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Clayton Nelson

Students: Technology in the Classroom - 1 views

  • Three advantages have been found regarding technology in the classroom including:  Educators should use technology in the classroom because its wide range of uses and forms has the potential to reach students of all learning styles, as well as be more efficient.  The interest and motivation that technology induces in students makes its usage in schools important.  Educators better prepare students for the future when using technology aimed at addressing each learning style.
  • "The creative use of these technologies has the potential to engage young people and instill an excitement about learning in ways that few traditional teaching aids and techniques seem capable of doing." They later mention that technological instruction helps students adapt to learning styles by providing a "self-paced... learning environment" that helps all learners to feel less threatened by new material. The simple fact that students exposed to technology will be more comfortable with it later in life is only one of the many reasons to use it in hopes of preparing the for the future.
  •  Improved attitude  Improved confidence   Improved writing skills when using technology in the classroom (2)
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  • Improve lectures Enhance the curriculum Provide visualization in a variety of formats Increase flexibility of presentations Share resources Enable demonstrations of complex concepts
  • Students watch less television  Improve problem-solving and critical thinking skills  Improve their writing and math skills  Improve their computer skills
  • more challenged more engaged more independent
  • As an instructional tool, technology helps all students--including poor students and students with disabilities--master basic and advanced skills required for the world of work.  As an assessment tool, technology yields meaningful information, on demand, about students' progress and accomplishments and provides a medium for its storage.  As a motivational tool, technology positively impacts student attitudes toward learning, self-confidence, and self-esteem.   
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    Using computers to create presentations or instructional materials. Computers enhance student's learning and performance and increase their involvement.
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    Technology in the classroom
Haley Morelli

Teaching and Learning: Using iPads in the Classroom | Edutopia - 0 views

  • 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
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    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.
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    Ipads in the classroom are becoming popular.
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    Using the iPads in class. and explains why they are good for the classroom
Stephanie Waller

Ten Reasons why technology is vital to education - 0 views

  • 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
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  • 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.
  • 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
  • t. A 40Gb hard drive can hold 2 million pages with illustrations; the web is unfathomably large.
  • Technology is no substitute for an inspiring teacher.
  • 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
  • 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
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    This website shows why technology is useful in classrooms and important for learning.
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    Ten reasons why technology is good.
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    Using technology is a better way of learning. Students are more interested in learning using technology than not using technology.
Tylar Edenhofer

7 Fun Ways to Use Technology in the classroom to enrich learning - 0 views

  • YouTube is a great tool for this; chances are you can find a video clip to compliment any lesson there.
  • a video clip to compliment any lesson there.
  • Using mobile devices like iPads and tablets you can keep students involved with all sorts of educational games for just about any subject. Students can keep track of their progress and work to compete with other students to advance to the next level.
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  • use Facebook or Twitter to post a topic for discussion and get all students involved and interacting with one another
  • Having students post their work in blogs is a great way to allow student to showcase all their hard work or works-in-progress. Students can help each other out by posting comments and suggestions for each other.
  • You can easily create and post podcasts for students who want to review or were absent so every student has the opportunity to soak it all in.
  • peak with virtual guest lecturers, and make friends and interact with others in different countries.
  • A great way to optimize collaboration is to use mobile devices in the classroom by letting students use them in group work.
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    I think this site is useful because it gives great ideas on how to use technology in a fun manner in the classroom. I would definitely want to try some. 
Jenna Steinich

Improving Parent-Teacher Communication Through Technology - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yaho... - 0 views

