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For the 45 states who opted into Common Core, using technology in the classroom is no longer a choice-it's required. Common Core's Standards insist that for any student to be prepared for college and career requires they be digitally- and technologically savvy.

13 good reasons to give to someone who is fearful of technology to show that they ARE using technology.

Week 1 - Additional suggested video ["A video summary of the report is listed in the next section. Each year, NMC analyzes the potential of emerging technologies for K-12 education and predicts, for each type of technology (e.g., tablet computing, game-based learning, augmented reality), the time-to-adoption horizon, ranging from one to five years. These are very valuable reports for keeping up with emerging technologies" from MOOC Ed]

Week 1 Additional suggested reading: ["Each year, NMC analyzes the potential of emerging technologies for K-12 education and predicts, for each type of technology (e.g., tablet computing, game-based learning, augmented reality), the time-to-adoption horizon, ranging from one to five years. These are very valuable reports for keeping up with emerging technologies. A link to a short video summary is provided in the video resources section above" from MOOC Ed]

Week 6 - Recommended Readings "In his blog, Kelly Walsh provides a good, succinct summary of common flaws in educational technology implementations." from MOOC-Ed

Week 1 Additional suggested video: ["Edutopia provides profiles of technologically sophisticated students, with both a video and a written interview for each. The 10 students range in age from nine to 18. They are engaged in a of variety productive, creative uses of technology, including: producing videos; forming groups engaged in social activism; creating animations; writing blogs; and creating educational and other types of web sites. The link takes you to a menu where you can choose the profile of one or more students" from MOOC Ed]

Week 1 Additional suggested reading ["NY Times, Nov 1, 2012. This article raises concerns about the impact of technology on students' attention spans and ability to persevere on challenging tasks, and approaches the question about how much schools need to adjust to students and how much students can be expected to adjust to schools" from MOOC Ed]

With technology moving out of the lab and into the classroom, it's becoming a challenge for some teachers to infuse their teaching with tech tools such as websites, educational games, simulations, iPads, Chromebooks, GAFE, and other geeky devices that used to be the purview of a select group of nerdy teachers.

Thanks I saved this for myself. I like the ideas. They are something we should all have in mind as we work with teachers.

List of skills desired of a technologically proficient freshman

Website with resource links, loan form, events, technology maps, director of instructional technology's calendar.

Week 6 Recommended Reading "In a chapter from The Digital Classroom: How Technology is Changing the Way We Teach and Learn (Harvard Education Letter, 2000), Glenn Kleiman describes five myths that, as one of your MOOC-Ed leaders, he wishes were much more out of date now that we are more than a decade later" from MOOC-Ed

Technology resources by grade level

This is a great article on how educators can use the Internet to access free professional development in online spaces.

Essex County Educational Technology Training Center

Bergen County Educational Technology Training Center

This is an interesting article because it has links to many resources that will help a teacher get involved in different technologies.

"The U.S. National Gallery of Art hosts more than 25,000 images of famous and not-so-famous works of art." from Richard Byrne at Free Technology for Teachers.

The President is looking for feedback from students on STEM and to pitch an idea too http://tinyurl.com/rcanstemshare Thank you Mary-Alice for posting this on Edmodo!

Week 1 Additional suggested video resources: ["Edutopia Big Thinker Series. Dr. Gardner, the originator of the concept of multiple intelligences, discusses his thoughts about technology, education and ethics" from MOOC Ed]

Week 1 - Additional suggested video: ["In his trademark style, Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, walks viewers through the many ways digital technology can impact teaching and learning in a blended learning environment" from MOOC Ed]

Week 1 - Additional suggested video: ["Two national leaders, who helped write the 2010 National Education Technology Plan (listed in the printed resources below), discuss the plan, personalization of learning, new curriculum standards and assessments, and their insights about directions for digital learning. Excerpted from an interview with Glenn Kleiman from EpicEd.org" from MOOC Ed]