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  • The use of technology to enhance learning is an effective approach for many children. Additionally, students with LD often experience greater success when they are allowed to use their abilities (strengths) to work around their disabilities (challenges). AT tools combine the best of both of these practices.
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  • AT for kids with LD is defined as any device, piece of equipment or system that helps bypass, work around or compensate for an individual's specific learning deficits. Over the past decade, a number of studies have demonstrated the efficacy of AT for individuals with LD. 1 AT doesn't cure or eliminate learning difficulties, but it can help your child reach her potential because it allows her to capitalize on her strengths and bypass areas of difficulty. For example, a student who struggles with reading but who has good listening skills might benefit from listening to audio books. In general, AT compensates for a student's skills deficits or area(s) of disability. However, utilizing AT does not mean that a child can't also receive remedial instruction aimed at alleviating deficits (such as software designed to improve poor phonic skills). A student could use remedial reading software as well as listen to audio books. In fact, research has shown that AT can improve certain skill deficits (e.g., reading and spelling).2,3 AT can increase a child's self-reliance and sense of independence. Kids who struggle in school are often overly dependent on parents, siblings, friends and teachers for help with assignments. By using AT, kids can experience success with working independently
  • Tessa Fure on 07 Mar 13
     
    Using technology to assist children with special needs.
  • Alec Just on 11 Oct 13
     
    This is an article describing the overview of technology use with students with learning disabilities.
  • brittany vassios on 04 Mar 14
     
    This site explains how assistive technology can aide in a child's learning who has a certain disability.
Carie Imme

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

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  • “Publish” your students’ work.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Do a PowerPoint “Game Show Review”
  •  Have students complete a written classroom activity as if it was online.
  • Try a Webquest
  • Use technology as a topic for a writing assignment
  • 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.
  • They must search the Internet to determine what artifacts belong in their museum and explain their choices.
  •  Create a class webpage
  • 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
  • Use an online grading system
  • 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
  • Supplement your lessons
  • 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.
  • Create a class blog or wiki
  • isten to – or create – a Podcast.
  • 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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    • Kelly Kerzman
      Kelly Kerzman on 17 Oct 14
       
      this is a good idea!
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    • Chelsey Schulenburg
      Chelsey Schulenburg on 17 Oct 14
       
      This website gives ideas on how to use technology in the classrooms.  It also gives simple ideas for everyone to use.
    • Anna Drake
      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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  •  Have students complete a written classroom activity as if it was online.
  • 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.
  • Try a Webquest
  • Use technology as a topic for a writing assignment
  •  Create a class webpage
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  • Try a Webquest
  • Good Ed Tech Activities for All Skill Levels Use technology as a topic for a writing assignment
  •  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.
cgrothey

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  • won’t get lost on the day of the test.
  • to move students toward graduation — is no longer enough.
  • s nothing less than revolutionizing schools built for another century
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  • hey want their kids to be middle class. The problem is that the economy has changed, so doing better now means going to college. And someone has to help them figure out how to do this because the parents don’t know themselves.”
  • 74.2 percent of the graduating seniors went on to post-secondary education
  • “I want a whole lot more,” Ms. Wilson said. “I want to be financially stable. I don’t want to be struggling on $30,000 a year.”
  • cgrothey on 11 Oct 14
     
    This article is saying how urban schools want to send their kids to college because getting you diploma from high school is not enough anymore in todays society. Parents want their kids to go to college but don't know how to get them there because they themselves have never gone. To make it as middle class today you need to have some sort of secondary schooling after high school.
  • cgrothey on 11 Oct 14
     
    This article is saying how urban schools want to send their kids to college because getting you diploma from high school is not enough anymore in todays society. Parents want their kids to go to college but don't know how to get them there because they themselves have never gone. To make it as middle class today you need to have some sort of secondary schooling after high school.
Jackie Melbye