  • Recently, technology has made parent-teacher communication easier and more time-efficient than ever before. Telephones, voicemail, and internet technology all allow fast communication about such things as homework assignments, behavior problems, and classroom highlights. The internet is the most recent tool being used for school communication. With some training, teachers can set up class websites with information that the parents are able to view at any time. E-mail communication is beneficial because messages can be sent at any time and the other person does not need to be available to respond immediately (Graham-Clay, 2005). However, in 2004, only 74.9% of U.S. households with a phone line had access to the internet (Merkley, Schmidt, Dirksen, & Fuhler, 2006). While the internet has proven useful in parent-teacher communication, schools must keep in mind that not all families have internet access and must offer less technologically advanced forms of communication such as written notes and telephone calls as well (Graham-Clay, 2005). For schools and families with internet access, e-mail messages are quickly beginning to replace traditional written notes. E-mail messages are more immediate and efficient than written notes. Some parents are able to check their e-mail during the day at work and know immediately how their child's day at school is progressing. E-mail messages are also more likely to reach parents because students cannot "accidentally" forget to deliver or misplace them. E-mail can increase the ease and frequency of communication because it allows teachers to write one message and send it simultaneously to all of the parents in the class (Patton, Jayanthi, & Polloway, 2001). Websites have been created to help parents assist their children with their homework assignments. Homework Central (www.homeworkcentral.com) is a popular, comprehensive site that provides students and parents with study skills and homework assistance for a variety of subjects. Some schools have begun to develop similar websites of their own. These websites increase parents' confidence in their homework assisting skills which makes it more likely that they will become involved at homework time (Patton et al., 2001).
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    This article talks about parents communicating effectively with parents through technology.
Katie Altenbach

How Teachers Can Take Advantage of Technology to Improve Instruction | Alliance for Exc... - 0 views

  • What is the purpose of giving each teacher a laptop? As is the case for many other jobs, employees need to be able to work anywhere, including from home. The teachers at Eminence need to be given the opportunity to create awesome lessons using the best technology. In order for them to prepare students to utilize technology, they must become proficient with it first.
  • Having all this technology is great, but if teachers aren't trained properly, 21st century tools might never get used
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    This website tells how important it is for the teachers to get the proper training on technology before using it in their classrooms.
Miranda Milnes

18 iPad uses: How classrooms are benefiting from Apple's tablets | Education Dive - 0 views

  • Chris Williams, the Mathematics Co-ordinator at Spring Cottage Primary School in Hull, England, has a list of ten interactive iPad apps that helped him teach math to his students. Red Bull Kart Fighter, a track racing game, helped teach students how to calculate averages. 
  • Educators at Ringwood North Primary School in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, created the Epic Citadel Challenge to foster storytelling, creative collaboration and individual initiative.
  • For example, AutoRap will take your words and turn them into a rap and Strip Designer enables the creation of comic strips.
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  • Warringa Park School, a special needs institution in Hopper's Crossing, Victoria, Australia, has a list of apps which have been particularly successful in teaching students who have special learning needs.
  • Mad Addition, Mad Subtraction and Mad Multiplication help students learn math and have fun while doing it. Red Fish 4 Kids assisted students in learning how to spell.
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    18 ways to effectively use an ipad in the classrom.
Melissa Jaeck

41 Websites for Teachers to Integrate Tech into Your Classroom | Ask a Tech Teacher - 0 views

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    Different Websites you can access as a teacher to use in your classroom. There are websites that you can create helpful tools for the the students to learn from.
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    There are different websites that you can locate to integrate into your classroom. This will help you come up with creative ideas to make your students more interested in learning.
Tyler Janczak

Lesson plans for Teachers - 0 views

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    This helps teachers easily create their own lesson plans along with already made ones to go off of.
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    "Goals Goals determine purpose, aim, and rationale for what you and your students will engage in during class time. Use this section to express the intermediate lesson goals that draw upon previous plans and activities and set the stage by preparing students for future activities and further knowledge acquisition. The goals are typically written as broad educational or unit goals adhering to State or National curriculum standards. What are the broader objectives, aims, or goals of the unit plan/curriculum? What are your goals for this unit? What do you expect students to be able to do by the end of this unit? Objectives This section focuses on what your students will do to acquire further knowledge and skills. The objectives for the daily lesson plan are drawn from the broader aims of the unit plan but are achieved over a well defined time period. What will students be able to do during this lesson? Under what conditions will students' performance be accomplished? What is the degree or criterion on the basis of which satisfactory attainment of the objectives will be judged? How will students demonstrate that they have learned and understood the objectives of the lesson?"
Chris Daley

