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Rosa Polo

Preparing ELLs to be 21st-Century Learners | Colorín Colorado - 0 views

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ELL technology strategies practice vocabulary group goals source

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  • "In the 21st Century, the century our children will
  • live in (the century they will, in fact, shape), media
  • literacy will not be a luxury; it will be a necessity."
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  • or ELL stude
  • nts learning technology, it is especially important to focus on effective teaching strategies that are commonly used in other content areas, such as academic language development and meaningful interaction with the content.
  • Computer tutorials should be organized by tasks: the things most students want to do with the program.
  • For each task, concise, step-by-step instructions should be provided.
  • Each step should be illustrated with a computer screen shot that shows exactly what to do. The bigger the illustration, the better.
  • At the end of each important task, stand-alone exercises should be included to give students an opportunity to practice the tasks. Including multiple exercises will ensure that students who work quickly will remain occupied.
  • Build vocabulary
  • Find out what students know:
  • Review the basics:
  • Use props and demonstrations:
  • Check comprehension:
  • Use handouts
  • Try giving ELLs handouts with visuals of the computer screen so that they can follow along.
  • Create simple assignments for beginners
  • students learning how to use the Word program to create documents should write about something with which they are familiar, rather than having to research a new topic while learning how to use the program.
  • Extended practice time
  • need to find ways to extend the practice time for ELLs.
  • ELL students are making meaning of the instructions given in a second language, while also figuring out how to use the technology.
  • . This also may be an opportunity to pair a tech-savvy mainstream student with an ELL student who is developing computer skills.
  • Use pair and group work
  • If students use the new information, vocabulary, and technology to build something together or to solve a problem, they will learn it and remember it as they discuss different approaches to a problem, activate their knowledge, and learn from each other.
  • Establish meaningful goals
  • it is important to introduce the technology with very basic, well-known information so all students can understand it
  • It is possible to give general guidelines to ensure the quality of the project while still allowing students some options for individuality.
  • Teach students to consider the source
  • ELL students may be particularly susceptible to believing information they receive electronically because they may come from a culture where very little information is printed, and so written information is usually considered reliable.
  • Teachers can also help their students by leading them through a discussion and investigation as to the origin of news, and by teaching them how to determine if information is accurate and relevant to their needs. This also supports the development of good online research skills.
  • Teaching technology is challenging in any environment, but when teachers are trying to eliminate the gap between ELL and mainstream students, it is even more challenging. I hope these strategies will give you some ideas of where to start and what kind of support will be helpful to your students. While ELL students are often at a disadvantage when it comes to learning technology, they are also extremely motivated and enthusiastic about technology when they have meaningful access to the instruction. By taking a moment to observe and reflect on your ELL students' learning needs, you will be able to help them successfully transition to a "high-tech" society and a successful future.
  • Rosa Polo on 21 Oct 15
     
    Teaching strategies for using technology in the ELL Classroom
Haley Morelli

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

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iPad technology teaching education learning resources

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  • Most students today would be classified as bodily-kinesthetic learners. The motion sensor allows students to use their hands in guiding the iPad to equilibrium, balance skills, or remote control of real or virtual robotics, hovercraft, or other vehicles.
  • As a completely portable learning tool, the iPad camera allows documentation to be taken to a whole different level. An app called Field Notes LT (3) not only allows students to take copious notes of their observations, it attaches the date, time, GPS location and photographs of what is observed. These notes can be instantly shared, collaborated, and published in the field.
  • While walking around the classroom and interacting with students, teachers can control their computers from their iPad with the Remote Mouse app. With a simple cable, teachers can use their iPads to present their unique and creative Prezi (11) presentation made on their computer by using the iPad application called Prezi Player. The teacher can control the document by simply pinching, twisting and sliding their fingers across the face of the iPad.
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  • Drop box allows students set up a personal account in which they can store iPad created documents, photos, fieldnotes, etc. And they can access those documents from any other computer or Internet capable device. Evernote (8) will help students keep track of their notes and Mendeley (9) will organize their research documents and let them take their research done on their computers with them, wherever they are going.
  • Evernote (10) will help students keep track of their notes and Mendeley (11) will organize their research documents and let them take their research done on their computers with them
  • the iPad will be the tool that really does transform classroom practice.
  • students can have access to volumes of primary source documents and data to help in their investigations in or out of the classroom, on the bus, in a restaurant, or at the football game.
  • Prezi (13) presentation
  • Perhaps, the iPad will be the tool that really does transform classroom practice.
  • The iPad has a number of unique features that provide for interesting possibilities in teaching and learning. The motion sensor of the iPad has a number of intriguing applications to learning. Most students today would be classified as bodily-kinesthetic learners. The motion sensor allows students to use their hands in guiding the iPad to equilibrium, balance skills, or remote control of real or virtual robotics, hovercraft, or other vehicles
  • Hailey Moldenhauer on 04 Mar 13
     
