IT 344 Spring 2013

This resource is a comprehensive list of technologies and applications that teachers can use both to facilitate learning and to help organize their classrooms. I think this would be a really fun list for everyone to take a look at and pick out some of their favorite tools.

This blog article offers creative ideas for incorporating iPhones into everyday life in the classroom. It's not a resource for educational apps, but provides more practical uses for all grade levels.

A long list of interesting ways a teacher can use twitter in the classroom.

This website looks at NYC schools and how smart boards have created a better practice in the classroom. It talks about the accessibility to a variety of lessons and how multiple style learnings can be captured using this technology.

Shocking stats on how cyber bullying is effecting students and younger generation.

I'm working on how to integrate media literacy into my curriculum. This site is really useful for that! It has specific unit and lesson plans, articles, and resources for educators.

This article looks at how a specific school is utilizing the technology the 21st century has to offer. It provides explanations on how teachers in the school incorporate technology into their teaching no matter what subject they teach. Criteria: "iPad application" esl education research

This article looks at how a specific school is utilizing the technology the 21st century has to offer. It provides explanations on how teachers in the school incorporate technology into their teaching no matter what subject they teach. Criteria: "iPad application" esl education research

This article highlights 12 schools that are using Khan Academy's "instructional videos to teach, learn, share, and grow from elementary school to high school."

This site is a blog where different people explain how the think iPads will influence or impact the future. Many of the topics being discussed are the changes that are happening such as the trends and spending due to how iPads are starting to influence classrooms because they are everywhere now. Also some are explaining that as technology use is going up not only outside of the classroom but in the classroom as well that it may be harder for children to sit through classes that have any lecture type style of teaching and that teachers may need to start changing their styles of teaching.

This article talks about both the advantages and disadvantages of using an ipad in the classroom. It also talks about studies (trends) that have been done (observed) based on iPad use in schools.

This article talks about what Amazon is doing to get schools to use the Kindle in the classroom. They have a new software called Whispercast that allows schools to manage many Kindles at one time as well as some other interesting features.

Amazon is trying to push schools in the U.S. to use the popular e-reader, Kindle. Amazon believes that the use of kindles in the classroom will make students more enthusiastic about reading.

This article describes what types of music are best for studying. Different genres of music affect the brain in different way, which can be useful information for numerous college students to know. After many tests were preformed, it was a conclusion that studying with music helps test subjects remember the material in front of them. Search Criteria: Study Habits and Memorization +Music

Search Criteria: "integrating technology in the classroom" Website This website stresses the importance for teachers to have a better understanding of technology. Seven different ways are addressed in which teachers can gather information and learn how to effectively integrate technology within their classrooms for the benefit of their students.

What types of technology is used in classrooms and how are teachers using it wrong. Also includes ways to maximize technology in the classrooms. Searched: Popular uses of technology in classrooms

What types of technology is used in classrooms and how are teachers using it wrong. Also includes ways to maximize technology in the classrooms. Searched: Popular uses of technology in classrooms

In Chandler, Arizona the school district spent 33$ million to expand technological resources in the classroom. Unfortunately, test scores are not rising even with all of this new technological equipment. Technology and an overemphasis on digital skills is replacing the use of math, reading, and writing fundamentals. Search criteria: technology in the classroom site:nytimes.com

The U.S. Department of Educational Technology released a National Technology plan that coincides with President Obama's goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020. Students should have options for engaging in different types of learning in the classroom and technology is one of those aspects. Search criteria: technology in the classroom -iPod

This article is a view of a private school that does not use technology until 8th grade. Usually, business/technology leaders send their kids here to give them a rounded education, and think students can pick up technology easier later in life. Most parents report that technology can be picked up later in life, and shouldn't have a place in the elementary classroom. Search Criteria: No technology in school