Although technology can certainly be useful in the classroom, some scientists argue that too much technology can do more harm than help. Here's one researcher's viewpoint. Check it out and decide for yourself.
This website is absolutely AMAZING in terms of technology resources for future teachers. They range from the simple to the most complex ways of incorporating technology into everyday lesson plans, as well as giving you categories to choose what types of technology you would like.
The official Department of Education website offers a plan for the integration of technology in the classroom. The mission of the OET is also described: providing leadership for maximizing technology's contribution to improving education at all levels. The website offers teaching resources as well as other online services and support.
This blog coincides nicely with the theme of our CI 335 class. It acknowledges that technology is changing the way we learn, and it aims to encourage educators, parents, and learners to embrace technology both inside and outside of the classroom.
This website gives advice for teachers who want to integrate technology into the classroom. Teachers share their opinion on different technology devices and use them in lesson plans.
This blog addresses how schools think throwing technology at students can make them better students, while I think that it as about teaching with it, not having it as a fall back.
This is a pretty opinionated blog that offers some interesting pieces on educational reform and innovative teaching practices, especially in regards to social media and 21st century technology.
This seems like a great web resource for teachers who are looking for ideas and news related to current education, including pages on lesson planning, professional development, technology integration, and more.
A great online resource that not only provides free lesson plans for teachers, but also offers teachers daily news and trivia, blogs on current issues, and information on new technological tools, all relating to education today.
This is a site which sets high goals for a future educational system that is collaborative on a global scale, up-to-date in current technology, and focused on the holistic growth of all children.
One of the questions/ problems with using technology in the classroom is the cost burden, and a way to obtain the necessary funding is through grants. This was a cool link that offers helpful advice for grant-writing.
This quick and easy comic shows us how easy we can incorporate comics into the classroom as a fun and inventive way for students to express themselves.
I like this example because it makes comic strips seem easy, something I always thought would be a challenge. This could be a great activity for high school or middle school students.
A TED talk from Sugata Mitra about education as a self-organizing process; includes information from some incredible social experiments with non-English speaking learners in India and elsewhere.
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