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  • Social Learning These tools use the power of social media to help students learn and teachers connect. Edmodo: Teachers and students can take advantage of this great tech tool, as it offers a Facebook-like environment where classes can connect online. Grockit: Get your students connected with each other in study sessions that take place on this great social site. EduBlogs: EduBlogs offers a safe and secure place to set up blogs for yourself or your classroom. Skype: Skype can be a great tool for keeping in touch with other educators or even attending meetings online. Even cooler, it can help teachers to connect with other classrooms, even those in other countries. Wikispaces: Share lessons, media, and other materials online with your students, or let them collaborate to build their own educational wiki on Wikispaces. Pinterest: You can pin just about any image you find interesting on this site, but many teachers are using it as a place to collect great lesson plans, projects, and inspirational materials. Schoology: Through this social site, teachers can manage lessons, engage students, share content, and connect with other educators. Quora: While Quora is used for a wide range of purposes, it can be a great tool for educators. It can be used to connect with other professionals or to engage students in discussion after class. Ning: Ning allows anyone to create a personalized social network, which can be great for both teachers and students alike. OpenStudy:Encourage your students to work together to learn class material by using a social study site like OpenStudy. ePals: One of the coolest benefits of the Web is being able to connect with anyone, anywhere. ePals does just that, but focuses on students, helping them to learn languages and understand cultures different from their own.
  • These educational tools can help you to make lessons fun, interesting, and more effective. Khan Academy: Many teachers use this excellent collection of math, science, and finance lectures and quizzes to supplement their classroom materials. MangaHigh: MangaHigh offers teachers a wealth of resources for game-based learning in mathematics. FunBrain: If you’re looking for a great collection of educational games, look no further than FunBrain. On it, teachers can take advantage of fun tools for math and reading. Educreations: Educreations is an amazing online tool for the iPad that lets teachers (or students) create videos that teach a given topic. Perfect for studying or getting students to show off their knowledge. Animoto: Animoto makes it simple to create video-based lessons or presentations for the classroom and to share them with students or anyone else. Socrative: Available for computers, mobile devices, and tablets, this student response system engages students through games and exercises on any device they have on hand. Even better, teachers can easily assess student progress and track grades. Knewton: Adaptive learning has been a hot topic in recent months, and with Knewton it’s something that any teacher can access and use. The site personalizes online learning content for each student according to his or her needs. Kerpoof: On Kerpoof, students can get creative with their learning with games, interactive activities, drawing tools, and more that are both fun and educational. StudySync: With a digital library, weekly writing practice, online writing and peer reviews, Common Core assignments, and multimedia lessons available, this site is a fully-featured tool for teaching and learning that can be a big help in the classroom. CarrotSticks: On this site, teachers can take advantage of a wide range of math learning games, giving students practice while they have fun.
  • These tools can help you to stay connected, organized, and increase the ease of building multimedia lessons and learning tools. Evernote: Capture great ideas, photos, recordings, or just about anything else on your Evernote account, access it anywhere, and keep it organized. A must-have tool for lesson planning. Twitter: There are so many ways Twitter can be used in education. Teachers can connect with other educators, take part in chats, share their ideas, or even use it in the classroom to reach out to students. Google Education: Google offers a number of great edtech resources for teachers, including email and collaborative apps, videos, lesson plan search, professional development, and even educational grants. Dropbox: Easily store, share, and access any kind of data from anywhere with the easy-to-use and free Dropbox service. Diigo: Diigo lets you treat the web like paper-based reading material, making it simple to highlight, bookmark, take notes, or even add sticky notes. Apple iPad: One of the most widely used, though expensive, tech tools being used in today’s classroom is the Apple iPad. With a host of educational apps being developed for the device, it’s become a favorite of teachers and students alike across the nation. Aviary: Aviary is a suite of tools that make it easy to edit images, effects, swatches, music, and audio or to create and modify screen captures. Jing: If you’re teaching kids about tech or just about anything else, a great screenshot program is essential. Jing is one great option that allows teachers to take screenshots as images, record up to five minutes or videos then edit and share the results. Popplet: You and your students can use Popplet to brainstorm ideas, create mindmaps, share, and collaborate. Google Earth: From geography projects to learning about geological processes, Google Earth can be an amazing and fast way to show students anywhere in the world. DonorsChoose: Need funding for a classroom project? You can get it through this site that hooks up needy teachers with willing donors. SlideShare: With SlideShare, you can upload your presentations, documents, and videos and share them with students and colleagues. Even better, you can take advantage of materials that other have uploaded as well. LiveBinders: Like a real-life three ring binder, this tech tool allows you to collect and organize resources. Much better than a binder, however, the site also comes with tools to connect and collaborate and a virtual whiteboard. AudioBoo: Through this tool, you can record and share audio for your students or anyone else.
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  • Use these tech tools to pull together great lessons and design amazing and memorable student projects. Teachers Pay Teachers: Have great lessons to share? Looking for something to add to your classes? On this site you can do both, selling your own class materials and buying high-quality resources from other teachers. Planboard: Make sure your lessons are organized and that your day runs smoothly with the help of this amazing online tool designed just for teachers. Timetoast: Timetoast is a pretty cool for student projects, allowing them to build sleek, interactive timelines in minutes. Capzles: There are so many different ways that Capzles can be used in the classroom, there’s bound to be an application that fits your needs. What does it do? Capzles makes it simple to gather media like photos, videos, documents, and even blog posts into one place, making it perfect for teaching, learning, or online projects. Prezi: Want to build presentations that will wow your students? Make use of this online tool that makes it simple to do all kinds of cool things with your lessons, even allowing collaboration between teachers. Wordle: Create stunning word clouds using Wordle, a great complement to language lessons of any kind. QR Codes: QR codes (or quick response codes) are showing up with greater frequency in education. If you’d like to get in on the trend, you’ll need a tool to create and manage the codes like Delivr and one to read codes, like any of those listed on this site. Quizlet: Quizlet makes it easy for teachers to create study tools for students, especially flashcards that can make memorizing important information a snap. MasteryConnect: How are your students performing with regard to state and common core standards? MasterConnect makes it simple to track and analyze both, as well as other elements of student performance. Google Docs: Through Google Docs, teachers can create and share documents, presentations, or spreadsheets with students and colleagues as well as give feedback on student-created projects. YouTube: Not all schools allow YouTube, but they are missing out as the site contains a wealth of great learning materials for the classroom. There’s even a special education-focused channel just for teachers and students. TED-Ed: TED isn’t just a great place to find inspiration anymore, the site also contains numerous videos that are organized by subject and can help you to teach everything from how pain relievers work to Shakespearean insults. Glogster:Glogster is a social site that lets users mash up music, photos, videos, and pretty much anything else you’d like. It’s a great way to create learning materials and a handy tool for creative student projects. Creaza: Want to bring your student projects into the 21st century? Creaza can make that possible, offering tools to brainstorm, create cartoons, and edit audio and video. Mentor Mob: On Mentor Mob, you or your students can create a learning playlist, which is essentially a collection of high-quality materials that can be used to study a specific concept.
  • Edmodo:
  • Social Learning
  • Grockit
  • Learning
  • Useful Tools
  • Lesson Planning and Tool
  • These tools can help you to stay connected, organized, and increase the ease of building multimedia lessons and learning tools. Evernote: Capture great ideas, photos, recordings, or just about anything else on your Evernote account, access it anywhere, and keep it organized. A must-have tool for lesson planning. Twitter: There are so many ways Twitter can be used in education. Teachers can connect with other educators, take part in chats, share their ideas, or even use it in the classroom to reach out to students. Google Education: Google offers a number of great edtech resources for teachers, including email and collaborative apps, videos, lesson plan search, professional development, and even educational grants. Dropbox: Easily store, share, and access any kind of data from anywhere with the easy-to-use and free Dropbox service. Diigo: Diigo lets you treat the web like paper-based reading material, making it simple to highlight, bookmark, take notes, or even add sticky notes. Apple iPad: One of the most widely used, though expensive, tech tools being used in today’s classroom is the Apple iPad. With a host of educational apps being developed for the device, it’s become a favorite of teachers and students alike across the nation. Aviary: Aviary is a suite of tools that make it easy to edit images, effects, swatches, music, and audio or to create and modify screen captures. Jing: If you’re teaching kids about tech or just about anything else, a great screenshot program is essential. Jing is one great option that allows teachers to take screenshots as images, record up to five minutes or videos then edit and share the results. Popplet: You and your students can use Popplet to brainstorm ideas, create mindmaps, share, and collaborate. Google Earth: From geography projects to learning about geological processes, Google Earth can be an amazing and fast way to show students anywhere in the world. DonorsChoose: Need funding for a classroom project? You can get it through this site that hooks up needy teachers with willing donors. SlideShare: With SlideShare, you can upload your presentations, documents, and videos and share them with students and colleagues. Even better, you can take advantage of materials that other have uploaded as well. LiveBinders: Like a real-life three ring binder, this tech tool allows you to collect and organize resources. Much better than a binder, however, the site also comes with tools to connect and collaborate and a virtual whiteboard. AudioBoo: Through this tool, you can record and share audio for your students or anyone else.
  • Learning These educational tools can help you to make lessons fun, interesting, and more effective. Khan Academy: Many teachers use this excellent collection of math, science, and finance lectures and quizzes to supplement their classroom materials. MangaHigh: MangaHigh offers teachers a wealth of resources for game-based learning in mathematics. FunBrain: If you’re looking for a great collection of educational games, look no further than FunBrain. On it, teachers can take advantage of fun tools for math and reading. Educreations: Educreations is an amazing online tool for the iPad that lets teachers (or students) create videos that teach a given topic. Perfect for studying or getting students to show off their knowledge. Animoto: Animoto makes it simple to create video-based lessons or presentations for the classroom and to share them with students or anyone else. Socrative: Available for computers, mobile devices, and tablets, this student response system engages students through games and exercises on any device they have on hand. Even better, teachers can easily assess student progress and track grades. Knewton: Adaptive learning has been a hot topic in recent months, and with Knewton it’s something that any teacher can access and use. The site personalizes online learning content for each student according to his or her needs. Kerpoof: On Kerpoof, students can get creative with their learning with games, interactive activities, drawing tools, and more that are both fun and educational. StudySync: With a digital library, weekly writing practice, online writing and peer reviews, Common Core assignments, and multimedia lessons available, this site is a fully-featured tool for teaching and learning that can be a big help in the classroom. CarrotSticks: On this site, teachers can take advantage of a wide range of math learning games, giving students practice while they have fun.
  • new tools are hitting the market constantly and older ones rising to prominence, broadening their scope, or just adding new features that make them better matches for education, which can make it hard to keep up with the newest and most useful tools even for the most tech-savvy teachers.
  • echnology and education are pretty intertwined these days and nearly every teacher has a few favorit
  • Edmodo: Teachers and students can take advantage of this great tech tool, as it offers a Facebook-like environment where classes can connect online. Grockit: Get your students connected with each other in study sessions that take place on this great social site. EduBlogs: EduBlogs offers a safe and secure place to set up blogs for yourself or your classroom. Skype: Skype can be a great tool for keeping in touch with other educators or even attending meetings online. Even cooler, it can help teachers to connect with other classrooms, even those in other countries.
  • Social Learning These tools use the power of social media to help students learn and teachers connect. Edmodo: Teachers and students can take advantage of this great tech tool, as it offers a Facebook-like environment where classes can connect online. Grockit: Get your students connected with each other in study sessions that take place on this great social site. EduBlogs: EduBlogs offers a safe and secure place to set up blogs for yourself or your classroom. Skype: Skype can be a great tool for keeping in touch with other educators or even attending meetings online. Even cooler, it can help teachers to connect with other classrooms, even those in other countries. Wikispaces: Share lessons, media, and other materials online with your students, or let them collaborate to build their own educational wiki on Wikispaces. Pinterest: You can pin just about any image you find interesting on this site, but many teachers are using it as a place to collect great lesson plans, projects, and inspirational materials. Schoology: Through this social site, teachers can manage lessons, engage students, share content, and connect with other educators. Quora: While Quora is used for a wide range of purposes, it can be a great tool for educators. It can be used to connect with other professionals or to engage students in discussion after class. Ning: Ning allows anyone to create a personalized social network, which can be great for both teachers and students alike. OpenStudy:Encourage your students to work together to learn class material by using a social study site like OpenStudy. ePals: One of the coolest benefits of the Web is being able to connect with anyone, anywhere. ePals does just that, but focuses on students, helping them to learn languages and understand cultures different from their own.
  • new tools are hitting the market constantly and older ones rising to prominence, broadening their scope, or just adding new features that make them better matches for education,
  • Technology and education are pretty intertwined these days and nearly every teacher has a few favorite tech tools that make doing his or her job and connecting with students a little bit easier and more fun for all involved.
  • new tools are hitting the market constantly and older ones rising to prominence, broadening their scope, or just adding new features that make them better matches for education
  • ew tools are hitting the market constantly and older ones rising to prominence, broadening their scope, or just adding new features that make them better matches for education
  • These tools use the power of social media to help students learn and teachers connect.
  • Teachers Pay Teachers: Have great lessons to share? Looking for something to add to your classes? On this site you can do both, selling your own class materials and buying high-quality resources from other teachers. Planboard: Make sure your lessons are organized and that your day runs smoothly with the help of this amazing online tool designed just for teachers. Timetoast: Timetoast is a pretty cool for student projects, allowing them to build sleek, interactive timelines in minutes. Capzles: There are so many different ways that Capzles can be used in the classroom, there’s bound to be an application that fits your needs. What does it do? Capzles makes it simple to gather media like photos, videos, documents, and even blog posts into one place, making it perfect for teaching, learning, or online projects. Prezi: Want to build presentations that will wow your students? Make use of this online tool that makes it simple to do all kinds of cool things with your lessons, even allowing collaboration between teachers. Wordle: Create stunning word clouds using Wordle, a great complement to language lessons of any kind.
  • Technology and education are pretty intertwined these days and nearly every teacher has a few favorite tech tools that make doing his or her job and connecting with students a little bit easier and more fun for all involved. Yet as with anything related to technology, new tools are hitting the market constantly and older ones rising to prominence, broadening their scope, or just adding new features that make them better matches for education, which can make it hard to keep up with the newest and most useful tools even for the most tech-savvy teachers.
  • Yet as with anything related to technology, new tools are hitting the market constantly and older ones rising to prominence, broadening their scope, or just adding new features that make them better matches for education, which can make it hard to keep up with the newest and most useful tools even for the most tech-savvy teachers.
    • Shawni Mutter
      Shawni Mutter on 23 Oct 14
       
