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What's Your Favorite Transformative Tool of 2011? Dec 22 Written by: 12/22/2011 2:02 AM  As we near the end of 2011, I thought I would invite you to add to this post by linking and reflecting on the tools that have most transformed your classrooms this year.

he internet is a pedagogic engine, changing and shaping the way we learn. In this sense, we’ve had more pedagogic change in the last 10 years than in the last 1000 years – all driven by innovation in technology.

1. Asynchronous – the new default

2. Links – free from tyranny of linear learning

Yes, technology plays an important role in today’s classrooms. While the pace of change has accelerated, however, one constant remains the same: Good teachers are critical to delivering an effective learning experience

Technology can play a critical role—but only when the technology supports the approach, the teaching philosophy and the goals that educators, students and families have agreed matters the most.

And though the iPads have been in the building for only two months, an education revolution appears to be under way.

I actually do use Winthrop High School students are never far from their iPads, even using them during their lunch hours. A glance across the school cafeteria reveals iPads on almost every table. this for many academic purposes." Those include taking class notes and recording lecture audio in an app dubbed Evernote, using the iPad as planner and calendar, downloading and reading class materials in PDF form and writing papers.

These classes build your skills for implementing high-quality projects. You tailor the learning experience to your needs and interests. In each class, you build a foundation.

The class folder in Google Drive for the teacher and the student has the same name but is NOT the same folder. If a teacher adds files to the class folder in Google Drive, these files are NOT visible to the students.

Note that if you share the class folder, this has the SAME NAME as the class folder the “students” have. This may cause confusion. Rename your class folder and append “collaboration folder” to the folder name

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To build my own code literacy, I decided to take free classes through the online website Codecademy.com (3),