Methods of English Language Teaching - 0 views

  • The grammar translation method instructs students in grammar, and provides vocabulary with direct translations to memorize. It was the predominant method in Europe in the 19th century. Most instructors now acknowledge that this method is ineffective by itself. It is now most commonly used in the traditional instruction of the classical languages.
  • anguage immersion puts students in a situation where they must use a foreign language, whether or not they know it. This creates fluency, but not accuracy of usage. French-language immersion programs are common in Canada in the state school system as part of the drive towards bilingualism.
  • Blended learning combines face-to-face teaching with distance education, frequently electronic, either computer-based or web-based. It has been a major growth point in the ELT (English Language Teaching) industry over the last ten years. Some people, though, use the phrase 'Blended Learning' to refer to learning taking place while the focus is on other activities. For example, playing a card game that requires calling for cards may allow blended learning of numbers (1 to 10). Private tutoring
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    Methods of teaching English to ELL students and how these methods hopefully work.
Ally Hoefs

5 Unique Uses of Twitter in the Classroom - US News and World Report - 0 views

  • he uses Twitter not as a news source for his class but as a bulletin board.
  • I believe [Twitter] has the potential to transcend the boundaries of the classroom and socialize knowledge."
  • Creating a personal brand.
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    Explains in detail the possible uses of Twitter in the classroom. Very Creative Ideas.
hansends21

Best Practices for Using Technology in the Classroom | CIDDE - 3 views

  • Technology should be used for a purpose—not for the sake of being flashy and not as a distraction from other forms of pedagogy
  • Be sure that the technology that you intend to use is accessible to your students
  • do consider whether or not your students have access to technology that you want them to use
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  • Assessment
  • be clear about how you will grade their online contributions
  • Technology should be used as reinforcement of and supplement to your teaching, but it should not be a simple reiteration of exactly what you have done in another format
  • Reinforcement:
  • Carefully consider the ways in which video or other media that you share with your class are aligned with your learning objectives.
  • consider your own access to technology: make sure that you are familiar with all of the technology that you use and that media technology in your classroom is functioning correctly before the class.
  • PowerPoint presentations can be useful in structuring a lesson, but your slides should not match your lecture word-for-word, such that you are simply reading from the slides.
  • Consider giving them a short assignment to be filled out as they are watching it, for example, to structure their interaction with the media and to assess their learning at the end of it.
  • If you are going to show a film, for example, don't wait until you walk into class to find out if the player in your classroom supports your DVD's regional format, or you will find yourself scrambling to come up with a lesson plan that does not include the film. By checking the regional format in advance, you will be able to have a matching-format DVD player delivered to the classroom by Technology Services.
  • Consider the technology that is most closely in alignment with your teaching skills and the needs of your students—if you don't like to teach with Power Point, consider giving students a handout outlining the main points of your lecture and listing major concepts to assist them in note-taking.
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    Four helpful things to consider when using technology in the classroom.
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    This site reminds you as a teacher how to properly use technology in the classroom. If you are just using it for show, it will not help the students learn.
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    Best Practices
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    This article describes four basic practices that all teachers should keep in mind when using technology in the classroom. It gives good tips on how to use technology without it creating too much of a distraction in the learning environment.
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    Ways of using technology in the classroom. 
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    Using Technology within the classroom
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    I think this would be helpful because it takes on an approach to help teachers with technology in the classroom in an easy way.
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    Best ways to use technology int the class. 
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    This websites gives the four basic principles to be aware of when using technology for teaching. Teachers, sometimes, just use the technology just to be flashy or up to date with everyone else, when the teachers do not actually know anything about the technology they are using. These 4 basic principles will assist you when using different types of technology.
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    Best Practices
Paige Demos

Nonverbal Thinking, Communication, Imitation, and Play Skills with some Things To Remem... - 0 views