      I didn't know there were so many different ways to incoorporate and use technology in your classroom! super useful!
  • Lesson Planning and Tools Use these tech tools to pull together great lessons and design amazing and memorable student projects.
  • Social Learning These tools use the power of social media to help students learn and teachers connect.
  • Learning These educational tools can help you to make lessons fun, interesting, and more effective.
  • Useful Tools These tools can help you to stay connected, organized, and increase the ease of building multimedia lessons and learning tools.
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  • make lessons fun, interesting, and more effective.
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  • Teachers Pay Teachers: Have great lessons to share? Looking for something to add to your classes? On this site you can do both, selling your own class materials and buying high-quality resources from other teachers. Planboard: Make sure your lessons are organized and that your day runs smoothly with the help of this amazing online tool designed just for teachers. Timetoast: Timetoast is a pretty cool for student projects, allowing them to build sleek, interactive timelines in minutes. Capzles: There are so many different ways that Capzles can be used in the classroom, there’s bound to be an application that fits your needs. What does it do? Capzles makes it simple to gather media like photos, videos, documents, and even blog posts into one place, making it perfect for teaching, learning, or online projects. Prezi: Want to build presentations that will wow your students? Make use of this online tool that makes it simple to do all kinds of cool things with your lessons, even allowing collaboration between teachers. Wordle: Create stunning word clouds using Wordle, a great complement to language lessons of any kind. QR Codes: QR codes (or quick response codes) are showing up with greater frequency in education. If you’d like to get in on the trend, you’ll need a tool to create and manage the codes like Delivr and one to read codes, like any of those listed on this site. Quizlet: Quizlet makes it easy for teachers to create study tools for students, especially flashcards that can make memorizing important information a snap. MasteryConnect: How are your students performing with regard to state and common core standards? MasterConnect makes it simple to track and analyze both, as well as other elements of student performance. Google Docs: Through Google Docs, teachers can create and share documents, presentations, or spreadsheets with students and colleagues as well as give feedback on student-created projects. YouTube: Not all schools allow YouTube, but they are missing out as the site contains a wealth of great learning materials for the classroom. There’s even a special education-focused channel just for teachers and students. TED-Ed: TED isn’t just a great place to find inspiration anymore, the site also contains numerous videos that are organized by subject and can help you to teach everything from how pain relievers work to Shakespearean insults. Glogster:Glogster is a social site that lets users mash up music, photos, videos, and pretty much anything else you’d like. It’s a great way to create learning materials and a handy tool for creative student projects. Creaza: Want to bring your student projects into the 21st century? Creaza can make that possible, offering tools to brainstorm, create cartoons, and edit audio and video. Mentor Mob: On Mentor Mob, you or your students can create a learning playlist, which is essentially a collection of high-quality materials that can be used to study a specific concept. Useful Tools
  • Rhona Buchta on 27 Sep 13
     
    This website offers different technology tools in areas of social media, learning, and other useful tools that may help with lessons.
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  • Abigail Christensen on 28 Oct 13
     
    Lots of different sites and blogs that you can use to be able to teach your students any way you would like to.
  • Alyssa Bohm on 01 Nov 13
     
    This site gives information and tools on things all teachers should know about technology.
  • Jenny buck on 04 Nov 13
     
    This site has some good resources for learning that make a lesson more interesting.
  • Anthony Hall on 08 Nov 13
     
    This website will be useful because it shows 50 different technology tools teachers should know
  • Erin Bless on 11 Nov 13
     
    Explains all the different technology that a teacher should know how to use in the classroom
  • Danielle Smith on 13 Nov 13
     
    50 useful technology websites for teachers
  • Vanessa Brooks-Cobbins on 17 Feb 14
     
    This site contains different social media and other websites and a small description on how they can be used for learning. It gives several sites people use daily and some that no one has really heard of.
  • Julie Parrish on 20 Feb 14
     
    This site will be useful for teachers because it gives 50 education technology tools that can be used in various aspects. This site links teachers to the technology to help in social learning, educational learning, lesson planning and tools, and organization tools for lessons.
  • patess06 on 06 Mar 14
     
    This site has many ways to use technology in the classroom. It has 50 different tools for teachers to use to interact with students in learning.
  • Jennie Anderson on 07 Apr 14
     
    Allows teachers to prepare organized lessons and share their lessons with other teachers. Provides useful tips for what technology they can involve their students with.
  • Mary Gragg on 23 Sep 14
     
    "Prezi: Want to build presentations that will wow your students? Make use of this online tool that makes it simple to do all kinds of cool things with your lessons, even allowing collaboration between teachers."
  • Emily Sternemann on 26 Sep 14
     
    "This website has sites or tools that are found online that can help a teacher teach his or her students. It has tools that I have never heard of before and would like to know what they are about."
  • Lauren Krolikowski on 26 Sep 14
     
    Basic technology tools that will help teachers better connect their students with education and technology.
  • Megan Gill on 26 Sep 14
     
    This website gives teachers information in every area.  There are various ways to get students connected, engage learning and think about lesson planning and the tools you can use during lesson planning.
  • Nicole Warren on 06 Oct 14
     
    This shows many different tools to help teachers use technology in their classrooms. Between social learning  and lesson planning and tools, this helps the students and the teachers.
  • Jaden Delney on 06 Oct 14
     
    The website gives many different resources for teachers to use with their students. The many websites are links for games students can play to help understand different topics. Such include social learning, learning, lesson planning and tools, and useful tools. 
  • Melissa Trew on 07 Oct 14
     
    A website that shows different tools for teachers to use to enhance learning for students. It shows different social media sites, educational tools to make learning fun and effective, and lesson planning tools.
  • koltonjk22 on 09 Oct 14
     
    Has many different new types of technology that would be useful for teachers. Also explains what each site is and why it's good to use. Names very popular sites that most people know and can be beneficial to use in the classroom.
  • grundlkm21 on 13 Oct 14
     
    Resources for using technology in the classroom. 
  • Kelly Kerzman on 17 Oct 14
     
    This is a great website to use for multiple reasons!! There is social learning that has tools to use the power of social media to help students learn and teachers to connect together. Of course learning objectives that can be fun, interesting and effective. Lesson Planning and Tools and so much more!!
  • Anna Drake on 21 Oct 14
     
    This article provides ways for teachers to use technology through lesson plans, and it provides many different useful apps to use in the classroom.
  • Kristen Delano on 30 Oct 14
     
    This is a webpage with multiple tips for a teacher who isn't sure what to use. It explains that technology is becoming more and more prudent and gives options to the teachers.
  • Rachel DeVoe on 10 Nov 14
     
    This website shows tools for lesson planning, social learning (apps). Alot of students will come into class knowing how to do a few of these things. It is good to be prepared and to understand how to work certain tools. 
  • Amanda Mogensen on 17 Nov 14
     
    This site would be useful for teachers because it will help teachers get students more involved. Sometimes students learn better when they are able to see different visuals rather than just having a teacher write on the board all the time. Technology is going to be a big thing in the future that every teacher and/or student should be able to use. 
  • Nolan Pawelski on 02 Feb 15
     
    This article provides some different tools that can be utilize in the classroom.
  • Nolan Pawelski on 02 Feb 15
     
    This article provides some different tools that can be utilize in the classroom.
  • Kelli Hedgepath on 02 Feb 15
     
    This specific website offers 50 educational technology websites to assist teachers with teaching. This website intertwines technology and education to provide teachers with better teaching skills.
  • garretta123 on 02 Feb 15
     
    50 different examples of technology that could be useful in a classroom
  • Emily Riesterer on 18 Feb 15
     
    These are technology tools that would help a teacher out in different ways.
  • Kenndrah Fierro on 11 Mar 15
     
    Technology and Education are coexisting more and more these days. This site will help with social learning, lesson planning, and give useful tools in the classroom.
  • Benjamin Jarolimek on 11 Apr 15
     
    This site is really useful. It lists a bunch of technology that is very useful in different aspects of education. I highlighted the lesson planning tools because I utilize a lot of them and they are extremely helpful
  • Alyssa Pearson on 16 Apr 15
     