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  • Technology use allows many more students to be actively thinking about information, making choices, and executing skills than is typical in teacher-led lessons.
  • The student is actively making choices about how to generate, obtain, manipulate, or display information.
  • The teacher's role changes as well. The teacher is no longer the center of attention as the dispenser of information, but rather plays the role of facilitator, setting project goals and providing guidelines and resources, moving from student to student or group to group, providing suggestions and support for student activity.
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  • 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. While many of the classrooms we observed assigned technology-based projects to small groups of students, as discussed above, there was al
  • so considerable tutoring going on around the use of technology itself.
  • Increased Use of Outside Resources Teachers from 10 out of 17 classrooms observed at length cited increased use of outside resources as a benefit of using technology. 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.
  • Increased Motivation and Self Esteem
  • The most common--and in fact, nearly universal--teacher-reported effect on students was an increase in motivation. Teachers and students are sometimes surprised at the level of technology-based accomplishment displayed by students who have shown much less initiative or facility with more conventional academic tasks:
  • student self esteem.
  • Change in Student and Teacher Roles
  • Improved Design Skills/Attention to Audience
  • Project-based work (such as the City Building Project and the Student-Run Manufacturing Company) and cooperative learning approaches prompt this change in roles, whether technology is used or not. 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.
  • 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
  • More Collaboration with Peers
    • Haylee Lininger
      Haylee Lininger on 27 Oct 14
       
      Technology benefits a classroom greatly.
  • Increased Motivation and Self Esteem The most common--and in fact, nearly universal--teacher-reported effect on students was an increase in motivation. Teachers and students are sometimes surprised at the level of technology-based accomplishment displayed by students who have shown much less initiative or facility with more conventional academic tasks: 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 Teachers talked about motivation from a number of different perspectives. Some mentioned motivation with respect to working in a specific subject area, for example, a greater willingness to write or to work on computational skills. Others spoke in terms of more general motivational effects--student satisfaction with the immediate feedback provided by the computer and the sense of accomplishment and power gained in working with technology:
  • . 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.
  • Jessie Lustig on 24 Sep 14
     
    This article talks about some of the benefits and effects that technology has on the classroom, students, and teachers.
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  • Jaden Delney on 06 Oct 14
     
    A article describing how technology has changed the teacher/student relationship. Also how technology has helped change learning. 
  • Nicole Warren on 06 Oct 14
     
    This site is to show how important technology is in the classroom for the students to learn.
  • Haylee Lininger on 22 Oct 14
     
    This site describes the effects that technology has on the students within the classroom.
  • Miranda Bird on 11 Apr 15
     
    This article shows how technology helps with student motivation.
  • Morgan Nehring on 15 Sep 15
     
    Some downfalls to technology in the classroom. 
  • Jackie Melbye on 14 Oct 15
     
    The student is actively making choices about how to generate, obtain, manipulate, or display information. Technology use allows many more students to be actively thinking about information, making choices, and executing skills than is typical in teacher-led lessons
egcourtois

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  • Interactive whiteboards
  • Remote clickers
  • Digital and video cameras
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  • Mobile devices
  • Have a backup plan.
  • Gradually give kids more independence.
  • Relax. Young and rambunctious as the students may be, Forest Lake has not had one laptop dropped or broken beyond repair. Williams suggests you teach them basic care: Wear the camera strap around your wrist; tuck the computer cables under the table; use protective cases when possible. Beyond that, make the kids feel like these valuable tools are theirs, and chances are they'll want to take care of them.
  • Maintain the same rigor as in pen-and-paper projects.
  • Start with the standards. Use technology only when it enhances your content -- not the other way around. It's less effective if you use technology for technology's sake.
  • Connect with peers far away. Penpal programs have come a long way, baby. With webcams and video conferences, kids can actually see and talk to their peers in real time -- and that's exciting. Williams recommends you prepare before the meet-up: study the culture, brainstorm questions, discuss Internet safety, and learn email etiquette.
  • Give kids a real audience. Technology opens up new ways for kids to show their work to the world (which, no disrespect intended, can be more motivating than just handing it in to a teacher). At Forest Lake, fifth graders studying erosion took photographs of patches of their playground that were washing away, then sent the snaps to the school district office with suggestions on how to correct the problem. Second graders videotaped themselves reviewing books they'd read, then voted on the best recordings to show to kindergarteners down the hall.
  • Put the tools in kids' hands.
  • assessments
  • Technology Integration for Elementary Schools
  • quick
  • Portability is key
  • It's important that students learn to safely explore the Web
  • Brodi Kozak on 11 Oct 12
     