    Teachers are finding that iPads are becoming more useful in their classrooms, not only for their own teaching purposes but also for their students' learning purposes as well.
  • Mel Anderson on 03 Apr 14
     
    Ipads in the classroom are becoming popular.
  • Haley Morelli on 05 Apr 14
     
    Using the iPads in class. and explains why they are good for the classroom
Cassidy O'Brien

28 Creative Ideas for Teaching with Twitter | MindShift - 0 views

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Twitter teaching socialmedia education

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  • 28 ways to use Twitter in class.
  • utilizes Twitter to gather real-time feedback
  • end up projected right there during lectures
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  • allowing students to answer questions via Twitter rather than raising their hands
  • This greatly aids studying, too, as they can easily refer back via dedicated classroom hashtags.
  • an excellent way for his students to continue class discussions after they’ve already ended
  • far easier to tweet changes, cancellations and other important announcements.
  • many students use Twitter now to alert their teachers about when they’ve finished their work
  • The 140-character limit offers a nice little challenge for students, and innovative educators and authors like have taken notice.
  • Word, trend or hashtag tracking:
  • ask them to actually tweet a response and open a discussio
  • Take notes:
  • For high schoolers and the college crowd, this assignment might very well help them discover some personal career goals.
  • Share a story:
  • The first tweets a sentence, the next builds off of it and so forth; try assigning a hashtag to make reading everything faster.
  • Keep parents informed: When teaching the younger set, parents may like to follow along with what’s going on in their children’s day. Keep a Twitter feed updating them about the different lessons and activities as they happen for greater engagement between the home and the classroom.
  • For kids just learning about distance, this makes for a lovely way to get them to know more about where everything is in relation to their own cities and towns.
  • ______ of the day: No matter the class, a vocabulary word, book, song, quote or something else “of the day” might very well make an excellent supplement to the day’s lesson. When teaching younger kids, tell their parents about the Twitter feed and encourage them to talk about postings at home.
  • A common hashtag and communicative network is all it takes to share insight and recommendations.
  • Keep up with current events: Similarly, educators can set up lists with different news sources, allowing their students to stay on top of current events. Separate them by field for quicker access and even more comprehensive organization.
  • Set up a communal hastag for students and professionals alike to use and exchange their views and lessons.
  • Host a Twitter scavenger hunt: For fun and education, get students moving and organize a sort of Twitter scavenger hunts — maybe even see if other classrooms or professionals want to get involved. As with many of the projects listed here, such an activity can easily be applied to a wide number of grade levels and academic subjects.
  • Not only does it help them reflect on their lessons and their world, but it also serves as a nice, guided introduction to social media.
  • Help students get their names out: College professors hoping to nurture the professional future of their juniors and seniors might like the idea of teaching them the role of social media in job hunting. Business students into the whole “personal branding” fad will particularly benefit from comprehensively exploring such things.
  • Cassidy O'Brien on 08 Apr 13
     
    This article is talking about how to use twitter in a classroom setting and gives 28 different ideas on how to use it.
Nathan Karraker

