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Renee Lenda

Tech Tips For Teachers: Free, Easy and Useful Creation Tools - NYTimes.com - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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tech tips teachers free

shared by Renee Lenda on 17 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • 1. Visualize Texts
  • Wordle is a fun tool for playing with language and making meaning from texts. (And it’s quite safe for classroom use.) This self-described “toy” allows students to analyze word frequency in any text, from a poem to a science book chapter, by simply copying and pasting “a bunch of text” into the box on the top of this page. Click on “go” and you’ll get a snapshot of the most common words in that text as shown by size. (The most frequently appearing words appear larger.)
  • 2. Make Content Comic
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  • 3. Create Interactive Timelines
  • 5. Map and Brainstorm Ideas
  • 4. Design Interactive Presentations
  • 3. Create Interactive Timelines Tech Tools: Xtimeline, Time Glider or Timetoast Timelines, of course, organize information and events that have developed over time, often in historical eras, cultural movements or personal biographies. They display order and sequence as well as relationships and, sometimes, causality between events. Why go online to create this traditional graphic organizer? Interactive versions are not only visually engaging, but also easily incorporate multimedia such as video and audio clips and link directly to source material.
  • 4. Design Interactive Presentations Tech Tools: Glogster.edu and Museum Box PowerPoint is not the only tool students can use to present concepts and ideas visually. Two classroom mainstays – the poster presentation and the diorama – have digital counterparts that students can use for class projects (and that you can use to present course material in engaging ways). With Glogster.edu students can create posters enhanced with multimedia. The interface walks you through the creation and gives students a wide range of scrapbook-inspired templates. The finished projects (such as this one on the causes of the American Revolution) can be presented with a projector or whiteboard, saved and/or printed. (Note: be sure you go to the .edu edition of Glogster. The regular site contains some content that is inappropriate for a classroom setting.) Museum Box takes the old standbys – dioramas and presentation cubes – and kicks them up a notch by enabling the creation of 3-D dioramas with a series of interactive cubes.
  • 5. Map and Brainstorm Ideas Tech Tools: Bubbl.us, CoSketch.com and Cacoo Mind Maps are idea-processing tools, made popular by the British IQ specialist Tony Buzan starting in the 1960s. Many schools have invested in popular mind-mapping software like Inspiration, but there are also many free online programs that help students develop colorful idea webs.
  • Emmy Lex on 17 Mar 14
     
    This site has a few ideas on how to help teachers make their lessons more interesting, using websites and programs that are simple to use and understand.
  • Renee Lenda on 16 Apr 14
     
    This site would be useful for teachers when using technology in the classroom because not only does it give tips on how to do this, but it also encourages taking teaching to the next level by using technology.
Ellie Force

What Tech Tools Do Your Teachers Use? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Teachers Reviews of Technologies Student Input nytimes

shared by Ellie Force on 13 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • “clickers”
  • engaging students in class
  • one —
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  • through a device as familiar to them as a cellph
  • increases their understanding of material that may otherwise be conveyed in traditional lectures.
  • Teachers should be provided the necessary training in order to make full use of the SMART boards or it is just going to be a waste of space.
    • Ellie Force
      Ellie Force on 13 Oct 14
       
      It is useful that we are learning these technologies based on the comments of students like this one.
  • great commodity
  • iven up the lesson
  • SMART board
  • Yes these do make class more engaging and efficient because they make you want to interact and participate with the class.
  • Ellie Force on 13 Oct 14
     
    This article briefly asks for student input on the usefulness of technologies in the classroom from children in elementary school to college students. They had kids comment how effective they were yielding interesting results when their teachers used them.
Cassandra Wesner

We Live in a Mobile World - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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technology classroom mobile

shared by Cassandra Wesner on 02 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • The analog, 20th century curriculum that most classrooms deliver doesn’t fit well with the realities of the exploding mobile, digital world.
  • Cassandra Wesner on 02 Oct 12
     
    Should classrooms use mobile phones?
christina tek

A Better Way to Teach Math - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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teaching math early_age

shared by christina tek on 11 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • early in school many kids get the idea that they’re not in the smart group, especially in math.
Scott Wolter

Technology in Schools Faces Questions on Value - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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technology classroom education eLearning

shared by Scott Wolter on 29 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • ome backers of this idea say standardized tests, the most widely used measure of student performance, don’t capture the breadth of skills that computers can help develop. But they also concede that for now there is no better way to gauge the educational value of expensive technology investments
  • computers play an important role in helping students get their ideas down more easily, edit their work so they can see instant improvement, and share it with the class.
  • But Xavier is just shooting every target in sight. Over and over. Periodically, the game gives him a message: “Try again.” He tries again. “Even if he doesn’t get it right, it’s getting him to think quicker,”
  • Breanna Rehor on 29 Oct 12
     
    This site written by the New York Times would be helpful for teachers because it provides information on how techology will advance in the future. Looking at all the ways that the technology will help in the classroom can make a teacher better there teaching style. Each student will have a different way of learning, and this article have a clear outline of how this new technology will help their students
Rebecca Behling

Technology Is Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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technology students education learning

shared by Rebecca Behling on 25 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Rebecca Behling on 25 Sep 14
     
    technology is changing how students today are learning in the classroom according to teachers who spend hours a day observing their students.
cgrothey