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Carie Imme

12 Easy Ways to Use Technology in the Classroom, Even for Technophobic Teachers | TeachHUB - 9 views

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  • Perfect Ed Tech Activities for Beginners
  • Do a PowerPoint “Game Show Review”
  • Have students complete a written classroom activity as if it was online.
  • Try a Webquest
  • Good Ed Tech Activities for All Skill Levels
  • Create a class blog or wiki.
  • Create a class webpage.
  • Use an online grading system.
  • Do an email exchange.
  • Give multimedia presentations – or have your students give them.
  • Supplement your lessons.
  • Advanced Ed Tech Activities
  • Use technology as a topic for a writing assignment.
  • Listen to – or create – a Podcast.
  • Publish” your students’ work.
  • Publish” your students’ work.
  • Publish” your students’ work.
  • “Publish” your students’ work.
  • “Publish” your students’ work.
    • Alexis Schlueter
      Alexis Schlueter on 09 Oct 13
       
      I love some of these ideas, I remeber having to do a few in school myself! I think these would be great to remember and use one day.
  • A webquest guides students to search the Internet for specific information. For example, students are asked to serve as curators of a museum on a particular topic. They must search the Internet to determine what artifacts belong in their museum and explain their choices. There are tons of already-constructed webquests out there, a perfect way to teachers to begin integrating Internet searches into their curriculum. Here's a good introduction to the process. Once you get really comfortable with the process, you may even want to create your own!
  • Take appropriate precautions for Internet safety, but a class blog or wiki can be a great way to integrate technology in the classroom and develop student knowledge. Some teachers use blogs to drive outside-of-class discussion – particularly helpful for AP/IB students who are motivated but short on class time. A wiki is a website that uses software which allows many different people to edit it (think Wikipedia). Have your students work together to create a wiki on a topic they are studying. They will need to correct each other’s work and collaborate in order to make it a success.
  • For younger students, have them write a “how-to” piece about using technology in the classroom. It’s a natural fit, as young people usually have a higher comfort level with technology than many adults. Tell kids to write a piece instructing someone – maybe a grandparent? – on how to send an email, set up an Ipod, or play a video game. For older kids, have them research the impact technology has had on a particular time in history or science or include a unit on science fiction and technology in your Language Arts curriculum.
  • Use technology as a topic for a writing assignment
  • Many tech-savvy teachers have used Microsoft PowerPoint to create review games based on famous game shows, including “Jeopardy,” “The Weakest Link,” and “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” These templates are available online for teachers to download and revise, including their own content. Check out this template or search “powerpoint game show template” online. A fun way to practice using a projector and get your students to review important material!
  • Ever have your students write a diary from the perspective of a character or famous person? Why not have them create a blog instead? Take a look at various blog sites (Blogger and WordPress are two of the most popular) and create a template for your students to fill in. Want students to summarize information? Ask them to tweet the lesson – that is, have them write summaries of 140 characters or less, as if they were writing on Twitter. Or create a template for a web page and ask students to use it to design a webpage about the content they are studying. While these activities don’t actually use technology, they familiarize you – and your students – with the Web 2.0 world, which can be a great first step.
  •  Create a class webpage
  • Supplement your lessons
  • 12 Easy Ways to Use Technology in Your Classroom, Even for Technophobic Teachers
  • What ways do you use technology in the classroom? Share in the comments section!
  • Do an email exchang
  • Give multimedia presentations – or have your students give them
  • Create a class blog or wik
  • “Publish” your students’ work
  • Use an online grading system
    • Mary Gragg
      Mary Gragg on 23 Sep 14
       
      I like this idea! Very common in classrooms today
  • A class webpage can be anything from a basic site where you post announcements (think “online bulletin board”) to a much more elaborate one that includes class photos, a class blog, downloadable materials, and your own domain name. For those of you just starting out, try Scholastic’s free Home Page Builder (http://teacher.scholastic.com/homepagebuilder/). Those of you with a little more experience may enjoy Webs.com (http://www.webs.com/), which offers both free and premium service packages.
  • Liven up a traditional lecture by using a PowerPoint presentation that incorporates photographs, diagrams, sound effects, music, or video clips. For high school teachers, consider having your students develop presentations as a review tool before semester exams. Their work may be so good that you will want to use it in future classes!
  • There are thousands of podcasts available on the Web. Search for ones that meet your students’ needs. Some colleges are offering professors’ lectures via podcast, which can be great for advanced students. In other cases, you may be able to find an interview with the author of a book your students are reading, or other supplemental material. Make arrangements to download it and play it for your students. For the really ambitious, have students create their own podcasts to document their progress through the year or discuss their ideas on a variety of issues pertaining to the course.
  • While some schools are mandating the shift to web-based gradebooks, you don’t have to wait to try one out. Sites like MyGradebook.com (http://www.mygradebook.com) offer the opportunity to track grades, record attendance and seating charts, and compile reports on student progress. You can also email students and parents directly to allow them to view their updated grades. Never worry again about bringing home your gradebook – you can access it from any computer.  
  • When you’ve taught the same material for awhile, you – and your students – may find it less-than-exciting. A quick Internet search may help you identify ways to supplement your lessons with interesting new material. Make a habit of searching before you begin each new unit. You may find photographs, sound clips, video clips, and more that can bring your lessons to life. Many museums now offer online “virtual tours” and teachers are constantly developing new presentations and webquests, which are posted online. Add these in to keep your lessons fresh.
  • When we were kids, some teachers had class penpals or had you practice your penmanship by writing a letter to an author. Try the 21st-century version of that by instituting an email exchange. Have your students exchange emails with students in another school, city, state, or country – especially valuable if both sets of students are studying the same material. Or arrange for a group of experts to accept emails from your students on a particular topic. Students who fail to see the “real world implications” of math or science may develop new interest if you can put them in touch with a video game designer, astronaut, or engineer who uses those skills every day. And for adults who might want to volunteer but feel pressed for time, email can be a great way to help out, since they can respond on their own schedule.
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  • Ever have your students write a diary from the perspective of a character or famous person? Why not have them create a blog instead? Take a look at various blog sites (Blogger and WordPress are two of the most popular) and create a template for your students to fill in. Want students to summarize information? Ask them to tweet the lesson – that is, have them write summaries of 140 characters or less, as if they were writing on Twitter. Or create a template for a web page and ask students to use it to design a webpage about the content they are studying. While these activities don’t actually use technology, they familiarize you – and your students – with the Web 2.0 world, which can be a great first step.
  • Ever have your students write a diary from the perspective of a character or famous person? Why not have them create a blog instead? Take a look at various blog sites (Blogger and WordPress are two of the most popular) and create a template for your students to fill in. Want students to summarize information? Ask them to tweet the lesson – that is, have them write summaries of 140 characters or less, as if they were writing on Twitter. Or create a template for a web page and ask students to use it to design a webpage about the content they are studying. While these activities don’t actually use technology, they familiarize you – and your students – with the Web 2.0 world, which can be a great first step.
  • Ever have your students write a diary from the perspective of a character or famous person? Why not have them create a blog instead? Take a look at various blog sites (Blogger and WordPress are two of the most popular) and create a template for your students to fill in. Want students to summarize information? Ask them to tweet the lesson – that is, have them write summaries of 140 characters or less, as if they were writing on Twitter. Or create a template for a web page and ask students to use it to design a webpage about the content they are studying. While these activities don’t actually use technology, they familiarize you – and your students – with the Web 2.0 world, which can be a great first step.
  • Ever have your students write a diary from the perspective of a character or famous person? Why not have them create a blog instead? Take a look at various blog sites (Blogger and WordPress are two of the most popular) and create a template for your students to fill in. Want students to summarize information? Ask them to tweet the lesson – that is, have them write summaries of 140 characters or less, as if they were writing on Twitter. Or create a template for a web page and ask students to use it to design a webpage about the content they are studying. While these activities don’t actually use technology, they familiarize you – and your students – with the Web 2.0 world, which can be a great first step.
  • Ever have your students write a diary from the perspective of a character or famous person? Why not have them create a blog instead? Take a look at various blog sites (Blogger and WordPress are two of the most popular) and create a template for your students to fill in. Want students to summarize information? Ask them to tweet the lesson – that is, have them write summaries of 140 characters or less, as if they were writing on Twitter. Or create a template for a web page and ask students to use it to design a webpage about the content they are studying. While these activities don’t actually use technology, they familiarize you – and your students – with the Web 2.0 world, which can be a great first step.
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  • Try a Webquest
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  • Create a class webpage
  • Use an online grading system
  • Do an email exchange
  • Give multimedia presentations – or have your students give them
  • Supplement your lessons
  • Create a class blog or wiki
  • Listen to – or create – a Podcast.
  • “Publish” your students’ work
  • try to find a technology “mentor” on campus – the computer teacher or just another teacher who uses technology more than you do. It helps to know there’s someone who can guide you and help you incorporate technology in the classroom if you’re feeling overwhelmed.
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  • A class webpage can be anything from a basic site where you post announcements (think “online bulletin board”) to a much more elaborate one that includes class photos, a class blog, downloadable materials, and your own domain name
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  • You can also email students and parents directly to allow them to view their updated grades. Never worry again about bringing home your gradebook – you can access it from any computer.  
  • Give multimedia presentations – or have your students give them
  • Liven up a traditional lecture by using a PowerPoint presentation that incorporates photographs, diagrams, sound effects, music, or video clips
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  • Search for ones that meet your students’ needs.
  • For the really ambitious, have students create their own podcasts to document their progress through the year or discuss their ideas on a variety of issues pertaining to the course.
  • “Publish” your students’ work Tools exist today to allow your students to create really professional looking work using a desktop computer. Have students create a short film, run an ongoing class website that features student work and opinions, or – if they’re really ambitious – raise the money to have their work professionally published by a self-publishing company like iUniverse or Lulu. No matter what your skill level, integrating technology in the classroom offers the chance to increase student interest and teach valuable professional skills – and have some fun!
  •  Do a PowerPoint “Game Show Review” Many tech-savvy teachers have used Microsoft PowerPoint to create review games based on famous game shows, including “Jeopardy,” “The Weakest Link,” and “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” These templates are available online for teachers to download and revise, including their own content. Check out this template or search “powerpoint game show template” online. A fun way to practice using a projector and get your students to review important material!
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      This website gives ideas on how to use technology in the classrooms.  It also gives simple ideas for everyone to use.
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      Anna Drake on 21 Oct 14
       
      This website is informal in explaining to teachers that using technology in the classroom and that it is not as hard as some teachers think it is. Everyone can use technology.
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  •  Create a class webpage
  • Use an online grading system
  • Do an email exchange
  • Give multimedia presentations – or have your students give them
  • Supplement your lessons
  • Advanced Ed Tech Activities Create a class blog or wiki
  •  Listen to – or create – a Podcast.
  • “Publish” your students’ work
  • No matter what your skill level, integrating technology in the classroom offers the chance to increase student interest and teach valuable professional skills – and have some fun!
  • Do a PowerPoint “Game Show Review” Many tech-savvy teachers have used Microsoft PowerPoint to create review games based on famous game shows, including “Jeopardy!,” “The Weakest Link,” and “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” These templates are available online for teachers to download and revise, including their own content. Check out this template or search “powerpoint game show template” online. A fun way to practice using a projector and get your students to review important material!
  • create review games based on famous game shows, including “Jeopardy!,” “The Weakest Link,” and “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” These templates are available online for teachers to download and revise, including their own content. Check out this template or search “powerpoint game show template” online. A fun way to practice using a projector and get your students to review important material!
  • A class webpage can be anything from a basic site where you post announcements (think “online bulletin board”) to a much more elaborate one that includes class photos, a class blog, downloadable materials, and your own domain name. For those of you just starting out, try Scholastic’s free Home Page Builder (http://teacher.scholastic.com/homepagebuilder/). Those of you with a little more experience may enjoy Webs.com (http://www.webs.com/), which offers both free and premium service packages.
  • When you’ve taught the same material for awhile, you – and your students – may find it less-than-exciting. A quick Internet search may help you identify ways to supplement your lessons with interesting new material. Make a habit of searching before you begin each new unit. You may find photographs, sound clips, video clips, and more that can bring your lessons to life. Many museums now offer online “virtual tours” and teachers are constantly developing new presentations and webquests, which are posted online. Add these in to keep your lessons fresh.
  • Tools exist today to allow your students to create really professional looking work using a desktop computer. Have students create a short film, run an ongoing class website that features student work and opinions, or – if they’re really ambitious – raise the money to have their work professionally published by a self-publishing company like iUniverse or Lulu.
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  • samantha drew on 11 Oct 12
     