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technology integration

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  • Creation and Design. Likewise, creation activities provide students the ability to develop creativity and problem-solving skills by displaying their mastery in profound and meaningful ways. Teachers at McKeel Elementary Academy in Lakeland, Florida, integrate the use of technology for student-created digital media into all areas of curriculum: Kindergarteners create image-based movies on recycling and insects; First graders develop PowerPoint presentations for “My Time to Teach” projects to share with the class; Fourth graders prepare for their statewide standardized writing assessment by developing elaborate digital storybooks on free web 2.0 sites such as Storybird (www.storybird.com) or StoryJumper (www.storyjumper.com). Fifth graders collaborate to launch a Web Safety Wiki to teach other students worldwide about digital citizenship (wildcatwebsafety.wikispaces.com). The projects created are excellent tools for formative and summative assessment. Yet more than that, through creation activities, students design products that make them active partners in constructing learning experiences in the classroom and beyond. In demonstrating their skills and knowledge, they become more confident in their own abilities and their own voices.
  • A dramatic shift is sweeping through our schools. The signs are all around us. Third graders texting on their cell phones. Kindergarteners who can navigate an iPod Touch better than we can. Middle schoolers who already have an Internet following on their blog or YouTube channel. These are not the same 21st century learners we came to know over the first decade of the new millennium. For these students, simply watching videos or images during class, playing an Internet multiplication game, or even taking turns at an interactive whiteboard is no longer enough. These new 21st century learners are highly relational and demand quick access to new knowledge. More than that, they are capable of engaging in learning at a whole new level. With the world literally at their fingertips, today’s students need teachers and administrators to re-envision the role of technology in the classroom.
  • Following the joyous moment when educators realize their students are capable, independent technology users who can create inspiring digital masterpieces, the next reaction is often a more solemn, “How do we fit it all in?” In fact, the answer to this question is vital to a successful technology integration transformation. In the former mindset of teaching with technology, the teacher was the focal point of the classroom, creating (often time-consuming) interactive and multimedia presentations to add shock and awe to his or her lessons and capture the attention of the 21st century child. A new mindset of teaching through technology must emerge, which depends on a vital shift in teacher/student roles.
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  • In technology-infused discovery activities, Internet research, virtual manipulatives, and multimedia resources allow students to explore unanswered questions.
  • Ideally, to maximize these opportunities, every student needs direct access to technology on a daily basis
  • The new 21st century learners must master more than the core curriculum to succeed in secondary and postsecondary institutions, as well as in the workplace. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills, a national organization advocating for 21st century readiness for every student, explains the outcomes of this transformation as fusing the traditional three R’s with four C’s: critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration. As students develop the four C’s, we have discovered that effective application of these vital skills in a technology-infused life and workplace requires acquiring them in a technology-infused learning environment. This environment calls for two elements: We must increasingly put technology into the hands of students and must trust them with more progressive technology use. It is no longer sufficient for students to have less access to technological tools than the teacher, nor is it enough for any one suite of software to serve as the zenith for technology mastery. For student performance to approximate student potential, students need access to a constantly evolving array of technological tools and activities that demand problem-solving, decision-making, teamwork, and innovation. The four C’s are at the heart of the International Society for Technology in Education’s National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for Students, providing a substantial framework for defining the focus of technology objectives for K-12 students. For example, in implementing these standards we have found that even our youngest 21st century learners are capable of independently creating digital storybooks, artwork, presentations, and movies.
  • The projects created are excellent tools for formative and summative assessment. Yet more than that, through creation activities, students design products that make them active partners in constructing learning experiences in the classroom and beyond. In demonstrating their skills and knowledge, they become more confident in their own abilities and their own voices.
  • The projects created are excellent tools for formative and summative assessment. Yet more than that, through creation activities, students design products that make them active partners in constructing learning experiences in the classroom and beyond. In demonstrating their skills and knowledge, they become more confident in their own abilities and their own voices.
  • Shift in Roles
  • In this configuration, the teacher acts as a learning catalyst, orchestrating and facilitating activities that spark defining moments for students. The most effective activities take two forms— discovery and creation—though they often symbiotically work together. The student then becomes the focal point of the classroom, acting as explorer (e.g., mathematician, scientist, sociologist) and designer (e.g., author, artist, composer).
    • Nathan Karraker
      Nathan Karraker on 15 Oct 15
       
      NAESP has useful items on the standards regarding technology and the ways that technology has changed in the classroom. 
  • facilitating
  • Kelsey Ladika on 07 Feb 13
     
    This site shows teachers why technology is important and how it can effectively be used in the classroom.
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  • Lisa Denison on 13 Feb 13
     
