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This article is about a school district that began using an LMS system for all instruction and assessment. The school saw drastic changes in the organization of teachers and classrooms, as teachers were able to use a single interface to assign work, assess students, post grades, and cater to blended learners. This will be helpful after we talk about LMS in class as a type of information management system.

This article is about a school district that began using an LMS system for all instruction and assessment. The school saw drastic changes in the organization of teachers and classrooms, as teachers were able to use a single interface to assign work, assess students, post grades, and cater to blended learners. This will be helpful after we talk about LMS in class as a type of information management system.

ISTE standards for teachers i.e. learners, leaders, designers, etc.

Using technology in the K-12 classroom has benefits for students and teachers alike. Find out how it engages active learners, facilitates collaboration, and helps teachers succeed.

This article gives 5 good reasons why technology should be used in a classroom, not only by teachers, but also by students. The 5 things are: engages students and creates active learners, encourages individual learning and active growth, facilitates peer evaluation, prepares students for the real world, and creates more engaged and successful teachers.

Think that integrating technology into the classroom will only distract students and marginalize educators? Think again. Since students are already interested and engaged in technology, teachers can harness that attention for educational purposes. Incorporating the internet, laptops, tablets and even smartphones into the curriculum has many benefits for teachers and students alike.

With this ed tech guide, teachers will find easy ways to use technology in the classroom.

This is a great article on 12 ways to use technology in the classroom

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List of different online resources for every type of learning and a description of what they do

List of different online resources for every type of learning and a description of what they do

This quiz shows you what kind of learner you are! Very helpful to teachers and students both.

"The Business of CTL is Learning; we help schools, districts, post-secondary institutions, and other learning organizations to reach and teach all learners. Louisville, KY · ctlonline.org" This twitter and the linked website are full of great tools and advice for learners.

Describes diverse teaching strategies for a wide array of students and gives classroom examples on how to address the issue.

I chose this article to help me understand what PBL actually is and how it contributes to student's learning in the classroom. Project-Based Learning (PBL) shifts classroom activity away from teacher-centered instruction and emphasizes student-centered projects where the teacher can build relationships with students by acting as their coach, facilitator, and co-learner.

This site is great because it is very organized. It is separated by category which makes it very easy to find exactly what you are looking for.

The apps recognized as Best Apps for Teaching & Learning are of exceptional value to inquiry-based teaching and learning as embodied in the AASL's Standards for the 21st-Century Learner. The apps foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration and are user friendly to encourage a community of learners to explore and discover.

This website gives teachers a look at certain apps and they are categorized so that they are easy to find. They also have links to a website that shows you more about the apps.

Used to help new learners of this technology on how to use it. Shows steps to creating a infographic.

This URL links to a video that explains how to support English Language Learners in project based learning which can be very beneficial.

Reading Rockets helps to better understand how to see all students as literacy learners and provides helpful activities.

Virtual Field trips are a fun and inexpensive way to explore a different place of the world! Whether is be going back in time, outer space, or visiting the wonder microscopic world! It provides many of the same benefits as a real life field trip would.

Welcome to our online learning community for Celebrate Oklahoma Voices presented by Story Chasers, Inc. (a nonprofit) and other partner organizations. COV is a statewide digital storytelling project empowering learners to become digital witnesses, archiving local oral history and sharing that history safely on the global stage of the Internet. Easy navigation with interesting videos and stories about native Oklahomans.

In this website related to evaluating resources, teachers can find tips/ideas on how to teach students to validate information and sources. Educators can offer this URL to students, and the learners can analyze what is required in authenticating information they find. For instance, the dimensions of critical analysis (relevance, accuracy, bias/perspective, and reliability) are clearly defined and explained. The teacher can then model examples of each dimension for children. Along with this and much more, questions to consider before using a source in your papers, etc. are identified.