    This information is useful because it gives 12 ways that technology can be used in the classroom. It not only helps the teacher but the students are able to use the technology/ internet as a guide.
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  • Adrew Mindham on 15 Oct 12
     
    Shows 12 easy ways to incorporate technology in your classroom.  Allows for comments so you can learn if this article has helped anyone and what their opinions are on it. 
  • emilyrose28 on 06 Feb 13
     
    This is a good website for teachers of all technology skill levels. It talks to beginners, and more advanced. There are many new and different techniques you can use, and this website has a list of 12 that are important.
  • Nicole Frey on 21 Feb 13
     
    This website easily shows how to bring your classroom up to date with technology. It lists a bunch of different activities one can try. It also provides a description about each activity so one can consider using one of the activities in their classroom.
  • Britney Anthony on 04 Mar 13
     
    Very useful when trying to integrate technology into the classroom. It brings up some very basic, yet unique ways to use technology. Also, it seems to be very up to date.
  • Jordin Miller on 07 Oct 13
     
    It's a good idea to be knowledgeable about ways to incorporate different learning strategies to help the student understand the material better. This site gives great examples of different technology machines that help students learn better. It helps teachers recognize advanced machines and tools of technology for students.
  • Alina Grigorian on 31 Oct 13
     
    Easy ways to use Technology in a Classroom (for everyone)
  • Abigail Christensen on 08 Nov 13
     
    This site gives a very detailed description of things you can do to jump start technology in your classroom. It helps give really good easy and clear idea's of things that can be done to help your students get going with technology.
  • Brianna Murray on 09 Nov 13
     
    This website gives teachers twelve ideas on how to easily use technology in the classroom from games to publishing their students work.
  • Tiffany Hill on 13 Nov 13
     
    Simple site with some easy, unintimidating ways to integrate technology into your classroom. Seems like it will be a good website for beginners, like myself.
  • Sarah Edwards on 14 Nov 13
     
    "Many tech-savvy teachers have used Microsoft PowerPoint to create review games based on famous game shows, including "Jeopardy," "The Weakest Link," and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" These templates are available online for teachers to download and revise, including their own content. Check out this template or search "powerpoint game show template" online. A fun way to practice using a projector and get your students to review important material! Have students complete a written classroom activity as if it was online. Ever have your students write a diary from the perspective of a character or famous person? Why not have them create a blog instead? Take a look at various blog sites (Blogger and WordPress are two of the most popular) and create a template for your students to fill in. Want students to summarize information? Ask them to tweet the lesson - that is, have them write summaries of 140 characters or less, as if they were writing on Twitter. Or create a template for a web page and ask students to use it to design a webpage about the content they are studying. While these activities don't actually use technology, they familiarize you - and your students - with the Web 2.0 world, which can be a great first step. Try a Webquest A webquest guides students to search the Internet for specific information. For example, students are asked to serve as curators of a museum on a particular topic. They must search the Internet to determine what artifacts belong in their museum and explain their choices. There are tons of already-constructed webquests out there, a perfect way to teachers to begin integrating Internet searches into their curriculum. Here's a good introduction to the process. Once you get really comfortable with the process, you may even want to create your own! Good Ed Tech Activities for All Skill Levels Use technology as a topic for a writing assignment For younger students, have them write a "how-to" piece ab
  • Torri Gnabasik on 18 Nov 13
     
    This website states 12 easy ways to use technology in your classroom. This website is great for teachers who struggle with using technology in the classroom and want to learn how to use technology in the classroom more efficiently. These 12 ways are very common in most classrooms, so teachers will have to learn to use the different technologies.
  • Garrett Whitehead on 09 Dec 13
     
    Great tips on how to integrate technology to every teachers classroom!
  • Meghan Formento on 30 Jan 14
     
    This website gives you 12 easy ways to use technology and explains things well
  • Lissa Wedell on 18 Feb 14
     
    "Try the 21st-century version of that by instituting an email exchange. Have your students exchange emails with students in another school, city, state, or country - especially valuable if both sets of students are studying the same material."
  • Marisa Schuchardt on 24 Feb 14
     
    This site is useful for teachers because it gives ideas and lesson plans to help with technology use. It also gives interesting topics on technology for the teacher to use in the classroom.
  • Margaret Lotzer on 05 Mar 14
     
    This gives 12 different options of how to use technology in the classroom. These options can be used on students or varying ages.
  • Kayla Ostby on 02 Apr 14
     
    12 ways teachers can use technology in a classroom with examples given.
  • Randi Robertson on 11 Apr 14
     
    Easy and effective ways to use technology in the classroom.
  • Allison Hyde on 14 Apr 14
     
    Technology integration in the classroom
  • Mary Gragg on 23 Sep 14
     
    This is a really helpful website in which teachers could refer to for tips for their classroom. They offer different activities using technology, which can help both the students and teacher learn new concepts.
  • Kimberly Kay on 25 Sep 14
     
    Some ideas to help incorporate technology in the classroom and to make lessons more fun
  • Claire Temple on 25 Sep 14
     
    12 easy ways to use technology in the classroom.
  • Shelbey Keel on 01 Oct 14
     
    This give different ways to incorporate the use of technology in the classroom that will actually help students learn. 
  • Shelby Coffey on 10 Oct 14
     
    Great article giving tips on incorporating technology into the classroom!
  • Faith Anderson on 11 Oct 14
     
    This site is important because it gives examples on how teachers can properly use technology in the classroom. It also talks about what having technology in the classroom offers to the students.
  • Selena Burton on 14 Oct 14
     
    This website will also be beneficial because it talks about many ways teachers can use technology in the classroom.
  • Kelly Kerzman on 17 Oct 14
     
    multiple ways to use technology in the classroom for teachers to students. This way the classroom is having fun, learning and experiencing new technology. This is a good way for teachers and students to learn and be comfortable with different technology. 
  • Chelsey Schulenburg on 17 Oct 14
     
    List of ways to use technology in the classroom
  • Anna Drake on 21 Oct 14
     
    List of ways to use technology in the classroom
  • Lauren Finke on 22 Oct 14
     
    different ways that you can involve technology into your classroom that is interesting to children.
  • Shawni Mutter on 23 Oct 14
     
    this site would be useful to me as a teacher because it would help me to use technology in the classroom in many easy but useful ways.
  • rebecca went on 03 Nov 14
     
    This site gives tips and pointers to bring technology into the classroom in a creative and fun way.
  • stroupe-aloop on 29 Jan 15
     
    This website is useful for teachers because it gives you 12 ideas of how to use technology with kids even if you're not great with technology, in a way to help them learn better. 
  • Karissa Gonio on 30 Jan 15
     
    This page would be useful as a starting point. It gives basic ideas to start using technology in the classroom. There are many ways to get creative and go more in depth with the 12 ideas given here.
  • Nolan Pawelski on 02 Feb 15
     
    This article provides some simple methods of how to utilize different types of technology in the class room
  • Nolan Pawelski on 02 Feb 15
     
    This article provides some simple methods of how to utilize different types of technology in the class room
  • Anna Grove on 03 Feb 15
     
    This website talks about the variety of ways in which technology can be effective in the classroom. It talks about the use of iPads, , Webquest, class webpages, along with educational games, using programs such as Powerpoint. It also gives an idea on how to use technology for grading, email exchange, presentations, and lessons.
  • Hallie Rhode on 10 Feb 15
     
    Everyone wants teachers to use technology in the classroom. But you're busy -- meeting standards, prepping students for tests -- and maybe you're not too fond of computers, anyway. Never fear - there are easy ways to bring your classroom up-to-date, technologically. Do you have a iPad in your classroom for your use?
  • Alysa Lutzke on 19 Feb 15
     
    This website would be useful for a teacher because it allows them to find ways to incorporate technology into the classroom.
  • Jordan Jackson on 23 Feb 15
     
    Great way to integrate technology into the classroom. Has great ideas that will help students learn in a faster more productive way.
  • french_jennifer on 28 Feb 15
     
    How to get Technology into your classroom
  • meganhumphreys13 on 03 Mar 15
     
    This website would be useful to teachers because it explains different ways you can incorporate technology in the classroom. It also shows how you can get your students involved with the technology as well.
  • Andrew Bryson on 04 Mar 15
     
    This site is useful because its shows how you can integrate technology into the classroom, which is essential in today's schools.
  • Dana Stormer on 12 Mar 15
     
    It is useful because it gives ideas on easy ways for teachers to use technology in the classroom.
  • Cassie Immel on 07 Apr 15
     
    simple ideas to help get more involved with technology in the classroom. Great easy ways to use technology in the classroom. 
  • Elizabeth Dressler on 08 Oct 15
     
    With this ed tech guide, teachers will find easy ways to use technology in the classroom.
  • rosendahch02 on 19 Nov 15
     
    This site will give you easy ways to use technology in the class room. The one i like the most is the online grading system to help teachers with their grading. Then there is also the supplementing your lesson plans because no one wants a boring lesson plan. 
  • Kaitlin Stern on 28 Jan 16
     
    Easy ways to incorporate technology in the classroom
  • Bridgette Black on 11 Feb 16
     
    This gives great ways to use technology in the classroom even if you are afraid of technology. Everything is kid friendly and all the ideas are something that they will enjoy. 
  • Carie Imme on 30 Apr 16
     
    12 ways to include technology into the classroom.
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  • . A teacher's job is just as much about knowing the students and understanding how to improve an individual's learning abilities as it is about teaching students about algebra, photosynthesis, or how to use a semicolon correctly. Studies have found that a technology rich classroom is the perfect place for that level of specialized learning. When teachers and students are trained to use the technology, there are many tools to help track growth, give extra resources, and accelerate learning based on each student's unique pace.
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    huffington post technology in the classroom
  • Rylee Hribar on 26 Feb 14
     
