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Technology provides numerous tools that teachers can use in and out of the classroom to enhance student learning.

Flipping" doesn't have to use technology, but tools such as videos, podcasts, online quizzes and the like can help in and out of class activity work together. These resources explain the theory underlying this teaching method and provide practical suggestions for making it work.

There are many different group and individual activities that your students can complete on a variety of Web sites.

Using the Web, you can take your class on a virtual field trip anywhere they want to go. Attach a projector to your laptop and select your destination.

It seems that Doceri reigns supreme for teacher creation of videos while it’s a tie between ShowMe and Educreations as to which is the best choice when it comes to student creation:

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Discovery Education offers a broad range of free classroom resources that complement and extend learning beyond the bell.  Foster deeper engagement and opportunities for students to take charge of their own learning with high quality, engaging, relevant tools designed for today’s busy teachers a

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A cute way to separate students into groups: Hershey’s Kisses and colored dots.

Or put colored bracelets into a paper bag and have kids select one.

How much are kids using media? The total amount of media use by youth ages 8 to 18 averages 6-plus hours a day—more than any other activity. The amount of use has increased significantly, up from 4-plus hours in the last five years. Eighty percent of adolescents possess at least one form of media access. There is extensive multi-tasking associated with media use (instant messaging while doing homework and listening to music on an mp3 player, for example). Of particular concern is the amount of TV kids consume. From 2004 to 2009, television and video use averaged three to five hours per day, peaking between the ages of 11 and 14, a crucial period for kids' social development. Fifty-four percent of teens send text messages, and one third of teens send more than 100 text messages per day. One third talk face-to-face with friends, around the same percentage that talk on cell phones (38 percent) and land lines (30 percent). Twenty-four percent communicate with friends via instant messages. Twenty-five percent contact friends via social networking sites. Eleven percent use e-mail.

Bullying in schools is one of the biggest educational issues that school administrators, teachers, students, and parents deal with today. It is an epidemic that has caught America’s eye primarily due to the high number of teenage suicides that have been traced back to bullying.

within the last decade the problem has exploded due in large part to cyber bullying which has enabled kids to be bullied outside of normal school hours with minimal way to monitor it.

Every teacher must enter the classroom armed with comprehensive and well-though-out rules in order to have an orderly and effective school year

Design your Web site wit

h your audience in mind. Determine the purpose of your Web site, then put yourself in the shoes of your students and their parents. How will they actually use the site; what will benefit them the most; what options can help them improve their understanding of class content? With the answers to these questions, you can begin to plan your site design.

Helping educators and school leaders connect, collaborate, create, and share

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Tools to help you create innovative learning experiences

grab your student’s attention then by teaching them with the newest gadget

Using laptops, tablets, iPads, etc, allow students to relate to their learning in observable, immediate ways.

echnology is now a necessary skill in the workplace.