    Explains how to better use technology in your classroom.
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  • Lisa Denison on 13 Feb 13
     
    This website would be useful for teachers using technology in their classroom because it talks about integrating technology into the classroom.
  • Cassidy O'Brien on 08 Apr 13
     
    This is helping teachers and giving them ideas on how and what to use, technology wise, in their classrooms.
  • Ashlie Hoffman on 20 Sep 13
     
    This explains why how to incorporate technology into your classroom. Each technological tool is and how it can be used is explained throughout the reading. Also, discusses keeping balance in the classroom between pen and paper and technology.
  • Candy Stack on 08 Oct 13
     
    This website talks about the ways technology can be used by the students.
  • Bonnie Chan on 15 Oct 13
     
    The use of technology can enhance content of curriculum but always have a back up plan.
  • Stpehanie England on 26 Oct 13
     
    Ways to integrate technology into an elementary classroom. Helpful tips on ways to use the technology but a reminder not to rely on technology to much where it will ruin a lesson due to a malfunction.
  • Brianna Murray on 09 Nov 13
     
    This website has tips on ways to use different types of technology in the classroom.
  • Kelsey Urbaniak on 11 Feb 14
     
    This website gives ways to bring technology into a classroom. With so many options out there, this helps organize all these ways.
  • Alyssa Megna on 12 Feb 14
     
    This site has a list of reasons of how technology would be helpful in the classrooms. it is short and to the point so it will be easy to read. It will not get boring because of its layout.
  • egcourtois on 03 Apr 14
     
    This is pretty nifty if you're trying to figure out good ways to incorporate technology into the classroom without making the lesson all about the technology.
Danielle Hucker

100 Classroom Organizing Tricks | Scholastic.com - 0 views

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  • RETHINK YOUR ROOM  22. Instant Math CenterSo you don't have the cash for Cuisenaire rods and other math tools, but you do have kitchen cabinets. Pantry staples like pasta shells and lima beans are perfect for hands-on math work and patterning. 23. ReflectionsIs your room gloomy? Hanging  mirrors or even reflective wrapping paper opposite the windows can really brighten things up! -Frankie Frasure  24. Shower Gallery SpaceHave an ugly wall? Hang a couple of sheets of shower paneling from a home store and let the kids write or draw! Invite the kids to be creative on a theme you are studying in class, whether it's oceans or Pilgrims. -Christina Vrba  25. Hide It AwayUgly storage area? Hit the fabric store and look for a bright fabric or remnant. Use safety pins to hang kids' work or to make it into a word wall. -Robin Shaw  26. Color Your WorldEvery interior designer knows the quickest (and the cheapest) way to overhaul a room is a can of paint. You could  ask parents or teens to volunteer to help! -Peggy Collrin  27. That Holiday Glow I repurposed extra Christmas tree lights by running them along the window sill and around the bookcases in my classroom. I don't light them all the time, but it's always a pick-me-up for the kids when I do! -Mary Jo Pick 
  • FREE (OR ALMOST FREE) SUPPLIES 35-37 Too many teachers spend their own hard-earned cash to outfit their rooms. Here are a few websites you can count on.- Freecycle.org: A nonprofit site where you can give (and get) stuff free in your own town. Great for kids' books, extra furniture, even a DVD player. Be sure to let people know you are a teacher!- Donorschoose.org: A well-respected organization connects donors with classrooms in need. Any teacher can sign up!- Bookins.com: Refresh your library with this book swap site. Give away books that aren't working for ones that will!
  • Danielle Hucker on 29 Oct 12
     