    This article talks about how technology promotes personalized learning, which has been shown to improve performance of students in the classroom.
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  • Keynotes, Workshops & ConferencesI have been a presenter and keynote speaker around the world on a variety of topics in the areas of 21st century modern teaching and learning, heutagogy, blogging as pedagogy, personal learning networks, digital storytelling, world language teaching, presentation design,  visual literacy and globally connected learning. Learn More Blended Coaching ModelSchools are struggling to keep up with the demands of curriculum design and upgrades to prepare students for modern skills and emerging literacies. Professional Development needs to offer opportunities for teachers to transform traditional experiences and redefine their own learning and in consequence their teaching practices. Learn More Webinar & Video ConferencesFor a cost effective alternative to bringing in a consultant, consider inviting me to support your teachers online. I am available for online 1:1  coaching, small group or large group professional development in the areas of modern teaching & learning.
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  • Wisconsin Educator Standards - Teachers Ten Standards for Teacher Development and Licensure To receive a license to teach in Wisconsin, an applicant shall complete an approved program and demonstrate proficient performance under all of the following standards: Teachers know the subjects they are teaching. The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the disciplines she or he teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for pupils. Teachers know how children grow. The teacher understands how children with broad ranges of ability learn and provides instruction that supports their intellectual, social, and personal development. Teachers understand that children learn differently. The teacher understands how pupils differ in their approaches to learning and the barriers that impede learning and can adapt instruction to meet the diverse needs of pupils, including those with disabilities and exceptionalities. Teachers know how to teach. The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies, including the use of technology, to encourage children's development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills. Teachers know how to manage a classroom. The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation. Teachers communicate well. The teacher uses effective verbal and nonverbal communication techniques as well as instructional media and technology to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom. Teachers are able to plan different kinds of lessons. The teacher organizes and plans systematic instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, pupils, the community, and curriculum goals. Teachers know how to test for student progress. The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the pupil. Teachers are able to evaluate themselves. The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effects of his or her choices and actions on pupils, parents, professionals in the learning community and others and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally. Teachers are connected with other teachers and the community. The teacher fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community to support pupil learning and well-being and acts with integrity, fairness and in an ethical manner.
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  • Overview All Content (85) Questions and Breakthroughs (27) Resources (5) Blog Polls Set as default tab Technology has allowed teaching and learning to go beyond the traditional classroom. How are you integrating mobile learning in your classroom? Manage categories Add a new category Edit category Close Create and manage categories in Mobile Learning. Removing a category will not remove content. Categories in Mobile Learning Add a new category (0 remaining) Only categories are allowed, right now there are too many. Name Tag suggestions (optional) Use tags to recommend this category to content authors. A matching tag will display a hint next to the category name when creating content. Popular tags in Mobile Learning: Apply this new category to all content using the suggested tags? if (dwr == null) var dwr = {}; if (dwr.engine == null) dwr.engine = {}; if (DWREngine == null) var DWREngine = dwr.engine; dwr.engine._origScriptSessionId = "8EC617F5FEFD11BE846DF7A9A0B29706"; dwr.engine._sessionCookieName = "JSESSIONID"; // JSESSIONID dwr.engine._allowGetForSafariButMakeForgeryEasier = "true"; dwr.engine._scriptTagProtection = "throw 'allowScriptTagRemoting is false.';"; dwr.engine._defaultPath = "/dwr/interface"; dwr.engine._pollWithXhr = "false"; var communityID = 2013; var containerID = 2013; var containerType = 14; function closeCustomizeWidgetMessageProperty() { $j('#jive-overview-customize-info').hide(); CommunityUtils.closeCustomizeWidgetMessageProperty(); } function setUserDefaultTab() { $j('#jive-set-default-tab').hide(); CommunityUtils.setUserDefaultTab(communityID, 'overview'); } function startFollowing() { FollowingActionBean.followContainer(14, communityID, true, { callback:function() { $j('#jive-link-community-startFollowing').hide(); $j('#jive-link-community-stopFollowing').show(); Jive.AlertMessage('thread.watch.notify', { beforeStart:function() { $j('[id=thread.watch.notify]').html('' + 'You are now following this community, which will appear in the Places widget. To remove, click "Stop following this community".' + ''); } }); }, errorHandler:function(msg, e) { alert("An internal error occurred while following the project or community."); } }); } function stopFollowing() { FollowingActionBean.followContainer(14, communityID, false, { callback:function() { $j('#jive-link-community-startFollowing').show(); $j('#jive-link-community-stopFollowing').hide(); Jive.AlertMessage('thread.watch.notify', { beforeStart:function() { $j('[id=thread.watch.notify]').html('' + 'You have stopped following this community. To view this community in the Places widget, click "Follow this community" below.' + ''); } }); }, errorHandler:function(msg, e) { alert("An internal error occurred while following the project or community."); } }); } var containerID = 2013; var containerType = 14; var popularTags = new Array(); var tagSets = new Array(); var container = { ID: containerID, objectType: containerType}; var maxTagSetCount = 25 if(typeof(Community) == 'undefined'){ Community = {}; Community.feed = {}; } function manageCategories(){ $j(".jive-modal-title-add-category").hide(); $j(".jive-modal-add-category").hide(); $j(".jive-modal-title-edit-category").hide(); $j(".jive-modal-edit-category").hide(); $j(".jive-modal-title-manage-categories").show(); $j(".jive-modal-categories-listing").show(); $j("#jive-modal-categories").lightbox_me(); $j("#saveButton").unbind("click"); $j("#saveButton").click(function(event) { $j("#saveButton").tri
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  • Technology has become part of the educational process, but too often it is separate and not integrated into the learning experience.Today, Education World offers easy and painless ways to integrate technology into your daily routine.
  • Integrating technology into the curriculum is a priority -- if not a mandate -- in most schools today.
  • For many teachers, a lack of personal experience with technology presents an additional challenge. In order to incorporate technology-based activities and projects into their curriculum, those teachers first must find the time to learn to use the tools and understand the terminology necessary for participation in those projects or activities.
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  • Used properly, however, technology can be a tool for teachers as well as for students
  • Education World offers the following easy ways in which you can seamlessly integrate technology into your daily and weekly classroom routines.
  • Integrating Technology in the Classroom: It Takes More Than Just Having Computers
  • Access an online weather forecast. Most elementary grade teachers begin each school day with a discussion of the date and local weather. Why not take an extra minute to visit a site such as UM Weather, The Weather Channel, or USA Today Weather, to find out what the rest of the day might bring? If you have a few extra minutes, check out weather in other parts of the country as well.   Include URLs in your monthly calendar. Each month, Education World provides a printable and editable coloring calendar for classroom use. Before distributing copies of the calendar to your students, add the URLs of a few sites that will add to their understanding of the months events -- and encourage them to visit those sites. The September calendar, for example, might offer links to sites about Labor Day, Grandparents' Day, and Hispanic Heritage Month. (A kid-friendly search engine such as Yahoo Kids will help you locate appropriate sites.) Or, students can find the sites themselves as they complete a Months of the Year Project.   Access online weather forecasts in French, German, or Spanish. Begin foreign language classes with a discussion of the day's weather. The Weather Channel provides weather information for Brazil, Germany, France, and Latin America in the native language of each country.   Challenge students with online mathematics problems. Add a daily or weekly mathematics challenge to your seatwork assignments, math lessons, or extra credit activities. The Math Forums Math Problem of the Week offers word problems in five categories -- math fundamentals, pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, and pre-calculus. The AIMS Puzzle Corner provides more than 100 math-related puzzles appropriate for students in upper elementary grades and middle school. Most include printable worksheets. Aunty Math's Math Challenges for K-5 Learners offers biweekly word problems for younger students, while high school students will enjoy the news-related math problems at Math Counts. Dont like todays problem? Not to worry! Most of the sites listed also include extensive archives. If you teach grades 3-8, extend your students online math experience and encourage them to match wits with students around the world by participating in the Abacus International Math Challenge.
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      This website talks about technology ideas for each grade level.  Also, why and how it's more than just computers in the class.
  • Provide online reading comprehension practice. Add a fun reading comprehension activity to your students language arts curriculum with the Comenius Group's Fluency Through Fables lesson. Designed for students of English as a second language, the activity is appropriate for English-speaking students in elementary and middle school as well. The lesson includes a brief fable and four categories of related activities; vocabulary matching exercises, vocabulary completion exercises, multiple choice comprehension exercises, and written discussion exercises.
  • Provide a URL in place of a quote. Do you write a quote on the chalkboard each day, for students to reflect on and discuss? Instead of writing out the quote, provide students with the URL and have them locate the days quote themselves. Quote of the Day, Quotes of the Day, and Quote A Day are all excellent sources of funny, inspirational, or thought-provoking quotes.   Introduce a word of the day. Extend students vocabulary by including an online word of the day in opening activities, seatwork assignments, or language arts lessons. The Daily Buzzword at Word Central provides a word of the day and related activity appropriate for upper elementary students. Vocabulary Builder offers words and definitions for students in grades 4-6 and grades 6-9. The
  • Make history real. For many kids, history is only a subject in a book; one that's unrelated to real people, real events, or todays news. Personalize history lessons for those students by beginning each history lesson with a quick visit to Today in History or This Day in History.
  • Courtney Wildman on 29 Oct 13
     
    Various ways to incorporate technology in the classroom.
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  • Tony Rodriguez on 30 Oct 13
     
    This site would be useful to teachers because it explains how to integrate technology into the classroom and is helpful for teachers of all levels.
  • Naomi Stellpflug on 21 Sep 15
     
    I like this web page because it gives specific examples and links to other useful teaching sites that incorporate technology
  • westphala01 on 05 Oct 15
     
    As the school year kicks into gear, try these painless ways to incorporate technology into your teaching day.
  • Nathan Karraker on 15 Oct 15
     
    Education World is an insightful website that gives tips on how to use technology in the classroom. 
  • Michael Barrette on 28 Oct 15
     
    Integrating Technology in the Classroom: It Takes More Than Just Having Computers
  • Karlee Juedes on 08 Feb 16
     
    How to integrate technology into everyday classroom activities
  • erinjj96 on 25 Feb 16
     
    "For many teachers, a lack of personal experience with technology presents an additional challenge. In order to incorporate technology-based activities and projects into their curriculum, those teachers first must find the time to learn to use the tools and understand the terminology necessary for participation in those projects or activities"
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  • information technology allows learning anywhere, anytime; not just in one particular classroom for forty minutes a day.
  • students have access to the same tools over the web, they can reinforce the ideas by experimenting with the simulations themselves, any time, any where.
  • Technology allows the tables to be turned. Instead of teaching (push), students can be given projects that require them to learn (pull) the necessary material themselves.
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  • Make a PowerPoint presentation, record/edit spoken word, do digital photography, make a video, run a class newspaper, run a web based school radio or TV station, do claymation, compose digital music on a synthesizer, make a website, create a blog.
  • new digital world is the ability to work collaboratively on projects with others who may not be physically close. This can best be
  • The Internet permits free video conferencing which permits interaction in real time with sister schools in other countries
  • n technologies can permit them to break step with the class and go at a pace and order that suits that student better.
  • extbooks and three binders easily weigh over 25lb. A laptop computer weighs about 5lb and provides access to infinitely more material via its own storage and the Interne
  • Three t
  • t. A 40Gb hard drive can hold 2 million pages with illustrations; the web is unfathomably large.
  • tools for the same reas
  • ns you do. They need to write, read, communicate, organize and schedule. A student's life is not much dif
  • if education is about knowledge and intellectual skills, then information technology lies at the heart of it all. We have only just begun this transition. School will eventually look very different. Get ready.
  • If you disagree, or find things missing, my contact information is at the end.
  • Reason 1. Expansion of time and place
  • Reason 3. Learning vs. Teaching
  • Reason 2. Depth of Understanding
  • Technology is no substitute for an inspiring teacher.
  • Reason 4. New media for self-expression
  • Reason 5. Collaboration
  • Reason 6. Going Global
  • Reason 7. Individual pacing and sequence
  • Reason 8. Weight
  • Reason 9. Personal Productivity
  • Reason 10. Lower Cost
  • we need both the paper books and the computer
  • Gina Molinaro on 04 Mar 13
     