    This website shows why it is important for teachers to integrate technology into the classroom.
  • Megan Manne on 18 Feb 14
     
    Technology Integration for the 21st Century Learner
  • Cara Smoczynski on 24 Feb 14
     
    This page encourages teaching with technology. The main reason for this is because of how our world has evolved, and is now full of technology.
  • Allison Hyde on 14 Apr 14
     
    How technology helps creativity. 
  • Anita Anderson on 10 Oct 15
     
    it talks about the shift of the use of technology in the classrooms. Integrating things that kids will need to be able to successfully use in the future.
  • Nathan Karraker on 15 Oct 15
     
    NAESP has useful items on the standards regarding technology and the ways that technology has changed in the classroom. 
Jackie Melbye

Archived: Effects of Technology on Classrooms and Students - 0 views

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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
Emily Sternemann

Practical Guidelines for Using Technology Tools in Classroom Teaching | CRLT - 0 views

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Technology Education learning

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

Education World: Managing Technology: Tips from the Experts - 0 views

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technology teaching classroom

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  • teach your students how to use the Text to Table feature.
  • If you use Microsoft Word, learn how to insert comments into Word documents
  • When working on lengthy technology projects, print out step-by-step instructions.
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  • Teach students to use the Track Changes feature when editing work in Microsoft Word.
  • Post a list of all your rules for technology use in a visible place
  • Always run through a technology lesson before presenting it to the class
  • After a lesson using presentation software, allow students to walk around the room and view everyone else's work.
  • Have each student keep a Tech Folder
  • Set up teams of computer helpers
  • If you're working on a network, ask your technology coordinator to set up a shared folder for Internet resources.
  • Courtney Fox on 20 Oct 14
     
    Useful technology tips to use in the classroom while teaching.
Lauren Finke

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

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technology classroom resources education teaching edtech twitter

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  • "[Twitter] is not something I'm going to be using to chat [with students]," Newman says. "I use it as an additional way to let students know if there's some last-minute news, like class being cancelled."
  • Creating a personal brand. A motivation for going to college is to prepare for a future in the workplace. But good grades without a strong personal brand may not lead to immediate employment, says Alyssa Hammond, associate director of undergraduate career services and adjunct professor at Bentley University.
  • 2. Learning to be concise. Although writing lengthy essays about the Declaration of Independence or the Federalist Papers involves heavy research and labor, exacting a response to these materials in 140 characters or fewer can also require deep thought.
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  • In the course, students were required to build a personal brand on Twitter, deciding what type of voice and content they would produce for their online community.
  • "I think [Twitter in the classroom] would be well received if it were used in a good way," Machielse says. "I think if [professors] are using it just for the sake of using technology, students are going to complain about it."
  • Taylor Thiede on 01 Oct 14
     
