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Technology Integration: Visuals and Questioning
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010. When I viewed these incredible photos. Of the Eyjafjallajokull eruption, I saw a perfect opportunity for teachers to share these visuals with students and allow students to generate their own questions. Frequently as educators, we generate and pose questions to students. In reality, we want our students to generate their own questions and seek understanding. Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog. Motivating Learners with Khan Academy – An Interview with Bonnie Murphy. Intera...
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Technology Integration: February 2010
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Sunday, February 28, 2010. What Technologies are Essential for Today's Classroom? Add your thoughts to this Wallwisher. PowerPoint and Other Presentations for Learning. Debra Pickering has a presentation that provides a background lesson on the war in Afghanistan. It is an excellent example of how to use PowerPoint for teaching. If you get an opportunity to see her presentation on this, I highly recommend it. Provides the "Cliff Notes" version of Multi-Media Learning. Cliff Atkinson. The most valuable im...
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Technology Integration: Blogs of Note
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Sunday, March 7, 2010. Showcase of exceptional sites from Blogger. The links below are blogs that caught my attention for older students. Is an excellent example of daily blogging for older students. The simplicity of the images and words are noteworthy. Is a sixteen year old girl blogging as she sails alone around the world. Is a daily blog of simple poetry. Blogs for elementary students and teachers:. Who Says Elementary Kids Can't Blog. Get Your Blog in Shape. Please share any examples you have.
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Technology Integration: Clickers in the Classroom
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Thursday, March 25, 2010. Clickers in the Classroom. When clickers become an integral part of instruction, it benefits all learners. However, clickers will only have this impact when they are used in conjunction with quality instructional strategies. The infamous Ferris Bueller's Day Off. On this link site are geared for university level teaching, but these same methods can be applied to k-12 teaching. Douglas Duncan's book, Clickers in the Classroom. Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog.
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Technology Integration: Edheads - Interactive Simulations
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Monday, March 8, 2010. Edheads - Interactive Simulations. Richard Mayer discusses the value of computerized simulations in education. Edheads. Has several science simulations including. The brain surgery simulation captured my eight year old's attention through the entire twenty minute simulation. It begins by explaining the need for brain surgery for a woman with Parkinson’s disease. The simulation requires the student to simulate everything from sterilizing the scalp to making incisions.
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Technology Integration: April 2010
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010. When I viewed these incredible photos. Of the Eyjafjallajokull eruption, I saw a perfect opportunity for teachers to share these visuals with students and allow students to generate their own questions. Frequently as educators, we generate and pose questions to students. In reality, we want our students to generate their own questions and seek understanding. Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Interactive Whiteboards and Clickers in the Classroom. Marzano Research Laboratory has an onlin...
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Technology Integration: Online Drawing Tools
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Saturday, March 13, 2010. I found this great list of online drawing tools. When considering options for a kindergarten solar system project. These sites provide an interesting way for students to create and share art work. Some of the tools are easier to use than. Have any of you used online drawing tools with your students? Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog. Motivating Learners with Khan Academy – An Interview with Bonnie Murphy. English Landing Elementary Professional Page.
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Technology Integration: PowerPoint and Other Presentations for Learning
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Sunday, February 28, 2010. PowerPoint and Other Presentations for Learning. Debra Pickering has a presentation that provides a background lesson on the war in Afghanistan. It is an excellent example of how to use PowerPoint for teaching. If you get an opportunity to see her presentation on this, I highly recommend it. Provides the "Cliff Notes" version of Multi-Media Learning. Cliff Atkinson. Let me know your thoughts. Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog. English Landing Elementary Professional Page.
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Technology Integration: March 2010
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Thursday, March 25, 2010. Clickers in the Classroom. When clickers become an integral part of instruction, it benefits all learners. However, clickers will only have this impact when they are used in conjunction with quality instructional strategies. The infamous Ferris Bueller's Day Off. On this link site are geared for university level teaching, but these same methods can be applied to k-12 teaching. Douglas Duncan's book, Clickers in the Classroom. Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Web 20 Tools for Schools.
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Technology Integration: Wikis in Education
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Saturday, March 6, 2010. Wikis are an excellent tool to have students work collaboratively on projects or to use as a classroom web site. Listed below are good examples of Wiki's in education. These examples are from WetPaint and Wikispaces, but any Wiki site can be used. Surrey Connect Science 8 Wikinotes. Each of the four module has a link to student projects. Many of these projects show how 8th grade students used different technologies to complete their projects that obviously had the same learni...