November 2011
144 posts
8 Ways Technology Is Improving Education
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Technology’s role in schools has evolved from a contained “computer class” into a tool that’s changing how we demonstrate concepts, assign projects and assess progress. Via mashable.com
Infographic: Next Steps in Mobile Learning |...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf This is an excellent graphic showing how to implement mobile learning at school - clear and defined. Via mobl21.com
13 Ways To Use iMovie In The Classroom
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Via edapps.ca
A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet: 24...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Via mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com
iPad - Why? How?
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Via ipadineducation.co.uk
The Cart and the Horse: Theory for Technology...
Via Scoop.it - Dynamic School Leadership Via mrkeenan.com
Should we be teaching knowledge or skills? | 21st...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf A head of English gets to the heart of the curriculum debate and shares his X Factor-based teaching resource on using solo taxonomy… Via scoop.it
3rd World Farmer: A simulation to make you think.
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf A free online game about rural poverty in developing nations. Via 3rdworldfarmer.com
Teens and Educational Technology, 5 Steps to...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Via mrkeenan.com
Educational Technology Guy: Why do schools still...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Via educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com
Spellathon
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf A superb site for a global spelling event where player can practise their spelling and compete against others from around the world. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English Via ictmagic.visibli.com
1001 Primary Games | ICTmagic
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf This is a great idea for a collaborative project - collecting games to play at primary school. Email your own game ideas and browse the activities already submitted. Via scoop.it
Pandamian
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf A superb site for a global spelling event where player can practise their spelling and compete against others from around the world. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English Via ictmagic.visibli.com
Bionic lenses to project emails
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Scientists say a new generation of contact lenses that project images in front of the eyes is a step closer after successful animal trials. Via bbc.co.uk
The 21st Century Principal: Top 10 Signs Your...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Via the21stcenturyprincipal.blogspot.com
Family Guide to Kids' High-Tech Toys
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf The holidays are traditionally the time for the big gifts that kids have been begging for all year. Stores and online retailers are gearing up for the… Via commonsensemedia.org
Moving Your Kindergarten into Web 2.0 with 5...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Via teachingvillage.org
Preparing and Supporting Teachers to Integrate...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf This post also appears in the current edition of the BC College of Teachers TC Magazine (here)
Never before have teachers faced challenges such as those created by continually evolving information… Via cultureofyes.ca
Creating Sound Policy for Digital Learning
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Creating Sound Policy for #Digital Learning http://t.co/mhcoZTdp | #edtech… Via edexcellence.net
Connecting the K-12 Classroom to the 21st Century...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Connecting the #K12 Classroom to the 21st Century: http://t.co/fqyNGWsU #edtech #edchat… Via dmlcentral.net
5 awesome alternatives to a traditional classroom...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Blogging is still an excellent educational activity for your students. It provides opportunities for them to develop writing skills as well as an outlet for creative thinking. Via h30411.www3.hp.com
9 web 2.0 sites to publish student work
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Publishing content online in eye-catching formats is easier than ever. Use these easy-to-use tools to publish, share and celebrate student work.
Students love to publish their projects online and share with their family and friends. Via h30411.www3.hp.com
Twitter Hashtags In The Classroom
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf RT @jrstrang: RT @golffyz: Twitter Hashtags In The Classroom http://t.co/s6yLO3N2 #edtech #elearning… Via georgecouros.ca
Engage Me!
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Pupils from Robin Hood primary school, Birmingham, worked with a film crew from the National College for School Leadership to express their desire to use the… ===> Gust MEES: this video is the BEST I ever have seen about 21st Century Learning and Teaching! Via youtube.com
Teaching Screenagers:Good Teaching Trumps Good...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf By William Ferriter My point—a lesson I learned from Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, one of my closest digital mentors—is that focusing on specific digital tools instead of on the instructional skills they’re designed to support often leads to poor technology integration. Students sitting in high-tech classrooms armed with interactive whiteboards, iPads, and handheld video...
EdTech for the Younger Ones? Not Without Trained...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Amid the agitation over childhood in the digital age, two visions are battling it out. Via huffingtonpost.com
10 ways to change the minds of tech-reluctant...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf In a recent Question of the Week, we asked our tech-savvy readers: “How do you get tech-reluctant teachers and administrators to use technology effectively?” Here are our readers’ top answers. Via eschoolnews.com
Beyond basic brainstorming: A process for better...