    5 Unique Uses of Twitter in the Classroom
  • Lauren Finke on 22 Oct 14
     
    how you can bring twitter into the classroom in an educational way
erinjj96

Education World: Integrating Tech: More Than Just Having Computers - 1 views

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  • Technology has become part of the educational process, but too often it is separate and not integrated into the learning experience.Today, Education World offers easy and painless ways to integrate technology into your daily routine.
  • Integrating technology into the curriculum is a priority -- if not a mandate -- in most schools today.
  • For many teachers, a lack of personal experience with technology presents an additional challenge. In order to incorporate technology-based activities and projects into their curriculum, those teachers first must find the time to learn to use the tools and understand the terminology necessary for participation in those projects or activities.
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  • Used properly, however, technology can be a tool for teachers as well as for students
  • Education World offers the following easy ways in which you can seamlessly integrate technology into your daily and weekly classroom routines.
  • Integrating Technology in the Classroom: It Takes More Than Just Having Computers
  • Access an online weather forecast. Most elementary grade teachers begin each school day with a discussion of the date and local weather. Why not take an extra minute to visit a site such as UM Weather, The Weather Channel, or USA Today Weather, to find out what the rest of the day might bring? If you have a few extra minutes, check out weather in other parts of the country as well.   Include URLs in your monthly calendar. Each month, Education World provides a printable and editable coloring calendar for classroom use. Before distributing copies of the calendar to your students, add the URLs of a few sites that will add to their understanding of the months events -- and encourage them to visit those sites. The September calendar, for example, might offer links to sites about Labor Day, Grandparents' Day, and Hispanic Heritage Month. (A kid-friendly search engine such as Yahoo Kids will help you locate appropriate sites.) Or, students can find the sites themselves as they complete a Months of the Year Project.   Access online weather forecasts in French, German, or Spanish. Begin foreign language classes with a discussion of the day's weather. The Weather Channel provides weather information for Brazil, Germany, France, and Latin America in the native language of each country.   Challenge students with online mathematics problems. Add a daily or weekly mathematics challenge to your seatwork assignments, math lessons, or extra credit activities. The Math Forums Math Problem of the Week offers word problems in five categories -- math fundamentals, pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, and pre-calculus. The AIMS Puzzle Corner provides more than 100 math-related puzzles appropriate for students in upper elementary grades and middle school. Most include printable worksheets. Aunty Math's Math Challenges for K-5 Learners offers biweekly word problems for younger students, while high school students will enjoy the news-related math problems at Math Counts. Dont like todays problem? Not to worry! Most of the sites listed also include extensive archives. If you teach grades 3-8, extend your students online math experience and encourage them to match wits with students around the world by participating in the Abacus International Math Challenge.
    • Tiffany Greene
      Tiffany Greene on 10 Feb 15
       
      This website talks about technology ideas for each grade level.  Also, why and how it's more than just computers in the class.
  • Provide online reading comprehension practice. Add a fun reading comprehension activity to your students language arts curriculum with the Comenius Group's Fluency Through Fables lesson. Designed for students of English as a second language, the activity is appropriate for English-speaking students in elementary and middle school as well. The lesson includes a brief fable and four categories of related activities; vocabulary matching exercises, vocabulary completion exercises, multiple choice comprehension exercises, and written discussion exercises.
  • Provide a URL in place of a quote. Do you write a quote on the chalkboard each day, for students to reflect on and discuss? Instead of writing out the quote, provide students with the URL and have them locate the days quote themselves. Quote of the Day, Quotes of the Day, and Quote A Day are all excellent sources of funny, inspirational, or thought-provoking quotes.   Introduce a word of the day. Extend students vocabulary by including an online word of the day in opening activities, seatwork assignments, or language arts lessons. The Daily Buzzword at Word Central provides a word of the day and related activity appropriate for upper elementary students. Vocabulary Builder offers words and definitions for students in grades 4-6 and grades 6-9. The
  • Make history real. For many kids, history is only a subject in a book; one that's unrelated to real people, real events, or todays news. Personalize history lessons for those students by beginning each history lesson with a quick visit to Today in History or This Day in History.
  • Courtney Wildman on 29 Oct 13
     
    Various ways to incorporate technology in the classroom.
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  • Tony Rodriguez on 30 Oct 13
     
    This site would be useful to teachers because it explains how to integrate technology into the classroom and is helpful for teachers of all levels.
  • Naomi Stellpflug on 21 Sep 15
     
    I like this web page because it gives specific examples and links to other useful teaching sites that incorporate technology
  • westphala01 on 05 Oct 15
     
    As the school year kicks into gear, try these painless ways to incorporate technology into your teaching day.
  • Nathan Karraker on 15 Oct 15
     
    Education World is an insightful website that gives tips on how to use technology in the classroom. 
  • Michael Barrette on 28 Oct 15
     
    Integrating Technology in the Classroom: It Takes More Than Just Having Computers
  • Karlee Juedes on 08 Feb 16
     
    How to integrate technology into everyday classroom activities
  • erinjj96 on 25 Feb 16
     
    "For many teachers, a lack of personal experience with technology presents an additional challenge. In order to incorporate technology-based activities and projects into their curriculum, those teachers first must find the time to learn to use the tools and understand the terminology necessary for participation in those projects or activities"
Cynthia Martinez

