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"The absolute wrong way to deal with educational technology is to look at a tool and try to build a lesson around it. Teachers are amazing not because of the technology they have in their classroom, but because of the lessons they create." Informative quick-read article about how to best use technology for learning in the classroom.

Article that lists 7 great YouTube channels which provide a whole lot of science videos to use for learning. Most videos seem to be interactive, engaging, and right to the point. Good resources for finding ideas for in class experiments and videos that model proper procedures/techniques.

"how-to text on creating authentic tasks, rubrics, and standards for measuring and improving student learning."

Outstanding YouTube video of Dr. Helen Barrett talking about how and why ePortfolios promote "deep learning" and reflection within students. This is a must watch 20 minute video for anyone interested in using ePortfolios with their students/classes.

Click the link below to access more ePortfolio video resources from Dr. Helen Barrett: https://sites.google.com/site/k12eportfolios/schedule/lesson-1

Excellent article from Education Week. Explains the whys and hows of using group work to help students learn critical collaboration skills.

An excellent 2.5 minute video about how to use Google Docs effectively for learning. Teacher explains how her method of using the technology helps her teach writing and collaboration skills.

"Our comprehensive Curriculum is designed to empower students to think critically, behave safely, and participate responsibly in our digital world. From lesson plans, videos, student interactives, and assessments, to professional learning and family outreach materials, our turnkey Curriculum provides schools with everything they need to take a whole-community approach to digital citizenship."

Great article about how Smartphones can be productively and effectively used to promote learning.

Apps: Linear Program Plotter, Vernier Physics, DataAnalysis Teacher: Jennie Howell Jennie's used the iPads and several math specific apps with her Algebra 2 classes to graph linear programming models and find the equation of quadratic models. Read her documentation to learn more.

https://docs.google.com/a/riverdale.edu/document/d/1dlyX5YgMqc7ZYglgu5RXdrZ9zYkJX8DODa8TSwDpoLU/edit Click the above link to learn how all the Algebra II teachers are using iPads/apps to teach all sections of this course.

Apps: Camera, iMovie, and others Teacher: Debbie Wing Debbie describes a great learning experience her students had thanks to iPads and the iMovie App. Students captured and edited videos and then watched the videos and completed a self-evaluation of their work. Click to learn more! There's also additional information about other ways she and her students are using iPads in the LS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv6RNEjqvxc For more information about using iMovie on the iPad, click the link above created by Laurie Bartels at the LS (who also created the video right on her iPad using the iMovie app!).

Apps: iMovie, TouchCast, Glogster, SpeakerDJ Teachers: Annie Massie, Meg Krause Click here to learn how Annie and Meg use their iPads to plan instruction and develop a variety of creative, multimedia based learning experiences for their students. They've used iPads to create book trailers, ePortfolios, digital posters, and more.

Want to learn how your colleagues at the lower school are having their students create multimedia books, screen recordings, and written/photographic reflections of their work? Click the link to view their documentation. Teachers: Meg Krause and Annie Massie Apps Used: iMovie, Explain Everything, Educreations, Touchcast, Camera App, and Speaker DJ *links to the apps in the App Store are available in their documentation*

App: Book Creator Teachers: Leah Sills Book Creator is another awesome app students/teachers can use to create multimedia based content. Click the link below to learn how Leah used the app to have LS students create virtual books. https://docs.google.com/a/riverdale.edu/document/d/1W91TlpYyrVVEN4AZhin54xM9ph7H3NDOCg2GiIAeh7E/edit

A great list of iPad apps that can be used in a variety of science courses. Apps are broken down by specific science course and each includes a brief explanation of the apps features. There are also reference and productivity apps that can be used by students/teachers to learn content specific information and become more efficient in completing lab experiments (among other things).

Great article that outlines "a number of advanced tips to make finding, sorting, consuming, and creating content on the iPad easier and more efficient."

Google's "Teach Parents Tech" site, a great set of video resources for learning basic computer functions.

Boost reading and writing confidence. Offer support for Google Docs/web to students with learning difficulties, dyslexia or ELL/ESL.

Boost reading and writing confidence. Offer support for Google Docs/web to students with learning difficulties, dyslexia or ELL/ESL.

3 great tips on how to use Google Docs for teaching and learning.

A good article about how one college history professor used WikiSpaces to help his students become more engaged in the study of history and the writing process. With some modification for age/grade appropriateness this might be an interesting project idea for RCS history classes. This might also work well for learning in English classes (classes create Wikis based on novels/books read?). Key selections from the article: "Students did not agree on the merits of the wiki. Some were deeply offended when other students eliminated or modified their contributions. Others found the chance to pick apart other's words and conclusions exhilarating. Regardless, most students seemed to grasp the important lesson I hoped to share: that history is the conversation we have about the past. History is about the authorial choices scholars make. History is about the evidence included and the evidence excluded. By asking students to participate in a joint-writing exercise, they were compelled to pay attention to the language others used, the phrasings and structure employed, the anecdotes emphasized, the facts obscured." "The wiki, while not perfect, may help us change the way our students think about history. It may help them be more attentive to language and argument. Importantly, it may help them value civil discourse as a civic virtue."

A must read article for all teachers who are interested in making peer assessment and feedback part of their students learning. The author, a high school AP Language teacher, uses Google Drive (especially the forms option) wonderfully to prepare his students for the AP exam. The amount of feedback each student and the teacher receives on each writing assignment is pretty remarkable.