  • Make communication easy so that communicating is motivating. At this stage of development it is most important to make communication easy for your child so that s/he experiences success when communicating. Once your child is successful at communicating, s/he is more likely to understand and develop more sophisticated ways of communicating. Pick a type of communication for your child that is meaningful. If your child needs a lot of concrete visual information to communicate then use objects to help him/her communicate. If your child is able to understand pictures but has trouble using words, then use pictures. Your child will not be able to communicate successfully unless the form of communication that you teach, is a form that s/he can understand. Your child's communication development is likely to be uneven. Your child might start communicating using physical movements such as taking your hand to show you what s/he wants. Then s/he might start to use objects, then pictures, and then words. At any point in this progression, however, your child might use more than one method. Your child might use words some of the time and pictures at others. If your child is using several different levels of communication you should respond to all of them instead of "holding out" for the highest level. You should model the type of communication you want your child to use but still respect his or her initial response so that communication continues to be successful and motivating. The most important form of communication to teach is the form that your child will use spontaneously. If your child will show you a picture but will only do so when you say, "show me cookie," then your child is not communicating spontaneously. If this is the case, use an easier way to communicate and give your child lots of practice using that method. Teaching your child vocabulary words can be helpful. However, if your child doesn't use his vocabulary spontaneously, then the time will not have been useful. You will always need to spend as much if not more time teaching spontaneous communication than vocabulary. It takes more creativity to create an environment in which your child will communicate spontaneously. Your are, however, the best person to do this because you know your child well and are with him/her in many situations so you have many opportunities to encourage communication.
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    Good special education techniques.
Shelby Mahr

iPads in the Classroom are Changing the Face of Education | Mac|Life - 0 views

  • Whether the tablet is used to teach reading and arithmetic basics to kindergartners, or to create a presentation for teenagers, the iPad is a chameleon in the classroom with the flexibility to adapt to any kind of curriculum.
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    How iPads are changing education in the classrom
Olyvia Adams

Special Education Technology - 0 views

  • Communication Books:Used by children with autism or those who struggle with verbal language, these books encourage a child to choose a small picture card. The card allows the child to ask for something or to answer a question. Called the Picture Exchange Communication System, PECS, it was created by Andrew Bondy, Ph.D. and Lori Frost, M.S.
  • Highlighter Tape:Many children with autism possess strengths in decoding skills but difficulties with comprehension. Highlighter tape is an economical way to highlight text without it being permanent.
  • FM Auditory Trainers:Children who are deaf or have significant hearing loss may use an FM auditory trainer in school. A microphone is worn by the teacher, and a receiver is worn by the student. An FM trainer has several settings.
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  • The Tap It (Touch Accessible Platform Interactive Technology):ADA compliant learning station designed to recognize a finger intentionally tapping an image. Provides full access to the screen for students using wheel chairs or other mobility devices.
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    description of different assistive technology for those in speced
Emma Gorski

Using Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom - 3 views

  • Modern technologies are very powerful because they rely on one of the most powerful genetic biases we do have — the preference for visually presented information. The human brain has a tremendous bias for visually presented information. Television, movies, videos, and most computer programs are very visually oriented and therefore attract and maintain the attention of young children.
  • Children need real-life experiences with real people to truly benefit from available technologies. Technologies should be used to enhance curriculum and experiences for children. Children have to have an integrated and well-balanced set of experiences to help them grow into capable adults that can handle social-emotional interactions as well as develop their intellectual abilities.
  • Unfortunately, technology is often used to replace social situations and I would rather see it used to enhance human interactions. And I think that can happen.
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    This would be a good website for technology in a classroom because it states how you can integrate technology in the classroom and how to create a website.
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    This website gives valid reasons as to why teachers should use technology in early childhood classrooms. It does give the negative effects of technology on young children but unlike television and video games, computers being used in the classroom are active and not passive which stimulates children to learn.
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    Explains the pros and cons of the use of technology in an Early Childhood setting.
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    Talks about how visually presented information such as, television, movies, videos, and most computer programs are able to maintain and attract the attention of children.
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    This site describes if technology should be used in the early childhood classrooms. And if they should what types of technologies should be used and what shouldn't.
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    Using technology in the Early Childhood Classrooms
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    Why technology can be helpful to students
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    This site explains why technology is important for early childhood classrooms. I think it would be useful for elementary classrooms too.
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    This is useful because it has the thoughts of two professionals in regards to education and children.
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    "Children need real-life experiences with real people to truly benefit from available technologies. Technologies should be used to enhance curriculum and experiences for children. Children have to have an integrated and well-balanced set of experiences to help them grow into capable adults that can handle social-emotional interactions as well as develop their intellectual abilities."
brittany vassios

