment and what it would look like, and how it contributes to children's learning.
iPad's, unknowingly, have become a very helpful tool for children with Autism. There are pilot studies researching how effective the iPad's really are.
This article is an interview of Dr. Bruce. It is about the pros and cons of using technology in the classroom. He touches on the subject about appropriate and negative uses of technology.
This page goes into detail about how and why iPads benefit students on the autism spectrum as well as other students with special needs. The article also shares about nonprofit organizations that have helped to provide iPads for families of children on the autism spectrum.