    This sites has tons of organizing ideas for the classroom. These could help out in the future
Katie Koterman

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  • In most modern countries today, romantic love is the reason that people marry, but at the time period of 400 BCE, marriages were arranged. Fathers had legal control over their daughters until a suitable match was found for them. Most girls married around the age of fifteen. This seems to be a young age but the average lifespan at that time was around 35-40 years.
  • Katie Koterman on 20 Feb 16
     
    This website would be great to have kids explore, or even use as sources for projects. What I highlighted is a section about Greek women that kids probably don't realize because our ideas about marriage today are extremely different.
Kayla Ludwig

Fun Technology Activities for Kids - Computer Lesson Plans, Teaching Ideas, Resources - 0 views

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  • free technology lesson plans that are perfect for teaching students about a range of cool technology topics.
  • Movie making is a fun activity that kids will love to learn about. Use Windows Movie Maker to teach students about important movie making techniques before burning their finished work to DVD for them to take home.
  • Have fun learning about Photoshop as you try a range of fun activities and challenges. Edit digital photos using a range of cool effects that will impress your friends and family.
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  • Design and build some cool Lego cars. Use this lesson plan and activity to help children create vehicles that can compete against each other in challenges such as speed and strength.
  • Being able to make your own website is an extremely useful skill to have. This lesson will teach you the skills you need to know. Learn the basics of web design using Dreamweaver.
  • Robots are a popular topic that children enjoy learning about. These fun robotics based activities and ideas offer students the chance to learn more about robots while having fun at the same time.
  • Teach the basics of robotics with this introduction lesson plan. Help kids understand some of the important definitions as well as key ideas behind robot mechanics and artificial intelligence.
  • Kayla Ludwig on 03 Oct 14
     
    Teaching technology to kids SITE 2
Destinee Kafka

Technology for Teaching: 10 Ways to Improve Classroom Learning | Scott Steinberg - 0 views

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  • Share Content Online - Whether it's posting videos to a private channel for class members and parents to see, using Google Docs to share materials so students can collaborate on a shared project, or posting homework assignments to a class website for everyone to access, using technology as a tool demands a base level of proficiency from students that they'll need to continue to build on.
  • Create a Class Blog or Wiki - Encourage kids to respond to in-class lessons or current events and topics, and devise a system for posting thoughts, news or impressions of them to a class blog or Wiki. Kids will love improving their creative writing skills and seeing their work appear online, and parents will love being able to feel more connected to the classroom. As the school year progresses, it's often great fun to watch a class' page fill up with posts and discussions, and see kids, parents, and educators engage in more frequent and ongoing dialogue.
  • Promote Greater Good - If there's an international, national or even local need for charitable donations or disaster relief, classrooms can use online tools to solicit and track charitable donations, or spread awareness for these causes. Sites like FirstGiving or Pledgie can help teachers use technology as a complement to cause-based learning. Helping kids create social awareness, all show how high-tech solutions can be used as a tool for kindness, understanding, and good.
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  • Embrace Connected Learning - The concept of "Connected Learning" is at the center of a new theory that champions say "is a model of learning that holds out the possibility of re-imagining the experience of education in the Information Age" that draws on "the power of today's technology to fuse young people's interests, friendships and academic achievement." According to Dr. Mizuko Ito, a leader in the field of Connected Learning and a professor at the University of California, Irvine, and cultural anthropologist of technology use, examples of Connected Learning are when a teacher may ask a student to do a report on their favorite video game, or if a kid who likes to draw on the computer creates the signs and banners for a classroom party.
    • lemaykm07
      lemaykm07 on 02 Feb 15
       
      Learning in a classroom is often easier with the help of technology, for the student as well as the teacher.
  • Matt Bisbee on 06 Mar 13
     