5 Ways to Use Technology in the Special Education Classroom | Concordia University - Po... - 0 views

  • Word Prediction Software – Word Prediction Software simply predicts the words that are being typed to reduce the number of keystrokes used to input the word. Once several letters of the word are typed, a list of words pops up and the student selects the correct word. Some versions of the software base the list of words on the letters keyed and other versions will base the choice on context and grammar. Tablets and iPads – Tablets and iPads are the hottest must haves in the technology market. These devices can be used like a computer, an imaging device, a camera, a projector, a mouse, a keyboard, and a remote device for a white boards. The use of tablets and iPads as technology in special education classrooms is limitless and app developers, parents, specialists and doctors are always searching for more unique ways to employ these devices.
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    Ways that technology is used in the classroom, and how companies have not forgotten people with special needs and have listed things to accompany their needs.
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    Helpful when trying to incorporate technology into the classroom.
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    Helpful when trying to incorporate technology into the classroom.
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    This website describes five ways that technology can help students in a special education classroom. It bookmarks different operating systems, word prediction software, and how to create Braille. It also speaks about how iPads and apps can be used to assist students.
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    This site provides plenty of feedback on children with a range of disabilities and why technology would be useful and helpful. Also, it lists different types of technologies that are available for use.
Matthew Daniels

Apps in the Elementary Classroom | Edutopia - 0 views

  • 60 Apps in 60 Minutes (5) -- Brandon Lutz (6) not only has a great wiki, but also does a great presentation of apps at conferences all over the country. This wiki has links to all of his presentations and includes great overviews and tables of apps for education. iEAR Apps Review (7) -- This wonderful site run by Scott Meech (8) includes app reviews by educators for educators. App reviews are organized by category for easy searching. iPads in Schools Livebinder (9) -- Mike Fisher (10) has pulled together a ton of resources on using iPads in the classroom. There is a tab for "App of the Week" as well as a tab for "Best Free Apps." Android4Schools (11) -- This site, started by Richard Byrne (12) (of Free Tech 4 Teachers (13) fame), is dedicated to all things Android. It's a great place for educators not using iOS (aka Apple) devices or those involved in BYOD initiatives. Edutecher (14) -- A website and an app itself, this site is created and maintained by Adam Bellow (15) and allows users to search for apps by subject area and grade level.
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    Resources for Educational Apps
Adrew Mindham

Educators Work To Better Integrate Technology Into The Classroom - US News and World Re... - 0 views

  • American university professors do not teach education students a universal, tried-and-true method for how to incorporate technology in their classroom instruction. That the digital revolution evolves at a rapid pace and that technology has become so subject-specific means universities cannot address these shifts and create a standard curriculum. As a result, educators have become more resourceful and ingenious in their teaching, professors say.
Bridgette Black

Tech Literacy: Making It Relevant Through Content Learning | Edutopia - 0 views

  • Make Technology Applicable to Other Class Assignments Instead of teaching only computer and web skills, as in their first year, Meyer Elementary has been embedding the classroom curriculum from other content areas into technology instruction.
  • Collaborate With Other Teachers
  • A big part of Meyer's tech integration program boils down to collaboration and communication. The teachers need to communicate and collaborate effectively so that Dahl can supplement their lessons in his class.
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  • Embrace Discomfort
  • Before Meyer integrated learning technology with content, the school's technology focus was on the how-tos of learning a program or an app. Now, with the current approach to tech integration, students must call upon their critical thinking skills.
  • Apply the SAMR Model When Meyer Elementary first introduced technology, they focused on using it to teach technology separated from content, and on remediation for differentiation in the classrooms. Since then, they've adopted the SAMR model, created by Dr. Ruben Puentedura (PDF). Defined by Puentedura, the four levels are: Substitution: Technology acts as a direct tool substitute, with no functional change. Augmentation: Technology acts as a direct tool substitute, with functional improvement. Modification: Technology allows for significant task redesign. Redefinition: Technology allows for the creation of new tasks, previously inconceivable.
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    In this article it goes through how to incorporate technology in the classroom by making it fun and educational. It also touches on points of what teachers need to do to help them understand technology in the classroom.   
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