Ed Tech

H/T Edudemic.com During a visit to our 1:1 pilot team this week, I stopped into Ms. Strout’s English Language Arts classroom. […] The room was largely silent, save for the sound tapping keybo…

I’ve just discovered the ridiculously useful Remix-t and I cannot wait to share it with our teachers and students. Created by the Learning Technology Lab at the Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Notre Dame, the site presents a full-blown kit for inspiring media-rich, project-based instruction and suggestions for hours of engaging professional development. Designed for the […]

Because of the proliferation of new technologies, the younger generation today is outgrowing traditional forms of education – remember pencils, chalkboards, textbooks and graphing calculators? Whether we are in the car, on the train, at work, or in a classroom, mobile technology in particular is giving us the ability to learn on-the-go. See the infographic […]

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Part of the reason why knowledge gets neglected in English curricula and assessment is it gets marginalised in observations.   I have argued before on this blog that skills are being detached from …

The Use of Technology in Special Education Infographic With a considerable number of K12 students in special education programs throughout the U.S., teachers have found that the traditional use of textbooks and worksheets is often ineffective. The use of assistive technology - computer software, communication devices and tablets - is a new and innovative trend […]

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Digital storytelling began in the early 1990s when a group of media artists in San Francisco explored how personal narratives could be incorporated into technology. It involves combining recorded voice, images, and music to tell short, first-person stories. Digital storytelling gained popularity and its use expanded to education. By the late 1990s, it had reached "critical mass" as the annual workshops were in high demand nationally and internationally. While it is still a relatively new innovation, digital storytelling has the potential to engage students and help them learn if adopted widely by teachers.

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Beth Holland of EdTechTeacher considers the mechanics and benefits of flipping both an English and a science class, and suggests a variation on the flipped model for younger or less connected students.

The SAMR model (substitution, augmentation, modification, and redefinition) explores the impact of integrating technology on both teaching and learning. It attempts to outline a progression that educators follow in their journey towards redefining teaching and learning with technology. I’ve used this model as a guide to identify where a particular lesson or activity falls on […]

Using Google Docs to do so much more when teaching writing - things that fit quite nicely into my flipped, just-in-time, technology enabled classrooms.

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This review of recent surveys highlights some of the benefits and obstacles of using different kinds of technology in the classroom, but it also raises some great questions that have yet to be explored with thorough surveys.

Of the subjects I proposed in my previous post, Writing Workshop received the most #1 votes. Google Docs rubrics received more votes if you count #2 and #3+ votes, but since I technically didn&#821…

Over the past two weekends I have attended regional conferences where teachers that teach the sciences and that teach academically advanced students, gathered for professional development. On both...

My objective for using digital storytelling is to infuse technology into the teaching of reading and build students’ self esteem. The school’s resources includes one laptop and eight desktops and internet access. These are used for ten sessions each