    More helpful tips on improving classroom learning.
  • Tessa Fure on 07 Mar 13
     
    Technology to improve teaching.
  • Kylie Hedgepath on 02 Feb 15
     
    This websites uses up to date applications that most children and teens are familiar with. This website uses twitter and blogging as means of teaching technology which should spark their interest in the classroom.
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.
Tim Hankes

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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
  • logy-supported
  • 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
  • The teacher's role cha
  • 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.
Krystynia Lipstreuer

Kids Crafts, Games, Recipes & Activities For Early Childhood Education! - 0 views

www.theideabox.com

classroom education activities kids songs recipes ideas

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  • Krystynia Lipstreuer on 10 Apr 13
     
    This site has a number of activities, songs, and recipes. Very easy to follow and do. Great seasonal ideas for kids.
Katie Schultz

20 Nifty, Nutritious Snacks for Kids - 0 views

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snacks kids fun

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  • Homemade granola bars
  • Quesadillas
  • Fruit Kabobs
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  • Homemade Peanut Butter: Your kids will love feeling involved with this simple recipe. Place 1 1/2 c unsalted, roasted peanuts and 1 T peanut oil into your food processor and buzz until it's the consistency you and your kids like. If you want it extra crunchy, reserve 1/4 c chopped peanuts. Your homemade peanut butter can be kept in an air-tight container for up to two weeks in the fridge. Spread it on toast, wheat crackers, apples or bananas, then drizzle with honey
garreltsgm

Plants for kids - sunflowers / RHS Gardening - 0 views

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  • garreltsgm on 27 Apr 16
     
    Easy plants for kids to grow. Find out the best plants for children to grow, like these sunflowers. Get them growing today!
  • garreltsgm on 27 Apr 16
     
    Easy plants for kids to grow. Find out the best plants for children to grow, like these sunflowers. Get them growing today!
Sierra Pursley

Reading A-Z: The online leveled reading program with downloadable books to print and as... - 0 views

www.readinga-z.com

books literacy education interactive

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  • Sierra Pursley on 13 Mar 14
     
    Raz kids and Reading A-Z gives a select charted out level of where each grade should be in reading skills. Also, Raz Kids is an interactive reading site.
Rachel Murphy

Cool Math Games - Free Online Math Games, Cool Puzzles, Mazes and Coloring Pages for Ki... - 0 views

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math MathGames education Maths Mathematics kids puzzles

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  • Rachel Murphy on 07 May 14
     
    This website would be useful because it will give kids the opportunity to enhance their math skills along with having fun. Kid's learn at different paces which makes the games fun yet challenging since they can select different skill levels.
Cody Theel

Unit List - LIBMEDIA 201: ILSEM (Spring 2014) - 0 views

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Common Core Standards

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  • Cody Theel on 27 Feb 14
     
    this is a useful bookmark for teachers using technology because for my school for example every kid has their own ipad and with this bookmark throughout the day or certain subjects that are being taught, kids can pull up this bookmark and see the states common core standards as it pertains to their grade level
raquel deleon

Interactive Whiteboard Games | PBS KIDS - 0 views

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smartboard educational games

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  • Here is our collection of interactive whiteboard games for educators on PBS KIDS. Students will enjoy participating in these collaborative, fun and engaging experiences, while exploring curriculum from trusted programs such as Curious George, Super Why and Arthur. Like our programs, all of our games are age-appropriate and vetted by educators.
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      raquel deleon on 22 Apr 15
       
      useful for the classroom.
  • Claire Bohn on 17 Oct 14
     
    Learning games to play with Kindergarteners.
  • raquel deleon on 22 Apr 15
     
    pbs kids, fun whiteboard games
schneidebn27

Spelling Games | PBS KIDS - 0 views

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spelling_games

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  • PBS KIDS: Spelling Games
  • schneidebn27 on 04 Mar 15
     
    This site makes spelling fun for kids and is easy to use.
Hallie Rhode

How Technology Trends Have Influenced the Classroom - 0 views

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technology education classroom learning