    This website shows why technology is useful in classrooms and important for learning.
  • Morgan Fafinski on 09 Apr 13
     
    Ten reasons why technology is good.
  • Stephanie Waller on 08 Apr 14
     
    Using technology is a better way of learning. Students are more interested in learning using technology than not using technology.
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  • Effects of Technology on Classrooms and Students
  • Change in Student and Teacher Roles
  • Increased Motivation and Self Esteem
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  • Technical Skills
  • Accomplishment of More Complex Tasks
  • More Collaboration with Peers
  • Increased Use of Outside Resources
  • Improved Design Skills/Attention to Audience
  • When students are using technology as a tool or a support for communicating with others, they are in an active role rather than the passive role of recipient of information transmitted by a teacher, textbook, or broadcast. The student is actively making choices about how to generate, obtain, manipulate, or display information.
  • nges as well. The teacher is
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  • ys the role of facilitator, setting project
  • teachers note an increased frequency of students helping each other.
  • Another effect of technology cited by a great majority of teachers is an increased inclination on the part of students to work cooperatively and to provide peer tutoring.
  • The kids that don't necessarily star can become the stars. [with technology]. My favorite is this boy . . . who had major problems at home. He figured out a way to make music by getting the computer to play certain letters by certain powers and it changed the musical tone of the note and he actually wrote a piece. He stayed in every recess. . . . When I asked him what he was working on, he wouldn't tell me. Then he asked if he could put his HyperCard stack on my computer because it was hooked up to speakers. I said "sure" and at recess. . . he put it on my computer and played his music and literally stopped the room. And for months he had kids begging him at recess, every recess, to teach them how to make music. And for that particular kid it was the world because he really was not successful academically and was having lots of problems. . . . This really changed him for that school year. -Elementary school teacher
  • Students, even at the elementary school level, are able to acquire an impressive level of skill with a broad range of computer software
  • y. This effect was most obvious in classrooms that had incorporated telecommunications activities (see examples), but other classes used technologies such as satellite broadcasts, telefacsimiles, and the telephone to help bring in outside resources.
  • Teachers from 10 out of 17 classrooms observed at length cited increased use of outside resources as a benefit of using technolog
  • er than trying to explain it verbally).
  • Students clearly take pride in being able to use the same computer-based tools employed by professionals. As one teacher expressed it, "Students gain a sense of empowerment from learning to control the computer and to use it in ways they associate with the real world." Technology is valued within our culture. It is something that costs money and that bestows the power to add value. By giving students technology tools, we are implicitly giving weight to their school activities. Students are very sensitive to this message that they, and their work, are important.
  • n many of these classes, students choose to work on their technology-based projects during recess or lunch periods. Teachers also frequently cite technology's motivational advantages in providing a venue in which a wider range of students can excel. Compared to conventional classrooms with their stress on verbal knowledge and multiple-choice test performance, technology provides a very different set of challenges and different ways in which students can demonstrate what they understand (e.g., by programming a simulation to demonstrate a concept rath
  • While most teachers were positive about the design consciousness that technology fosters, a potential downside was also noted by a few teachers. It is possible for students to get so caught up in issues such as type font or audio clips that they pay less attention to the substantive content of their product.
  • Experiences in developing the kinds of rich, multimedia products that can be produced with technology, particularly when the design is done collaboratively so that students experience their peers' reactions to their presentations, appear to support a greater awareness of audience needs and perspectives. Multiple media give students choices about how best to convey a given idea (e.g., through text, video, animation).
  • Kids like the immediate results
  • However, tool uses of technology are highly compatible with this new teacher role, since they stimulate so much active mental work on the part of students. Moreover, when the venue for work is technology, the teacher often finds him or herself joined by many peer coaches--students who are technology savvy and eager to share their knowledge with others.
  • A related technology effect stressed by many te
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  • rs, it's a multitude of things, but they can do things on the computers that most of their parents can't do and that's very empowering and exciting for them. It's "I can sit down and make this machine pretty much do what I want to," and there's something about that that gives them an extra little boost of, "Wow, I'm a pretty special person." --Elementary school teacher
  • achers was enhancement of student self esteem. Both the increased competence they feel after mastering technology-based tasks and their awareness of the value placed upon technology within our culture, led to increases in students' (and often teachers') sense of self worth. I see more confidence in the kids here. . . . I think it's not just compute
  • Change in Student and Teacher Roles
  • Shana Brunell on 18 Sep 12
     
    This shows the actual effects technology has on the classroom.
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  • Megan Bradshaw on 01 Oct 12
     
    This website show how technology changes the way that students learn and how teachers teach while in the classroom.
  • Connor Oelfke on 08 Oct 12
     
    Teachers are talking about making effective choices students make, and how they can learn easier and better by the use of technology.  There was also an increase in student motivation with the use of technology.
  • anonymous on 09 Oct 12
     
    Students role with technology help them play an more active role in learning.
  • Tabitha Wold on 11 Oct 12
     
    Technology plays a big part in education today. This website explains how technology can effect the classroom and the students in it. Also help improve skills and outside resources.
  • Mary Krum on 24 Oct 12
     
    Teachers can learn the effects of technology on students in their classroom. They will see benefits of students using technology
  • Samantha Gapinski on 30 Oct 12
     
    This site is useful for teachers in the classroom because it gives them an easy outlook on the website and how to find things that they may be looking for. It breaks all the different areas in the site up very easy for you to find exactly what someone is looking for.
  • Ethan Heinrichsmeyer on 05 Nov 12
     
    This website is useful because it shows the effects technology has on its students 
  • Rooker Rooker on 07 Nov 12
     
    This site talks about how sites are changing and technology is being used in classrooms all over America. This site gives the effects it has in the classroom
  • Jennifer Schwantz on 15 Nov 12
     
    Why technology is good for not only the students, but for the teacher as well and in what ways.
  • Jenny F on 19 Nov 12
     
    This website offers information about how students and teachers benefit or suffer from the technology used in the classroom.
  • Stephanie Koenig on 28 Nov 12
     
    A great website for student collaboration using technology. It also has a good section about technical skills for use.
  • Amanda Schultz on 28 Nov 12
     
    This site has a lot of really cool quotes from teachers that show how the use of technology has helped their students. It talks about how students have more motivation and are more helpful towards one another.
  • Monica Vandenberg on 08 Dec 12
     
    In education Technology will always be changing and is becoming more and more a part of the classroom
  • Kristyn Hanna on 10 Dec 12
     
    I think that this article was relevant because technology has become to big in our society.
  • Kristyn Hanna on 10 Dec 12
     
    Technology has become too big in our society and should be watched when used in an educational setting.
  • Jaelyn Barnhill on 11 Dec 12
     
    Using Technology in class is getting students more active in classrooms. Also it gives students motivation and increases self-esteem. 
  • Brittany Pilon on 11 Feb 13
     
    This is a great resource for teachers to look at when they are having a hard time using technology in the classroom. It gives them motivational quotes on why they should use it, and who and why technology is really beneficial to. (the students and themselves) 
  • Kali Stelse on 13 Feb 13
     
    This website explains why technology is important in the classroom. There is a change in student and an increased in motivation to learn. Students also gain self esteem.
  • sammie seaman on 25 Feb 13
     
    Great advice for teachers' and students' with technology.
  • sammie seaman on 25 Feb 13
     
    Effects that technology has on students and teachers.
  • Hailey A on 25 Feb 13
     
    Information on Technology in the Classroom 
  • Nichole Beckman on 25 Feb 13
     
    This website shows the positive effects of having technology in the classroom
  • Courtney Hawkinson on 01 Mar 13
     
    This website explains particularly how students are able to acquire a broad range of skills from using technology in the classroom. Also, using outside resources truly benefit a classroom in a way that will advance the students. 
  • Katie Altenbach on 07 Mar 13
     
    This website gives information on the effects of technology in classrooms on the students.
  • Alex Knabe on 20 Mar 13
     
    This information is helpful because is gives ideas on how to make technology interesting and it seems to be very up to date. While also giving reasons about why updated technology will help your students in the classroom.
  • Katelyn Colburn on 04 Apr 13
     
    This website will give readers a brief idea of how technology can have effects on classrooms and students.
  • Morgan Fafinski on 09 Apr 13
     
    This website explains how it is good to have technology is the class room because it helps them more actively think. Also it has many examples about why it is good.
  • Joshua Mosher on 20 Sep 13
     
    Includes both positive and drawbacks to implementing technology in the classroom, that teachers have to be aware of beforehand.
  • Samantha Bachman on 27 Sep 13
     
    This site gives a multifarious amount of reasons why technology effects students in a positive way.
  • Stephanie Nicholas on 27 Sep 13
     
    When students are using technology as a tool or a support for communicating with others, they are in an active role rather than the passive role of recipient of information transmitted by a teacher, textbook, or broadcast. The student is actively making choices about how to generate, obtain, manipulate, or display information.
  • Amy Tiedt on 14 Oct 13
     
    This website talks about the effects of technology on classrooms and students
  • Kennedy Weishoff on 16 Oct 13
     
    The article talked about how technology can help children. For example, there is one little boy where he was always causing trouble at home. At school, during recess he stays inside and works on the computer by creating music. this helps him concentrate throughout the day. Technology can be very helpful for students in their academics and other behaviors. The students also like how they get immediate grades back, instead of having to wait until the teacher grades them.
  • Cora Schlei on 24 Oct 13
     
    This website talks about the benefits that technology has on the students communication skills and self esteem and confidence in making choices about how to present the information.
  • Aaron Jewell on 26 Oct 13
     
    This article describes what using technology in the classroom can do for children. It shows how it can change the personality of students and increase their skills.
  • Emily Russo on 28 Oct 13
     
    This is helpful because you will be able to get more info on the effects of technology on students and teachers.
  • Emily Russo on 28 Oct 13
     
    This is helpful because you will be able to get more info on the effects of technology on students and teachers.
  • Marissa Nelson on 01 Nov 13
     
    This website talks about the positive things that can happen with students using technology. It talks about what students can accomplish with using technology.
  • Sarah Schwind on 11 Nov 13
     
    Shows the benefits of technology in the classroom. Technology has been shown to increase motivation and self esteem. 
  • Sarah Edwards on 14 Nov 13
     
    The change in student and teacher roles with the use of technology in the class room
  • Brian Skweres on 18 Nov 13
     
    The different classroom effect that tech. has on the classroom not just academically but, self-esteem, motivation, and behavior.
  • Meghan Formento on 30 Jan 14
     
    very helpful site in explaining the benefits of using technology
  • Jasmine Wangelin on 03 Feb 14
     
    The Effects of Technology on Classrooms and Students
  • Erik Hanson on 27 Feb 14
     
    This site will help students gain motivation and self esteem while using technology. It will help them acquire more technical skills and accomplish more complex tasks.
  • Tim Hankes on 01 Feb 16
     
    It discusses the teachers changing role in society. Now we must be the middleman between technology and the students. It also shows us how to convey meanings and messages using technology.
  • Tim Hankes on 01 Feb 16
     
    It discusses the teachers changing role in society. Now we must be the middleman between technology and the students. It also shows us how to convey meanings and messages using technology.
Haley Morelli