Via Scoop.it - Dynamic School Leadership Kevin Eikenberry is a expert on leadership development, author, speaker, trainer, consultant and coach. You can learn more about him and read more of his writing on his blog. You’ve been to those meetings. Via smartblogs.com
10 vital questions to ask before investing in...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf There are so many new technologies and devices appearing on the education market every day now that it can become very difficult to determine where to spend your money, if indeed you should spend it at all. Before you make your next investment, ask yourself the following questions: RT @briankotts: 10 vital questions to ask before investing in classroom technology...
21 Signs You’re a 21st Century Principal
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Are you a 21st Century Principal? Find out! Via dmantz7.visibli.com
Teacher Tap: Public Domain, Copyright Free, Open...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Many sources of free to use images for blogs and projects for you and your students. Via eduscapes.com
It's All About The Hashtag
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf If you remember, in my 3 part series on Twitter, I wrote about how I completely changed the way I do professional development on Twitter. Via edge.ascd.org
The 9 Attitudes of Leadership
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf One of lingering fallacies about business is believing that Jim Collins is right. Via personalbrandingblog.com
Turning Technology Invisible: The Missing Link in...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Via turningtechinvisible.blogspot.com
Family finds iPad a breakthrough for kids with...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Six-year-old Joshua Bruckner looked intently at the iPad on his
family’s kitchen table, playing a game of sorting colored beans
into colored jars. Via bozemandailychronicle.com
What happens when you give a class of 8 year old...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Via l4l.co.uk
Organize Your Teaching With Wikis
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf This is the fifth in a series on classroom management through wikis. Here are links for wikis I’ve created for grades K-5.
Kindergarten wiki
First grade wiki
Second grade wiki
Third Grade… Via askatechteacher.wordpress.com
iPads for Learning - 21 Steps to 1-to-1 Success
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf E booklet offering suggestions and advice on transitioning into a 1 to 1 device program. Via asp-uk.secure-zone.net
Is an 11-year-old digitally mature? According to...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf As a child of the 80s, I remember my pre-teen years as consisting of riding my bike, reading Archie and Asterix comic books, and spending a little time on the computer playing Where … Via thenextweb.com
60+ educational resources to teach yourself...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf This collection of links and applications highlights over 60 quality educational resources that are available on the web. Via blog.webdistortion.com
The Best Free Web Publishing Apps Compared:...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf Catchfree is a new free online service which allows you to easily check and compare the best free apps across a number of interest areas.
Here is a direct link to the web publishing apps showcase, where you can see and compare the best tools available out there to build a web site easily. The comparative table allows you to verify not only the user ratings and the...
Top 20 Must-Have Educational iPhone & iPad Apps...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf With the advent of the 2011/2012 school year, teachers who have access to mobile technology are scrambling to find the best education apps for the iPod Touch, iPad and iPhone. Via appolicious.com
Top 20 Must-Have Educational iPhone & iPad Apps...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf With the advent of the 2011/2012 school year, teachers who have access to mobile technology are scrambling to find the best education apps for the iPod Touch, iPad and iPhone. Via appolicious.com
Thinking About Learning:1:1 iPads in High Schools
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf #edtech Thinking About Learning:1:1 iPads in High Schools http://t.co/q5SvDmMM (@cyndidannerkuhn)… Via technologybitsbytesnibbles.info
Thinking About Learning:1:1 iPads in High Schools
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf #edtech Thinking About Learning:1:1 iPads in High Schools http://t.co/q5SvDmMM (@cyndidannerkuhn)… Via technologybitsbytesnibbles.info
100+ iPad Apps Perfect For High School | Edudemic
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf 100+ iPad Apps Perfect For High School http://t.co/2AFfqZnm #edtech #elearning… Via edudemic.com
What Makes Educational Technology Successful in...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf What makes some technology so compelling and transformational that it thrives in a school setting and others languish? Via readwriteweb.com
Making the Most out of Movies in the Classroom |...
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf RT @TeachHub: Check out these techniques to make movies a true #learning experience instead of lazy #teaching! Via teachhub.com
What’s a Connected Educator?
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf The idea of being connected in the Twentieth Century had a very different meaning than it does today. Back then being connected conjured up visions of pinstriped suits and shoulder holsters. Via tomwhitby.wordpress.com
Video Games as Interactive Texts
Via Scoop.it - EdTechConf #edtech #ESL These are my slides from my Ohio TESOL 2011 presentation titled “How to use videogames as interactive texts for language learning.” Comments are welcome. Via esltech.wordpress.com