Education World: Encouraging Teacher Technology Use - 0 views

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  • "The TRT's model lessons with kids, find online resources for teachers, show teachers how to use equipment, provide one-on-one training during planning time, and so on. Some schools have hired they're own full-time TRTs; others share one TRT among three or four schools. One reason the program has been so successful is that teachers don't have to go to after-school training sessions or figure out technology activities on their own. The TRTs find the teachers, ask what they're doing in their classroom, and work with them to integrate technology into existing lessons.
  • "I currently teach workshops on many subjects, including digital camera use, scanning, using the mobile lab, e-mail basics, and so on.
  • "Access to technology also makes its use easier," Tiffany noted. "Until computers are made available for most students, teachers cannot be expected to utilize technology-based activities. There are a lot of activities I would like to do, but I am unable to do so because of a lack of resources.
  • Taylor Dornik on 08 Apr 13
     
    This site explains how technology is useful in classrooms and what it can do to make things easier for teachers once they figure out how to use certain things.
  • Cynthia Martinez on 20 Feb 16
     
    This article pertains to the benefits of how and why to encourage the use of technology inside the classrooms!
Clayton Nelson

Students: Technology in the Classroom - 1 views

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  • Three advantages have been found regarding technology in the classroom including:  Educators should use technology in the classroom because its wide range of uses and forms has the potential to reach students of all learning styles, as well as be more efficient.  The interest and motivation that technology induces in students makes its usage in schools important.  Educators better prepare students for the future when using technology aimed at addressing each learning style.
  • "The creative use of these technologies has the potential to engage young people and instill an excitement about learning in ways that few traditional teaching aids and techniques seem capable of doing." They later mention that technological instruction helps students adapt to learning styles by providing a "self-paced... learning environment" that helps all learners to feel less threatened by new material. The simple fact that students exposed to technology will be more comfortable with it later in life is only one of the many reasons to use it in hopes of preparing the for the future.
  •  Improved attitude  Improved confidence   Improved writing skills when using technology in the classroom (2)
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  • Improve lectures Enhance the curriculum Provide visualization in a variety of formats Increase flexibility of presentations Share resources Enable demonstrations of complex concepts
  • Students watch less television  Improve problem-solving and critical thinking skills  Improve their writing and math skills  Improve their computer skills
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  • As an instructional tool, technology helps all students--including poor students and students with disabilities--master basic and advanced skills required for the world of work.  As an assessment tool, technology yields meaningful information, on demand, about students' progress and accomplishments and provides a medium for its storage.  As a motivational tool, technology positively impacts student attitudes toward learning, self-confidence, and self-esteem.   
  • Megan Love on 06 Nov 12
     
    Using computers to create presentations or instructional materials. Computers enhance student's learning and performance and increase their involvement.
  • Clayton Nelson on 27 Feb 14
     
    Technology in the classroom
Erika Ehlen

Elementary Teacher Technology Help - 0 views

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  • Erika Ehlen on 18 Oct 12
     
    By using this website this can help the teacher and students learn how to use their technology. This can be very useful in the classroom for everyone to figure out how to use the technology in that day and age.
Ellie Force

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

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Teachers Reviews of Technologies Student Input nytimes

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  • 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.
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  • 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.
Corrinne Valleskey

Anti-Social Networking: How do texting and social media affect our children? A panel di... - 0 views

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  • 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.
  • Corrinne Valleskey on 25 Oct 13
     
    How much time do children really spend using social media? This website explains the effects of social media on classroom engagement. 
Zach Vossekuil

The 6 Biggest Challenges Of Using Education Technology - Edudemic - 0 views

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

Twenty Everyday Ways to Model Technology Use for Students | Edutopia - 0 views

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  • #5. Use a document camera for sharing student work. #6. Skype with another teacher on campus in front of the classes. It's a fishbowl strategy of sorts that models video conferencing norms. Discuss the topic together. Share work in which you have pride. In no time, students will be able to videoconference with each other with similar poise. #7. Take a photo of an interesting location with your cell phone, email it to yourself, and use it the next day to help teach a concept: descriptive writing about a setting, for example. Show students you are thinking of their learning even outside of the classroom. After all, learning shouldn't end at the bell. #8. Be transparent with your Google searches. Use Google Advanced Search while on the LCD projector and use Think Aloud to share why you are using the keywords that you are using. #9. Look at the law on copyright infringement together as a class. Revise some multiple choice reading comprehension questions to assess their understanding of this vital informational text. Voila! Test prep that applies to the real world! #10. Present your lesson using a Powerpoint or a Prezi (2). Better yet, initially create it with input from the class so they can see how you assemble it. Now you're discussing content and methodology.
  • Matt Wolff on 27 Feb 14
     