Technology Is Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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teaching technology education learning classroom students

shared by cgrothey on 02 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • use of digital technology is hampering their attention spans
  • media use among children and teenagers ages 8 to 18 has grown so fast that they on average spend twice as much time with screens each year as they spend in school.
  • But there is mounting indirect evidence that constant use of technology can affect behavior, particularly in developing brains, because of heavy stimulation and rapid shifts in attention.
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  • accustomed to getting quick answers with a few keystrokes that they are more likely to give up when an easy answer eludes them.
  • sidney steinmann on 02 Apr 13
     
    an interesting article about technology 
  • cgrothey on 11 Oct 14
     
    This article talks about how students are starting to have shorter attention spans with the increase in technology. If they do not find an answer to a question right away online they are likely to give up. Teachers have to learn to be more engaging with their students.
  • cgrothey on 11 Oct 14
     
    This article talks about how students are starting to have shorter attention spans with the increase in technology. If they do not find an answer to a question right away online they are likely to give up. Teachers have to learn to be more engaging with their students.
Katie Chodora

Tech Tips For Teachers: Free, Easy and Useful Creation Tools - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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tech tech tips teachers tools education classroom

shared by Katie Chodora on 11 Feb 15 - No Cached
    • Katie Chodora
      Katie Chodora on 11 Feb 15
       
      This site would be really helpful to teachers as it contains various tips and tricks for how to successfully incorporate media into the classroom.
  • Katie Chodora on 11 Feb 15
     
    This is an interesting article about how to incorporate technology into a classroom. 
Meghan Mortell

Tech Tips For Teachers - 0 views

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technology tools teachers classroom

shared by Meghan Mortell on 08 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • This self-described “toy” allows students to analyze word frequency in any text, from a poem to a science book chapter, by simply copying and pasting “a bunch of text” into the box on the top of this page. Click on “go” and you’ll get a snapshot of the most common words in that text as shown by size. (The most frequently appearing words appear larger.)
  • 2. Make Content Comic
  • 1. Visualize Texts
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  • Tech Tips For Teachers: Free, Easy and Useful Creation Tools
  • 3. Create Interactive Timelines
  • 4. Design Interactive Presentations
  • 5. Map and Brainstorm Ideas
  • Meghan Mortell on 04 Mar 13
     
    Ideas for teachers to make their students more adapt to using technology, ways to incorporate technology into a given lesson.
cgrothey

Urban Schools Aiming Higher Than Diploma - New York Times - 0 views

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teaching education urban college high school

shared by cgrothey on 11 Oct 14 - Cached
  • 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.
Whitney Scheret

Technology and Teaching: Finding a Balance | Edutopia - 0 views

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technology teaching technology integration

shared by Whitney Scheret on 02 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • Technology is a literacy that is expected in higher education and in our economy. (1) It is a universal language spoken by the entire world, regardless of the profession. Our current students will encounter one of the toughest job markets in generations. Gone are the days of falling into a profession and riding that wave for 30-plus years. However, it's not to say those jobs aren't still available. They are, but they're dwindling as automation and outsourcing continue to expand.
  • Teaching students how to balance technology usage along with offline socializing and interpersonal skills is essential.
  • We have to multitask, connect beyond the workday, and collaborate and connect both locally and globally.
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  • Edmodo
  • technology is already integrated in nearly everything we do and nearly every job our students will encounter.
  • eachers can eventually save time and paper, while collaborating more effectively with students.
  • essential to teach students how to question effectively and efficiently.
  • Google Sites
  • seek out instructional technology specialists or coaches in your school for help. Understand that it's OK to ask a student -- they know a lot!
  • seek to promote a culture of sharing around technology along with a pace that is comfortable for every level of user.
  • Google Drive
  • we should focus on finding a healthy balance for integrating technology in our respective classrooms.
  • As educators, we must prepare our students for their future, not ours.
  • I recommend performing a search for "Google Sites digital portfolio." What you'll find is a great starting point and a host of examples for how this tool can help you.
  • Integrating technology doesn't have to consume your life as an educator. In fact, if a little time is spent on, say, Google Drive, teachers can eventually save time and paper, while collaborating more effectively with students.
  • Google Drive
  • The applications listed above present a myriad of options for teaching and learning far beyond what I shared.
  • Abby Bush on 02 Apr 14
     
    Finding a balance between the two and using technology as a tool, not a distraction.
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  • Rebecca Behling on 25 Sep 14
     
    this blog really talks more about technology and teachers and how teachers are expected to learn about different tools and integrate to using technology.
  • Haylee Lininger on 22 Oct 14
     
    This site gives teachers specific resources as to what kind of technology to use. It suggests tools like Edmodo, Google Sites, and Google Drive.
  • Benjamin Anderson on 16 Feb 15
     
    This site talks about the use of technology for teachers. It talks about find a balance of incorporating technology in the classroom.
  • Damara Breunig on 24 Feb 15
     
    This article talks about how technology is expected now in our economy as well as our classrooms.
  • Jordyn Hameau on 11 Apr 15
     
    Edutopia reminds me of a blog for teachers or anyone in the education system. This site offers different topics for teachers such as technology. 
  • Nicole Mottl on 02 Oct 15
     
    This site gives examples of sites that are useful for teachers to use in the classroom. It also gives tips on how to balance technology and teaching.
  • Cecily Shain on 05 Oct 15
     
    Ways to find out the correct amount of technology in the classroom. Technology may be important, but it is also important that you are not over stimulating your students. How much technology is too much??
  • Megan Byers on 07 Oct 15
     
    This article offers resources for teachers looking to enhance their knowledge of technology for the use of teaching.
  • Whitney Scheret on 20 Oct 15
     
    Edutopia blogger Andrew Marcinek provides a thoughtful course correction for teachers facing full-on technology integration, offering three suggestions for focusing on media and balancing it with what students should be learning.
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