How to Get Hesitant Teachers to Use Technology

In my consulting as well as administrative technology work, I am often asked the same questions by different schools and officials. One of the most common is: “How do you get teachers who are hesitant or resistant to use technology?” I am keenly aware that many of my colleagues are not, for various reasons, gung ho about educational technology. In my role as tech advocate, I habitually find myself trying to coax these established educators to use new tools and incorporate new methodologies. 1. If you’re working with veteran educators, this is especially important. Instead, try this: observe what they do in the classroom that’s made them successful and build out from there. 2. If teachers express a want or need for technology in the classroom (a particular browser, program, hardware, etc.) accommodate them! 3. Teachers respond better to other teachers who share their situation. 4. Teachers are not done at three o’clock. 5. 6. 7. I cannot emphasize this enough.

Padlet: now with the ability to download and print! What it is: Wallwisher has long been one of my go-to cool tools. Recently, Wallwisher got a bit of a facelift as well as a new name: Padlet. Padlet is a fantastic little web application that provides a virtual bulletin board of sorts. How to integrate Padlet into the classroom: Padlet can be used to create a flexible online space where students can create virtual posters, brainstorming boards, virtual project portfolios, and share learning with others. Padlet offers an exceptional opportunity for students to brainstorm, collaborate, and group ideas. Students could even use Padlet to create “bucket lists.” Padlet boards are SO versatile. Tips: See how others are using Padlet by visiting the new Padlet gallery. Leave a comment and tell us how you are using Padlet in your classroom. This blog post brought to you in association with MyFactorySchweiz

University Game Labs Emerging to Enhance Community Learning How students are learning at university game labs To think, there are still people who say gaming isn’t good for education; try saying that to universities with game labs. Gamification is a powerful tool that can make the educational experience not only more fun, but more effective as well. Because of the increasing number of successful game labs, more universities are looking to tap into the power of games to reap the rewards from social and interactive learning. The joy of gamification is that it isn’t specific to one subject, class size, or grade level – it’s seen anywhere from young kids to college students and everyone can benefit from it. Dr. Schrier continues: “A game lab could serve as a model for a hands-on, problem-based, and meaningful approach to learning. Different institutions have their own methods and reasons for combining gaming with education. Game labs can be beneficial for any field. title image via Nic McPhee. Save $150 on your ticket by using code GBLOG14 at checkout!

La protection des renseignements personnels en mode 2.0 Avec la croissance du Web et des médias sociaux, la protection de la vie privée est devenue un énorme défi. Les renseignements personnels des internautes se transmettent de plus en plus rapidement, en quantité de plus en plus importante et sont accessibles plus facilement. Des questions se posent ainsi sur le droit à la protection de la vie privée et des renseignements personnels. Protéger les renseignements personnels sur le Web : tout un défi! L'anonymat est difficile à préserver sur Internet. De nombreux sites Web demandent aux utilisateurs de partager des renseignements personnels lors de l'inscription ou d'un paiement en ligne. Comment les données sont-elles protégées? Les lois québécoises et canadiennes encadrent la transmission des données entre les organisations. En outre, les entreprises qui ne prennent pas les précautions suffisantes pour protéger les données personnelles des utilisateurs s'exposent à des poursuites. Sur le Web, quelles lois s'appliquent? Pour en savoir plus :

20 Ways To Make Professional Development More Effective “One goal of a staff meeting is to get teachers excited about teaching the next day.” Todd Whitaker As we near the Common Core implementation and more focus is placed on critical thinking and content literacy comprehension, administrators often ask how to best utilize their staff meeting time to promote best instructional practices. See Also: How Common Core Standards Mesh With Education Technology In years past, staff meetings have notoriously been used to collectively discuss the school fundraiser or to subject colleagues to “death by bullet point” presentations. Experience has taught us that spending precious staff meeting time reading what could have been sent out in a memo is a detrimental and wasteful practice that must end. How To Increase Collaboration, Focus on Best Practices, and Get Teachers Excited About Teaching Establish the idea that there is no room for negativity at a staff meeting-too much is at stake for negativity to hijack the group. Let’s Demand Curiosity.

50 Education Technology Tools Every Teacher Should Know About Steve is in the back, uploading your file We're sorry, but we could not find what you are looking for. Global Digital Citizen Foundation © 2015|terms & conditions|privacy policy narrative now Le cloud computing, l'informatique de demain ? Déjà lancés par Amazon, les services de stockage et de calcul en ligne pourraient révolutionner l'informatique d'entreprise d'ici à moins de cinq ans. Google et IBM sont sur le pont, et les DSI pourraient faire leurs valises. Qu'est ce que le cloud computing ? L' "informatique dans les nuages" est un concept apparu assez récemment, mais dont les prémices remontent à quelques années, notamment à la technologie des grilles de calcul, utilisée pour le calcul scientifique. Le cloud computing fait référence à l'utilisation de la mémoire et des capacités de calcul des ordinateurs et des serveurs répartis dans le monde entier, et liés par un réseau, tel Internet. Le cloud computing, un produit commercialisable ? Oui, cette technique est en passe de devenir un business. A l'image de la puissance électrique il y a un siècle, la puissance de calcul et de stockage de l'information serait proposée à la consommation par des compagnies spécialisées. Quels sont les avantages pour l'utilisateur ?

Twitter And Facebook Might Soon Replace Traditional Teacher Professional Development This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report's HechingerEd blog. Twitter and Facebook might soon replace traditional professional development for teachers. Instead of enduring hours-long workshops a few times a year, teachers could reach out to peers on the Internet in real time for advice on things like planning a lesson (or salvaging a lesson that's going wrong), overcoming classroom management problems, or helping students with disabilities. Or, at least, that's what a group of Internet-savvy educators who convened in New York City this week are hoping. "Being connected [through social-networking sites] is an opportunity for growth anytime, anywhere," said Steve Anderson, director of instructional technology for the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools in North Carolina, speaking yesterday at the second annual #140edu conference, a reference to Twitter's 140 character limit for tweets. "A teacher could be teaching a lesson on the Civil War.