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  • Most students today would be classified as bodily-kinesthetic learners. The motion sensor allows students to use their hands in guiding the iPad to equilibrium, balance skills, or remote control of real or virtual robotics, hovercraft, or other vehicles.
  • As a completely portable learning tool, the iPad camera allows documentation to be taken to a whole different level. An app called Field Notes LT (3) not only allows students to take copious notes of their observations, it attaches the date, time, GPS location and photographs of what is observed. These notes can be instantly shared, collaborated, and published in the field.
  • While walking around the classroom and interacting with students, teachers can control their computers from their iPad with the Remote Mouse app. With a simple cable, teachers can use their iPads to present their unique and creative Prezi (11) presentation made on their computer by using the iPad application called Prezi Player. The teacher can control the document by simply pinching, twisting and sliding their fingers across the face of the iPad.
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  • Drop box allows students set up a personal account in which they can store iPad created documents, photos, fieldnotes, etc. And they can access those documents from any other computer or Internet capable device. Evernote (8) will help students keep track of their notes and Mendeley (9) will organize their research documents and let them take their research done on their computers with them, wherever they are going.
  • Evernote (10) will help students keep track of their notes and Mendeley (11) will organize their research documents and let them take their research done on their computers with them
  • the iPad will be the tool that really does transform classroom practice.
  • students can have access to volumes of primary source documents and data to help in their investigations in or out of the classroom, on the bus, in a restaurant, or at the football game.
  • Prezi (13) presentation
  • Perhaps, the iPad will be the tool that really does transform classroom practice.
  • The iPad has a number of unique features that provide for interesting possibilities in teaching and learning. The motion sensor of the iPad has a number of intriguing applications to learning. Most students today would be classified as bodily-kinesthetic learners. The motion sensor allows students to use their hands in guiding the iPad to equilibrium, balance skills, or remote control of real or virtual robotics, hovercraft, or other vehicles
  • Hailey Moldenhauer on 04 Mar 13
     
    Teachers are finding that iPads are becoming more useful in their classrooms, not only for their own teaching purposes but also for their students' learning purposes as well.
  • Mel Anderson on 03 Apr 14
     
    Ipads in the classroom are becoming popular.
  • Haley Morelli on 05 Apr 14
     
    Using the iPads in class. and explains why they are good for the classroom
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  • New Student Portal & Productivity Tools PBS LearningMedia now offers a student learning portal and a suite of productivity tools for teachers. These new features make it easy to create personalized learning experiences for students to explore inside or outside of the classroom. PBS LearningMedia for Students K-12 students now have a dedicated place to access trusted content, homework support, and custom coursework. PBS LearningMedia for Students offers direct-access to curriculum-aligned resources while allowing students the freedom to investigate at their own pace and delve into topics that ignite their curiosity. Visit Site Productivity Tools for Teachers Digital productivity tools make it easier than ever for students to connect with curriculum concepts. The Lesson Builder, Quiz Maker and Storyboard tools offer dynamic opportunities to personalize learning experiences while targeting a range of learning styles. Lesson Builder: Create and assign interactive lessons that can be used in class or as homework assignments. Quiz Maker: Enhance lessons with personalized quizzes about PBS LearningMedia resources to test students’ understanding of key concepts. Storyboard: Illustrate complex concepts by designing interactive web pages using resources, graphics and images from PBS LearningMedia. Students can also create Storyboards to demonstrate their understanding of lessons.
Emily Suchecki

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  • Technology has opened many educational doors to children, particularly to children with disabilities
  • Technology is providing more powerful and efficient tools to teachers who work with children with disabilities. These tools enable teachers to offer new and more effective means of learning while individualizing instruction to the broad range of student learning needs.
  • Text can be read electronically by a digitized voice synthesizer for a person who is blind. For persons with hearing impairments, amplification devices can filter extraneous noise from the background or pick up an FM signal from a microphone on a teacher's lapel.
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  • It is critical to understand the implications of this definition to comprehend its effect on children with disabilities in our schools
  • t is important to understand that virtually all applications of technology -- tools for children to learn, as well as tools for teachers to provide learning opportunities -- can be defined as assistive technology.
  • Technology can be a great equalizer for individuals with disabilities that might prevent full participation in school, work, and the community.
  • Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) (1)
  • Using a portable voice synthesizer, a student can ask and respond to questions in the "regular" classroom, overcoming a physical obstacle that may have forced placement in a special segregated classroom or required a full-time instructional aide or interpreter to provide "a voice."
  • Teachers work with students to improve skills and knowledge, making existing skills and knowledge even more functional and improving fluency so that functional capabilities may be generalized into different settings
  • The benefit of AT is also easy to comprehend when a child who cannot hear can understand his teacher's directions because real-time captioning converts the teacher's speech to text projected onto his laptop computer.
  • Word processing, editing, spellchecking, and grammatical tools commonly found in high-end software facilitate the inclusion of students with learning disabilities in regular classrooms by allowing them to keep up with much of the work.
  • are accommodating physical, sensory, or cognitive impairments in many ways.
  • Jaslyn Posewitz on 22 Oct 12
     
    Discussion of the many types of assistive technology tools that are available for children with disabilities.
  • Breanna Rehor on 29 Oct 12
     
    This is a site where it provides information about technology in the classroom, in this case in special ed classrooms. It is useful because teachers can look at this site and gain knowledge about the gains of using assistive technology.
  • Emily Suchecki on 01 Mar 13
     
    This website explains the benefits specifically for students with disabilities. It levels the playing field so to speak.
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  • Despite the challenges, incorporating technology into education still has proven benefits, especially when it comes to personalized learning. From math games that adjust the level of difficulty as players progress to electronic books that talk and respond to the tap of a finger, products that personalize the learning experience for students often benefit their understanding. An interactive game is more engaging than a book, so technology often promotes more practice and review in areas requiring memorization, such as spelling, math and geography. This frees up time in the classroom so educators can focus on skills like problem solving, character development and critical thinking.
  • Technology also makes it easier to spend more overall time on learning. “After school and weekend time can become effective learning time with the right technology,” says David Vinca, founder and executive director of eSpark Learning, an education company that focuses on bringing iPads and iPods into the classroom. Much like how smart phones extend the workday by allowing professionals to send emails anytime, educational technology extends the school day for kids who will happily play multiplication games or review grammar on computer programs.
  • Michaela Dunn on 08 Mar 13
     
    Technology in classroom is it helpful or harmful?
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  • Michaela Dunn on 08 Mar 13
     
    Very interesting article. Is technology helpful or harmful in the classroom. This website provides good information regarding why it is good to have it in the classroom.
  • Rylee Covert on 23 Oct 14
     
    Gives great examples of why technology is good in the classroom. It gives kids to use technology outside of the classroom as well. 
  • littlejojs15 on 30 Jan 15
     
    Kids gravitate towards technology-if your child heads straight for the video games or Facebook after school, you know what we're talking about. With a world of information at their fingertips nowadays, it seems like kids should be finding it easier than ever to succeed in school.
Chelsea Reineke

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  • What kinds of assistive technology tools are available? The term "assistive technology" has usually been applied to computer hardware and software and electronic devices. However, many AT tools are now available on the Internet. AT tools that support kids with LD include: Abbreviation expanders Alternative keyboards Audio books and publications Electronic math work sheets Freeform database software Graphic organizers and outlining Information/data managers Optical character recognition Personal FM listening systems Portable word processors Proofreading programs Speech-recognition programs Speech synthesizers/screen readers Talking calculators Talking spell checkers and electronic dictionaries Variable-speed tape recorders Word-prediction programs
  • Emily Suchecki on 01 Mar 13
     
    This website explains that technology for kids with learning disabilities can be beneficial. I can come back to this site to use the list of assistive technology tools available to help kids that come to me in substitute of or in addition to the regular classroom.
  • Chelsea Reineke on 22 Oct 14
     
    Provides technology resources for educators to use with students that have learning disabilities. It explains what assistive technology and also provides other resources to use.
Michelle Hanson

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  • Safe for students, optimized for the classroom
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  • Michelle Hanson on 25 Oct 13
     
    This site provides specific tools that will work well in a classroom and how they can be used. It also explains why it is student safe.
Zach Vossekuil

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  • The Challenges Faculty training still does not acknowledge the fact that digital media literacy continues its rise in importance as a key skill in every discipline and profession. Teachers needs to be learning how to use the technology themselves, too. Where formal training lacks, professional development needs to step in, and does in many cases. But integrating the how-to of technology with the how-to of teaching needs to happen. The emergence of new scholarly forms of authoring, publishing, and researching outpace sufficient and scalable modes of assessment. The traditional approaches to scholarly evaluation don’t always match up with the more ‘modern’ forms of research (things that include social media use, online collaborations, etc). Though these things often happen in the real world, the academic decision makers who deem what is acceptable and what is not haven’t caught up yet. Too often it is education’s own processes and practices that limit broader uptake of new technologies. Things like the promotion and tenure process don’t lend themselves well to integrating technology – that is, if you’re working towards tenure and your field of specialization isn’t education technology, figuring this stuff out is not on the top of the priority list (or even encouraged). The demand for personalized learning is not adequately su
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  • New models of education are bringing unprecedented competition to the traditional models of higher education. MOOCs are huge – and proponents are constantly touting the advantages, but we need to assess both the pros and cons of these new learning models and look at how they fit in with existing models of learning and assessment, too. Most academics are not using new technologies for learning and teaching, nor for organizing their own research. How can you teach using digital methods and expect students to use the if you don’t bother to try? The overwhelming attitude in higher education (according to the report) seems to be that these sorts of forays into technology bring the focus to the technology rather than on the material at hand, and so there is no expectation or drive to do so.
  • Zach Vossekuil on 07 May 14
     
    Challenges teachers have with technology.
Alli Grover

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technology special education and technology in the classroom specialeducation

