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Paul Beaufait

MultiBrief: Effectively incorporating technology with English learners - 2 views

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shared by Paul Beaufait on 23 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • Perhaps the first consideration is the instructional purpose of the lesson, and how the technology will enhance that purpose or help students to achieve the goals and objectives of the lesson.
  • Technology, as mentioned earlier, has the power to increase student knowledge and skills in various content areas. Yet another consideration that must be taken into account when working with English learners is how the technology is increasing academic language knowledge and skills. It is critical, then, that teachers take into account not only the content goals and objectives for the lesson, but also the language goals and objectives as well as the linguistic demand of the tasks students will need to accomplish in the classroom.
  • English learners need additional instructional supports or scaffolds, including providing students with necessary background knowledge that other students may possess, using graphic organizers, pictures/visuals, demonstrations and realia, and providing redundant information and differentiated instruction based on students' language proficiency level. When researching various technology tools, it is critical that we investigate how the tool addresses these principles.
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  • The use of technology in the classroom is quickly becoming not only commonplace, but also essential for helping students gain the 21st-century skills they will need to be successful in the future.
  • when implementing technology in the classroom, an important component of instruction is to teach students how to use technology effectively and responsibly. Students may need guidance and instruction on how to use technology appropriately given the task and learning at hand, how to avoid distractions with technology, and how to effectively navigate the digital world.
  • Paul Beaufait on 23 Oct 15
     
    In this article, Herrmann explains principles to guide the adoption and utilisation of technology to help meet general and specific needs of English-as-an-additional language learners.
David Wetzel

Integrating Technology into Project Based Learning - 20 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 02 Apr 10 - Cached
  • David Wetzel on 02 Apr 10
     
    "Integration of technology is an integral part of project based learning, because technology is an integral part of life outside the classroom as revealed in this part of the definition - "types of learning and work people do in the everyday world outside the classroom.""
  • Sheri Fuller on 08 Apr 10
     
    David, there is a local school that has all of their students 7-12 with a laptop computer. They don't have any textbooks that are books, they are all ebooks now. This is definitely the directions technology is going in the schools.
Noelle Kreider

A look at the technology culture divide | eSchoolNews.com - 11 views

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shared by Noelle Kreider on 14 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Today’s students represent the first generation to grow up with this new technology.
  • While educators may see students every day, they do not necessarily understand their students’ habits, expectations, or learning preferences–this has resulted in a technology cultural divide.
  • Students are very comfortable with technology and generally become frustrated when policy, rules, and restrictions prevent them from using technology. 
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  • Educators must relinquish the idea of being all-knowing and replace that concept with an attitude of being a facilitator, knowing that the world of information is just a “click” away.
  • Traditional schools, generally staffed primarily with Digital Immigrants, often provide very little technology interaction compared to the digital world in which students are actually living.  Digital Natives can pay attention in class, but they choose not to pay attention, because in reality, they are bored with instructional methods that Digital Immigrants use.
  • Today’s Digital Native students have developed new attitudes and aptitudes as a result of their technology environment.  Although these characteristics provide great advantages in areas such as the students’ abilities to use information technology and to work collaboratively, they have created an imbalance between students’ learning environment expectations and Digital Immigrants’ teaching strategies and policies, which students find in schools today.
  • Teacher training programs in the area of technology will be paramount in the success of the Digital Native.
  • Twenty-first century educators must begin to answer these questions: Do the educational resources provided fit the needs and preferences of today’s learners?  Will linear content give way to simulations, games, and collaboration?  Do students’ desires for group learning and activities imply rethinking the configuration and use of space in classrooms and libraries?  What is the material basis of digital literacy? What is different in a digital age?  What are kids doing already and what could they be doing better, and more responsibly, if we learned how to teach them differently? Addressing these questions will contribute toward bridging the gap of the technology cultural divide and result in schools where all students have greater potential to achieve academically.
  • Noelle Kreider on 14 Apr 10
     
    Article discussing the technology culture divide between students and their teachers and its implications for rethinking how we teach.
David Wetzel

5 Benefits for Creating a Classroom Environment for Student Blogs - 6 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 13 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • David Wetzel on 13 Sep 10
     
    Benefits for creating a classroom environment for student blogging begin with establishing a foundation for their success. Why is this important? Integrating blogs transforms a classroom into a learning community where students become self-directed learners and thinkers. This in turn, causes students to use higher order thinking skills as they create and post entries in their blogs, along with commenting on other student's blogs.
David Wetzel

What Does the Online Digital Footprint in Your Classroom Look Like? - 3 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 13 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • David Wetzel on 13 Sep 10
     
    In contrast to the digital footprint you use for your personal learning network, this focus is on the online digital footprint students' use in your science or math classroom. The power of a well designed digital footprint brings the capacity to transform a classroom into an online learning community. Within this community your students use digital tools to create and develop a personal learning network.
David Wetzel

