Want to get started using technology in the classroom? Here are five easy to use tools with ideas about how they can support learning. Blogging (WordPress and Blogger), YouTube, Screencasting (ScreenR and Explain Everything), Edmodo, Google Drive.
This free online SMART Technologies course follows on from our Introduction to Using Whiteboards course and goes into much more detail about the use of the Lesson Activity Toolkit and also gives the learner useful tips and techniques to help with editing and using the application. You will be shown examples of the different templates from image sequencing and matching to timelines and anagrams, and where there is flexibility in the use of an activity such as using the timeline for more than dates. This free online SMART Technologies course will be of great interest to teachers and trainers looking to make full use of the flexibility, interactivity and student participation allowed by an interactive whiteboard within the classroom or training room, and to all learners who would like to learn more about the functionality of interactive whiteboards within an educational setting.
Some great little guides here: 7 things you should know about... infographics, group texting, collaborative spaces, micro lectures, educational design research,