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  • Assistive technology is any kind of technology and/or tool that can be used to enhance the functional independence of a person with a disability.
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  • Students learn in different ways
  • The iPad can provide visual, audio and tactile learning; reaching many students’ learning styles.
  • The iPad is often used as an individual tool in isolation
  • But please, don't put the child in a quiet place and just hand them an iPad without a true purpose. Let's get creative with its use. How to use an iPad in the classroom with a group? A couple of thoughts - Teacher directs, students watch.  Teacher directs, with iPad in the middle of the group and students touch with instruction.   Teacher instructs and iPad is passed between students. Use as part of your lesson, part of your center activity.   Teacher instructs and the students use, independently or in a team situation.    Team learning situations. Hand a group of students an iPad with a purpose. 
  • Most of us will not have enough for all our students for a while.
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  • be careful to not have the iPad become what we have seen so many computers become in education: a glorified toy.
  • What are some of the benefits we are seeing? We are seeing that the iPad often encourages interactivity. Students will share a lot of what they're doing, ask each other "How did you do that?" or, "Oh, look what I did!"  They want to problem solve together. It encourages group discussions between the students. They tend to help each other a lot more.  It is affordable, comparatively speaking (see below.)  
  • For special education students, some are saying it is the best tool that has ever been designed. Here are a few reasons why we might prefer an iPad over a desktop computer: Ease of access – no need to be able to operate a mouse, a switch or to need to sit a certain way. The iPad can easily come to the student, be placed where they need it and the touch required is extremely friendly. (Not for all!! Remember, this is very individual.) Simplicity of programs – from very basic to more complex, many apps are design to be user friendly. For the moderate to severe population of students the amount of simple apps is huge, plus they are extremely inexpensive and visually draw students in. Simplicity of use - many who cannot understand how to operate a computer, can understand how to operate an iPad. (Even your grandmother!) Low cost of programs – compared to the cost of software programs for a computer, there really is no comparison (unless you consider the abundant amount of free programs available on the Internet. And yes, please continue using those!). There are apps designed specifically for our population (see other postings to right). Designing apps for education has become quite the market. The amount of apps designed specifically for special education has grown so much that there is now a category for it that stands alone in the iTunes Store. Assistive Technology and Communication Apps are available that help to make this a tool for access support, not just a tool for learning (i.e. audio books, word prediction, visual prompts, etc.) It can be loaded with many adaptive technology gadgets and programs, thereby reducing the need for multiple devices. Talk about UDL (Universal Design for Learning)! This is a tool that can level the playing field for many. There are apps that are inexpensive and exciting to increase vocabulary, sight words, math facts, reading comprehension, organizational skills, and drawing skills, just to name a few.It can be very educational and in the classroom, this is what we want: exciting, fresh, innovative teaching tools. Built-in accessibility tools such as zoom and high contrast display make this a tool to support visually impaired. The built-in VoiceOver screen reader works as well on the iPad as on the iPhone. For our VI population, the options are growing and growing. (However, it may be the iPhone that is the best solution for those with significant vision impairments.) Programs such as Dragon Dictation is free, no paper and pencil needed if one can speak clearly, for writing text messages, e-mail, maybe documents. (Must have Internet/WiFi connection for this to work however and it is not the best option for longer texts.) The brilliant screen of the iPad which creates and supports visual interest - with the ever improving HD colors which are bright and the HD video and/or camera- tools at our fingertips that can be pulled into our educational artillery in so many new and innovative ways.  The right case can make it much less indestructible. More and more tools are being developed to help with access. (Mounts, switch access, adaptive styluses, etc.) Light weight (iPad = 1.5 lbs.) Instant Response/Instant On/Fast Processor. Consider this: Combine the touch screen, ease of use, and cool factor of the iPad and you have a pretty interesting format for communication device
  • AT is intended to enhance performance of an individual with a disability.  It is why we have to carefully match what we recommend to the user's strengths and needs.  The iPad cannot do that on its own, it is the recommendation of the appropriate Apps that ultimately improve the performance of a student.  Thus, the iPad itself is not the Assistive Technology it is the Settings and the Apps, the case, the special stylus, that offer enhanced performance. Improving performance of a student with a disability through AT (Apps or otherwise) means looking at the student, identifying the task that needs to be performed and identifying where the student will use the AT - i.e. the environment, effects of time etc
  • This is a list of iPad pros, from a student’s point of view (wish I knew the student’s name so I could reference her. My apologies!):
  • iPads with Moderate to Severe Students:
  • Videos worth watching:
  • Articles worth reviewing:
  • Now go out and make this tool a wonderful addition to our educational world!
  • Alli Grover on 03 Apr 14
     
    This website is a great if you are looking for some fresh tips on how to use the latest iPad tools for students in a Special Education classroom. On this site lists benefits of iPad and has real life SpecEd students' opinions, also this page lists videos and articles for extra guidance and opinion on iPad.
Rachel DeVoe

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  • Media Sharing
  • Pinterest  Create connections, encourage collaboration, ignite discussions, or simply share mutual interests through Pinterest. Uploaded or “pin” images and videos from websites, blogs, or your own computer, smartphone, or tablet to create boards. These boards can be private or public, and others can be invited to pin on any of your boards. Any “pin” can be "repinned", and all pins will link back to their source. Grades 6-12. Tip: Have students work in groups to create research projects and share their sources visually.
  • Manage & Organize Standards for the 21st-Century Learner 2.1.2 Organize knowledge so that it is useful. 2.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to analyze and organize information. 3.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use and assess.
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  • edcanvas   (Now known as Blendspace ) Edcanvas is a connected space where students and adults can organize, present and share information. Gather, annotate and share presentations easily by dragging and dropping images, movies, maps, audio and text and embedding hyperlinks onto a blank canvas. Use multiple frames on each canvas to pre-teach a topic, provide 1:1 and differentiated instruction, and share pathfinders and explore connections. Use your own content or searching on the Internet, without leaving the Edcanvas page to create collaborative projects. Older elementary and secondary students can create collaborative projects by copying individual canvases to make a complete dynamic canvas. Grades 6-12.
  • Curriculum Collaboration
  • Standards for the 21st-Century Learner 1.3.4 Contribute to the exchange of ideas within a learning community. 3.1.2 Participate and collaborate as members of a social and intellectual network of learners. 3.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use, and assess. 4.3.1 Participate in the social exchange of ideas, both electronically and in person
  • Codecademy   What happens when you combine the knowledge and talent of a handful of techies that want to make a change in education? Visit Codeacademy and participate in the teaching and learning experience of the future! Codeacademy has set out to create an online social instructional experience that teaches programming to people around the world. Learn the fundamentals of various programming languages, participate in online coding language labs, and learn how to start a coding academy at your own school. Grades 6-12.
  • The 2013 Best Websites for Teaching and Learning foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover.
  • inklewriter   Are you searching for technology that will motivate budding and reluctant writers to author the next great story? Inklewriter provides the format for writing interactive branched stories. While students focus on writing, Inklewriter handles the story paths that end and those yet to be developed. Students who love the "choose your own ending" stories will enjoy writing, editing and reading on this dynamic site. Branched stories with the potential for multiple endings will also intrigue those interested in game development. Finished projects can be shared with a limited or global audience at the author's discretion. Tip: Use Inklewriter to explore decision making and consequences in secondary Health, Social Studies, Science, and English classes.
  • Torchia Rogers on 26 Sep 14
     
    These are the best websites that should be used for a teacher wanting to combine education and technology. They will be helpful in the class room and outside of the classroom as well. 
  • Molly Spurgeon on 09 Oct 14
     
    This page offers websites to help teachers.
Emily Sternemann

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  • While technologies make it easier for instructors to create learning opportunities, provide prompt feedback, and improve student engagement with content materials, they also pose challenges.
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  • Avoid putting students in a passive mode of receiving information by combining the overhead/slide presentation with chalkboard/whiteboard use or other learning activities.
  • Limit the length of video clips.
  • Have a back-up plan for lectures (e.g., print or save the web pages on your local hard drive).
  • Create a comfortable atmosphere for the online conferencing/discussion, for example: Be an active participant. Challenge the students without threatening them. Use personal anecdotes when appropriate. Bring your own experiences to the discussion. Do not dominate a discussion or let a few students dominate it.
  • Energize the online discussion if needed (e.g., using role-plays, simulations, pros and cons).
  • Provide detailed instructions for students, including student roles and responsibilities
  • Emphasize the need for filtering and interpreting information on the Web when encouraging students to use online resources.
  • Use clickers in conjunction with teaching strategies such as “Peer Instruction” or “Think-Pair-Share” to improve students’ conceptual understanding of the content, as well as their critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
  • Emily Sternemann on 26 Sep 14
     
    Shows uses for different types of technology tools and how these tools help students learn.
Lizzie Radtke

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  • When technology integration in the classroom is seamless and thoughtful, students not only become more engaged, they begin to take more control over their own lear
  • students not only become more engaged, they begin to take more control over their own learning, too.
  • While students may be surrounded by technology at home, it is dangerous to assume that they know how to use it for learning
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  • Hold an introductory session with your students when introducing a new tool. Use the tool yourself first before putting your students in front of it. Have a plan for collecting student work. Communicate with other colleagues that may want to use the resources as well. Manage time with the resources wisely. Set goals for work completion with your students. Communicate with
  • your administration about how and when you will be using shared technology.
  • This article contains the following sections: Getting Started Integrating Technology Across the Access Spectrum Getting to "Seamless" Integration Tips for Shared Hardware Creating a Professional-Development Plan Hardware and Equipment Using Technology for Feedback and Assessment The Role of Digital Citizenship
  • If your class has an interactive whiteboard and projector: Try interactive websites such as BrainPOP. Dig in to Scholastic's whiteboard activities page. Show online videos related to the lessons. Explore virtual math manipulatives. Check out the native software that came with the board. Use the videoconferencing tool Skype to connect beyond the classroom.
  • Getting to "Seamless" Integration To begin to move your tech integration to the point where it is "seamless," consider these questions: What skills are applied to nearly all tools (e.g., saving a file, naming a file, finding a file, logging in and out of accounts)? Have your students mastered these basic skills? How many different tools will you introduce this year? How many is too many? How will technology help your students better understand content -- will it push them to a deeper understanding that could not have been achieved without technology? What level of integration do you want in your classroom by the end of the school year? What specific steps must you take to achieve that goal? What is a realistic goal based on time and resources? For more on levels of technology access and what that means for tech integration, read this blog post: "What Does 'Technology Integration' Mean?" You can also check out the outstanding Technology Integration Matrix produced by the Arizona K12 Center. It provides guidance on different levels of tech integration based on readiness and current practice, and offers links to sample lessons.
  • Using Technology for Feedback and Assessment One of the most exciting aspects of bringing technology into your classroom -- and into your students' hands -- is the enhanced opportunity for timely and meaningful feedback. Quick Checks: If you want to know if your students grasp enough of a particular concept before you move on, you can use tools such as Poll Everywhere, Socrative, or Mentimeter to get a quick snapshot of the class. By creating a short quiz or open-ended response question using one of these tools and having your students use an internet-enabled device to answer, you can get quick and easy feedback that will help inform your instruction. Personalized Feedback: Through the use of course-management tools such as Edmodo, Schoology, or Moodle, it is now possible for teachers to provide personalized feedback quickly and efficiently to their students. All three tools provide the ability for teachers to leave personalized comments and notes on student work, and they provide a messaging service for students who may want to send emails with questions or concerns about the course.
  • Using Technology for Feedback and Assessment
  • If you have access to a handful of mobile devices: Have students create videos using the Animoto app Record group discussions using a voice recording app. Have students record themselves reading aloud for fluency checks. Assign student-created comics using the Puppet Pals app. Offer e-books for required readings. Upload and access course content using the Edmodo or Schoology apps. Conduct research. Foster skills practice using apps specific to subject area. Collaborate using apps like Whiteboard.
  • Katie Chodora on 11 Feb 15
     
    Some really helpful tips for how to incorporate technology into the classroom if you are unsure of what you're doing or how to go about it!
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  • Ashton Rucinski on 22 Sep 15
     
    This website gives useful tip of how to incorporate technology in the classroom. It gives different websites such as BrainPOP and Skype to use to connect students with things outside the classroom. It also explains how to use different websites according to what type of technology gadgets you have. It also gives you ideas about how to use technology with different types of activities like using technology with assessments and tests.
  • Ashton Rucinski on 22 Sep 15
     
    This website gives useful tip of how to incorporate technology in the classroom. It gives different websites such as BrainPOP and Skype to use to connect students with things outside the classroom. It also explains how to use different websites according to what type of technology gadgets you have. It also gives you ideas about how to use technology with different types of activities like using technology with assessments and tests.
  • webersj13 on 28 Sep 15
     
    This website shows you how to integrate technology into your classroom
  • Lizzie Radtke on 29 Mar 16
     
    This website could be useful for teachers as it describes the benefits of using technology in the classroom. It also provides many different links to useful tools for creating things.
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