IT 344 Spring 2013

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

This article discusses the iPods use as a motivational tool for students to take to their books to learn and then use the technology to create podcasts displaying their knowledge. The teachers at this school have realized that they must embrace this popular technology that students are drawn to, excited about and comfortable with.

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

How twitter can be beneficial in the classroom.  In this article it talks about how kids in the classroom were able to tweet with authors of the books that they read and ask various questions.

Research is reported within this article describing the improvements that have been discovered from the use of interactive whiteboards. For example, Harvard and Columbia found that student retention is improved up to 38% with the use of this technology. Search criteria: classroom interactive whiteboards

A list of links to mainly online technology resoures for bilingual education. Links for teachers, paretns and students.

This was a pretty cool site that has a list of links to mainly online resources for bilingual education. I thought it was pretty cool.

As a special educator it is our job to provide equitable accommodations for all students with disabilities. Assistive technology, ranging from low to high tech provide efficient educational experiences for students to reach their full academic potential  despite any disability. Assistive technology tools provide many opportunities for children with disabilities to learn and for the teacher to be able to provide learning opportunities for his/her students.

Assistive Technology can make the difference between experiencing schools either successfully or a failed one. Assistive technology provides outstanding supports for students with disabilities to exceed through their school years. Assistive technology, or AT, allows students with disabilities to be a part of the general education classroom with the rest of their developing peers.

As educators we need to be aware of assistive technologies so we can plan for inclusive classrooms for students with disabilities. Assistive technology provides educational resources for students with disabilities and allows them to be able to participate in the general education classroom despite their disabilitiy. It is critical that educators are aware of what can be provided so they know how to integrate assitive technology into the classroom. It is important for students to feel like a part of the class and now with assitive technology, students with disabilities are able to be part of the general education class as opposed to feeling isolated.

This Resource talks about the need for all students to be "computer literate" and the ways in which teachers can effectively utilize multimedia to the benefit of their students.

At Princeton University there was a pilot for using e-readers where students were able to give input and feedback about using e-readers. Students appreciated the reading part of the kindle and saving paper, but would like to see better functions for note-taking, highlighting, and easier note-taking while using the kindle.

This report discusses the benefits of having music playing during the time students are engaged in schoolwork. It covers the advantages and disadvantages of using music with students who are faced with time management, behavior, and classroom disruption problems. Search Criteria: Effects of Music in the Classroom

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.