    This talks about more real life examples given by the teacher. It helps the students get more of understanding what the teacher is saying.
Dorothy Moffat

How Teachers Are Using Technology at Home and in Their Classrooms | Pew Research Center... - 0 views

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  • OverviewA survey of teachers who instruct American middle and secondary school students finds that digital technologies have become central to their teaching and professionalization. At the same time, the internet, mobile phones, and social media have brought new challenges to teachers, and they report striking differences in access to the latest digital technologies between lower and higher income students and school districts. Asked about the impact of the internet and digital tools in their role as middle and high school educators, these teachers say the following about the overall impact on their teaching and their classroom work: 92% of these teachers say the internet has a “major impact” on their ability to access content, resources, and materials for their teaching 69% say the internet has a “major impact” on their ability to share ideas with other teachers 67% say the internet has a “major impact” on their ability to interact with parents and 57% say it has had such an impact on enabling their interaction with students The survey finds that digital tools are widely used in classrooms and assignments, and a majority of these teachers are satisfied with the support and resources they receive from their school in this area. However, it also indicates that teachers of the lowest income students face more challenges in bringing these tools to their classrooms: Mobile technology has become central to the learning process, with 73% of AP and NWP teachers saying that they and/or their students use their cell phones in the classroom or to complete assignments More than four in ten teachers report the use of e-readers (45%) and tablet computers (43%) in their classrooms or to complete assignments 62% say their school does a “good job” supporting teachers’ efforts to bring digital tools into the learning process, and 68% say their school provides formal training in this area Teachers of low income students, however, are much less likely than teachers of the highest income students to use tablet computers (37% v. 56%) or e-readers (41% v. 55%) in their classrooms and assignments Similarly, just over half (52%) of teachers of upper and upper-middle income students say their students use cell phones to look up information in class, compared with 35% of teachers of the lowest income students Just 15% of AP and NWP teachers whose students are from upper income households say their school is “behind the curve” in effectively using digital tools in the learning process; 39% who teach students from low income households describe their school as “behind the curve” 70% of teachers of the highest income students say their school does a “good job” providing the resources needed to bring digital tools into the classroom; the same is true of 50% of teachers working in low income areas Teachers of the lowest income students are more than twice as likely as teachers of the highest income students (56% v. 21%) to say that students’ lack of access to digital technologies is a “major challenge” to incorporating more digital tools into their teaching
  • Emily Zastrow on 23 Sep 13
     
    Explains how Teachers are using technology both at home and in school to improve learning experiences.
  • Dorothy Moffat on 03 Feb 14
     
    internet is making more and more of an aperinces in are every day lives.
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.
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      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.
Sydney Berg

Teacher Resources, Children's Books, Student Activities for Teachers | Scholastic.com - 0 views

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  • Sydney Berg on 09 Feb 15
     
    I think this website would be useful for teachers for many reasons. One reason I think would be useful for teachers is that it includes ideas of lesson plans, and other options of things you can use to lead a class. Another reason why I think this website would be helpful for teachers is that there is a "teacher store" where you can probably buy things that would be useful for your classroom!
Chloe Fiedler

Teaching With Technology In Your Classroom Ideas - 0 views

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  • aching With Technology
  • Teaching Tips Best Teacher Web Sites Teacher Articles Teacher Catalog Teacher Dictionary Teacher Forum Teacher Newsletter Teacher Timesavers Teacher Web Sites Teaching Tips Weekly Teacher Poll Email Newsletter Receive free lesson plans, printables, and worksheets by email: The Ultimate Teacher Resource - 50,000+ Printable Worksheets - Super Timesaver! View Now... Busy Teacher Forms - 600 Instant Forms - For All Grade Levels View Now... Te
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  • Chloe Fiedler on 13 Oct 12
     
    This would be useful for teachers to use because there are tons of ideas on Technology. Also, there are tips on how to use different technology. Teachers on this website have put there ideas up for other teachers to view.
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