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  • The Increase of Interactivity One only need to look at the gaming market to see the evolution of how our brains crave interaction. We went from Backgammon to Atari and realized that with some simple interaction, like a yellow circle eating dots, our brains could stay occupied for hours. The recent shift to touch screen and even motion-based interaction means that we now involve our whole body when interacting with games. Classroom Outcome: We might notice that our students seem more “antsy,” but in reality, sitting still in a seat for several hours has never been ideal for learning. Research is now becoming more abundant to back that statement. Incorporating regular brain breaks or mini-activities that require kids to move every 15-30 minutes re-invigorate the brain and get them refocused in the tasks at hand. On-Demand Living Most of us grew up in an era of either three basic television channels or the privilege of many via paid cable. With the digital era, television and movies have seen an exponential change in how they are distributed and accessed.  You no longer have to wait for that favorite re-run of Moonlighting; today, you can just pull it up on your phone. Better yet, you can pause it on one device and then watch it on another when you choose.  If you really get hooked on a show, why wait a week when you can just binge view it? Classroom Outcome: Flipped-teaching comes to mind when thinking of the “on-demand” model of learning. Not everyone has the time or energy for a full-fledged flipped-teaching model (not to mention at-home access for all students), but recording some lessons or concepts for later viewing, even in class, would be one way to let students have access to information when they want it. Wouldn’t it be nice if kids wanted to binge learn? Self-Publishing the World As We See It They ways we viewed and read the news was previously distributed to us through a filter.  Publisher, editor, advertisers, and corporations decided what we should watch and read when it came to content. In some ways, the classroom has followed a similar path. Look at the world now when it comes to news. We are all publishing to the world around us in blogs, tweets, posts and…yes…even Instagram selfies. Our brains are no longer designed to sit back and take what is given to us. We want to create and share what we see and learn too. Classroom Outcome:  This is one area where I feel that education has excelled, but there is still room for improvement. We’ve always encouraged students to write and report on what they think or believe. As students, we learned to play the game of “know your audience” when it came to writing a paper for a certain professor. Our purpose was writing for writing’s sake. Now we no longer have to limit ourselves to one recipient. Our students have access to a global audience and don’t have to write just to please one teacher. They can write based on what they see and believe to be true. Everything is Mobile (and Instant) As fast as the internet took the world by storm, the mobile revolution dropped a bomb of societal change and practice. People can now have all of their media in the palm of their hand. They can connect with anyone, anywhere. While there isn’t always value to why we use our devices, having that instant access means our brains can now outsource menial facts and focus on application and creation rather than retention. Classroom Outcome: One of the greatest challenges to the classrooms of today is mobile technology. Do we fund a 1:1 program? Allow a Bring Your Own Device policy? Won’t this just add the distraction of the outside world into a classroom? Rather than avoid or ban the use of mobile devices, some are embracing it as a way to not only engage learners, but also dig deeper into learning. This isn’t without its pitfalls, and can be quite messy, but setting expectations of use can be a powerful way to model how our kids use these in the non-school setting.  Maybe instead of whipping out their phones when at a restaurant, kids will actually sit and have a conversation with the grown-ups around them.  Of course, this is assuming the grown-ups have put down their devices too. Embracing the Digital Brain As we can see from these few examples, the world around us is changing.  This change affects the way we think, learn, and connect. In education, we have three options when dealing with these changes: avoid it, struggle with it, or embrace it. Technology would seem to be the panacea for solving all of these issues when it comes to engaging the digital brain. However, while it does have an impact in the classroom, the greatest impact still lies within the teacher and the content that they are trying to get their students to learn.  Until the pedagogy and purpose align with this new world, we are all left fighting a battle rather than embracing it.
  • Hallie Rhode on 10 Feb 15
     
    Teachers all over America are faced with this challenge of keeping students engaged in the classroom when their world outside of school is one of constant engagement and stimulation. Knowing the world outside of our institutional walls is only one step in addressing modern learning styles.
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