Stimulating Critical Thinking through a Technological Lens - 13 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 04 Aug 10 - Cached
  • David Wetzel on 04 Aug 10
     
    Stimulating critical thinking using technology has the potential to create more in depth understanding of science and math content by students when engaged in learning activities which integrate in-class and on-line technology resources. Technology tools support stimulation of both inquiry-based and critical thinking skills by engaging students in exploring, thinking, reading, writing, researching, inventing, problem-solving, and experiencing the world outside their classroom. This is accomplished through learning content through the lens of video to multimedia to the internet (Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement, NCREL, 2005).
David Wetzel

12 Expert Twitter Tips for the Classroom: Social Networking Classroom Activities That E... - 16 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 30 Mar 10 - Cached
  • David Wetzel on 30 Mar 10
     
    A dozen activities are presented for using an online education technology tool to engage students in classroom activities to develop a better understanding of concepts.
Rob Belprez

Free Technology for Teachers: 47+ Alternatives to Using YouTube in the Classroom - 0 views

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  • Rob Belprez on 24 Feb 13
     
    Free Technology for Teachers: 47+ Alternatives to Using YouTube in the Classroom
Paul Beaufait

5 Instructional Shifts to Promote Deep Learning - Getting Smart by Susan Oxnevad - DigL... - 14 views

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shared by Paul Beaufait on 02 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • The seamless integration of technology into the Common Core-aligned curriculum supports learning through active participation and increases opportunities for all students to have access to the tools and information they need for success.
  • Paul Beaufait on 02 Nov 12
     
    Oxnevad suggests, "Students can develop transferrable knowledge and skills as they engage in learning experiences that require them to construct knowledge" (¶1). She argues for "seamless integration of technology" that will enable "students students to have access to the tools and information they need for success" (¶2), and proposes five instructional strategies for teachers to use to achieve those ends, namely: 1. Preparing "complex questions that require students to use higher level thinking skills" (Help students uncover knowledge, ¶2); 2. Facilitating learning from engaging and online resources, rather than delivering content (Eliminate the front of the classroom); 3. Creating opportunities for real world collaboration (Encourage collaboration); 4. Exploiting classroom and online opportunities for "frequent [and] informal assessment to gauge the effectiveness of your instruction and make adjustments to maximize the learning experience for each student" (Informally assess students [and instructional practices]); and 5. Preparing and publishing screencast tutorials for students to peruse whenever necessary, "...[i]Instead of spending valuable instructional time teaching the same tech skills over and over again to individual students" (Provide students with built in tech support). This October 30, 2012, post ends with an illustration comprising focus questions and a ThingLink product of fifth grade students' work. A list of links to related posts follows.
tamgrist

Word Clouds: 125 Ways… And Counting… To Use Wordle In The Classroom | 21 st C... - 19 views

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  • tamgrist on 14 Jan 14
     
    Wordles are great fun. Here is a list of very creative ways to use them in the classroom.
David Wetzel

Making the Most of Wikis in Your Science or Math Classroom - 10 views

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  • David Wetzel on 24 May 10
     
    Wikis are the most popular Web 2.0 tool being used in science and math classrooms. Based on a survey of readers - 43 percent use them to support their teaching and student learning. A Wiki is appealing, encourages participation, supports collaboration, and promotes interaction by students who love to use technology. By the way - this includes most students today!
David Wetzel

What is the Technology Footprint in Your Classroom? - 16 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 30 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • David Wetzel on 30 Jan 11
     
    Strategies and techniques are provided regarding the benefits of using digital tools to support teaching and learning in any content area or grade level.
  • Ed Koff on 17 May 11
     
    Great article, it's amazing to me how much technology has changed and improved the classroom and students' learning. Thanks for sharing.
David Wetzel

Why Interactive White Boards are Used Ineffectively in Classrooms - 11 views

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  • David Wetzel on 28 Jul 10
     
    An interactive White Board (IWB) or SMART Board has the potential to deliver content better than traditional methods of teaching. Why? Because it provides multi-media functional interaction across audio, video, and computer media. It is also ideal for visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners. These qualities of an IWB also promote the dynamic delivery of content (if used to its full potential) in an engaging manner, which allows students to interact with science or math content their self. Examples include: * data manipulation * responding to data * even creating data So with all these attributes - "How are interactive white boards unsuccessfully used in science and math classrooms?" For the most part - not effectively!
David Wetzel

Little Known Ways to Integrate Wikis in Science Class - 13 views

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  • David Wetzel on 28 Apr 10
     
    Wiki pages are always a work in progress. The wiki is like a dynamic online science classroom which continually grows and changes. Applications for the use of Wikis in science classrooms is only limited by the creativeness of the teacher in support science teaching and student earning.
Paul Beaufait

About Skype in the classroom | Skype Education - 7 views

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shared by Paul Beaufait on 13 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Paul Beaufait on 13 Jan 11
     
    "Skype in the classroom is a free online directory for teachers everywhere who want to use Skype to bring education to life" (retrieved 2011.01.13).
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