Ask these questions before using technology in the classroom By Scott McLeod and Julie Graber May 26th, 2015 Trudacot is a new question-based model for using classroom technology in support of learning goals We have a lot of technology floating around our classrooms these days. And while that can be, and is, a good thing given our digital age, we often find that our technology-related efforts aren’t paying off for us quite as we’d hoped. We still, for example, see a lot of replicative use—doing the same things that we used to do in analog classrooms, only with more expensive tools—and we see many teachers using technology simply for technology’s sake. Starting with purposeTechnology integration should be purposeful. That template is trudacot, a free protocol intended to help facilitate educator conversations about deeper learning, student agency, and technology integration. Next page: Questions for promoting student agency, authentic learning, and critical thinking
50 Interesting Ways To Use Skype In Your Classroom How To Use Vine In The Classroom 2.89K Views 0 Likes Students can quickly create their very own six-second videos for free. Here's a quick look at using Vine in the classroom for active learning. 10 Ways To Become A Better Online Learner 7.43K Views 0 Likes There are some quick and easy ways to become a better online learner. Educational technology Educational technology is the effective use of technological tools in learning. As a concept, it concerns an array of tools, such as media, machines and networking hardware, as well as considering theoretical perspectives for their effective application.[1][2] Educational technology includes numerous types of media that deliver text, audio, images, animation, and streaming video, and includes technology applications and processes such as audio or video tape, satellite TV, CD-ROM, and computer-based learning, as well as local intranet/extranet and web-based learning. Information and communication systems, whether free-standing or based on either local networks or the Internet in networked learning, underlie many e-learning processes.[6] Educational technology and e-learning can occur in or out of the classroom. Definition[edit] Scope[edit] Related terms[edit] Early 19th century abacus used in a Danish elementary school. History[edit] 19th century classroom, Auckland Cassandra B. Theory[edit]
10 Effective High-Tech Ways to Teach Writing Both high-tech innovations for learning and the inability of many American schoolchildren to write well have been major talking points in educational circles for quite some time, but oddly enough, one may offer a solution to helping remedy the other. There are a variety of tech tools and methods out there for teaching writing that can make the process easier and more fun for both teachers and students. While not every high-tech way of teaching writing will work for every class or every student, there’s enough variety that there’s bound to be something for everyone. Here, we offer just a few tech-focused ways to help students learn grammar, essay-writing, and, most importantly, why good writing is so important to their futures. Automated programs can give more feedback on student writing.
7 Cyberlearning Technologies Transforming Education | Aaron Dubrow The year was 1984 and in addition to the chalkboards and alphabet posters, our 2nd grade classroom was equipped with an odd, beige box at a table in the back behind the students. It was an Apple II computer and over the course of the year we'd learn how to operate it - mainly to make a turtle-shaped cursor shuttle across the screen. We would get dedicated time to interact with the computer and, through trial-and-error and with a few tips from our teachers, I and hundreds of thousands of other students across America learned how to turn a turtle into a rocket ship or fill the screen with colors using a computer programming language called Logo on a platform that had less computing power than today's microwaves. Apple Logo II splash screen - Photo credit: Apple2history Though they weren't called it at the time, these were among the first "cyberlearning" technologies available to kids. Then, as now, teachers weren't entirely sure what to do with these powerful, but inscrutable machines. 1.
The Complete Guide to The Use of Skype in Education Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has been diligently engaged over the last couple of weeks in writing a series of simple and easy to use guides to help teachers and educators better leverage the use of technology in education and empower them with the necessary tools to better carry out this task. What started as a simple guide on the use of social networking, expanded to be a series of similar guides covering blogging, personal learning networks, Evenote, Facebook and iPad in education. Our purpose is to give hand to both novice and experienced teachers in integrating technology within their classrooms. We are still working on several other guides which will be posted here intermittently and there will be a comprehesive ebook that will contain all these guides, so stay tuned. Today's guide is about Skype and here is the outline : What is Skype ? What is Skype ? What do I need to use Skype To use Skype you need to : Skype's Importance in Education Skype Tips for Teachers Webliography
«Free digital tools in Blooms This list is distinctive as the resources are a) free and b) almost exclusively browser based. The list is also sorted by Blooms, meaning you are able to more easily consider your student outcomes FIRST. There are a few exceptions. A number of resources listed offer ‘pro’ services, but are still particularly useful using the free services they offer. There are a couple of software downloads included. Notably, Jing and Audacity, which are free and powerful products in the classroom and I felt compelled to include them. Have a favourite that’s missing? Creating (Higher order thinking): Designing, constructing, planning, producing, inventing, devising, making) Applications: Evaluating (Higher order thinking: Checking, hypothesising, critiquing, experimenting, judging, testing, detecting, monitoring) Applications: Analysing (Higher order thinking: Comparing, organising, deconstructing, attributing, outlining, structuring, integrating) Blogging Software Bookmarking / Information Management Image
Sphero’s New Augmented Reality App Allows You To Walk A Beaver Around Your House Meet Sharky the Beaver, Sphero‘s first augmented reality character for their little robotic spheres. Over the past few months, Orbotix has been developing many new ways to use the toy. With this new app, the company is making its first step into the world of augmented reality. As a reminder, Sphero is a ball with an internal motor. Now they’re working on Augmented Reality with Sharky the Beaver. You can throw virtual cupcakes and the little beaver will run toward those cupcakes. Sharky is just the first augmented reality application, with new characters and games potentially coming soon. The problem with the SAMR model By Trevor Shaw April 27th, 2015 It’s easy to get hung up on the definitions. It isn’t hard to tell the difference between a use that is a simple substitution and one that is a redefinition. It is not always so easy to tell, however, whether a particular use of a collaborative tool is modification or merely augmentation. I firmly believe that it doesn’t much matter. It implies that redefinition is the ultimate goal. Most importantly, it says nothing about learning goals. Students should own their learningStudents should consume information critically and intentionallyStudent should communicate clearly and powerfully. While the SAMR model helps us to evaluate the magnitude of the changes brought about by our iPads, it is these three curricular goals that help guide us and ensure that such a change aligns with our stated goals about teaching and learning. We use the SAMR model effectively to make sure that our teachers are all making use of both sides of the swimming pool where appropriate.
Increase Student Engagement with Skype in the Classroom Pages Sunday, July 8, 2012 Increase Student Engagement with Skype in the Classroom Guest Post from Lisa Mims.It’s always amazing to me how educators, can grab hold of something that wasn’t developed with us in mind, and make it our own. There are so many ways to use Skype in your classroom, hopefully you will take advantage of at least one! at 1:23 PM Email ThisBlogThis! Labels: educational technology, Free Technology For Teachers, guest posts, Skype, skype in the classroom Links to this post Create a Link Newer PostOlder PostHome LinkWithin