by Scott Reeder
This article was pretty interesting to me simply because I ask this question alot as I am looking at research for my topic of classroom integration of technology, how we can do it well.
In the article the author asks several great questions such as when choosing devices for our classrooms, are we choosing them for content creation, content consumption or both. I think may of us in the classroom may not even think about why we choose a device initially, but tend to use them based on other people's use of new technologies.
Other great points the author made were, is it portable, does it have the mobility to be used anywhere or is it stuck in a certain spot in your classroom? What's it's life cycle? Will this technology be outdated in a year? How long will the components last? And when choosing applications, will our platforms run these applications or will we be upgrading year after year?
Article 2: 100 Ways Google Can Make You a Better Educator
by Tech Learning Intern
This blog posting on a technology and learning site summarized many ways in which technology, specifically Google can help educators better in the classroom.
The writer gave some great tips and summaries on how we can utilize Google in helping educate our students while getting them engaged by utilizing technology available...for FREE.
He went on to even categorize the many ways you can use Google. Some of the categories were General, Collaboration, News, Search, Communication, Organization, Maps, Books 7 Literature and Images.
This article provided me with a great overview of the many resources out there offered by Google. As we already are utilizing many of these, it was neat to see how many more there were and gave some ideas of how to use even more.
Article 3: Ten Free Project Based Learning Resources That Will Place Students At The Center Of Learning
by Michael Gorman
The article on Project based learning and placing students at the center was helpful in the fact that it gave me some clarity on how others are incorporating PBL into their lessons and classrooms as well as their school districts.
The article also provided several links to sites that utilize PBL and how they are being used.
Article 4: Using Instructional Websites to Differentiate
by Chris Alper-Leroux
Mr. Leroux in his article discussed how in the beginning teachers used to use websites merely as a novelty of sorts, we would maybe place a picture to introduce ourselves and maybe give some biography information and possibly our vitae, but websites were never being used as a place of instruction.
The article pointed out how teachers can utilize this technology in enhancing classroom learning by giving students a place that they can go for added instruction. This also gives teachers a place that they can provide several ways, or means of access to a variety of content. While we provide lots of content in our classrooms, we can also repost these on our sites as well as provide either audio or video clips that review or restate what was already gone over in the classroom.
He also pointed out that teachers can also use the websites to help co-teach or provide a teaming environment in which they can collaborate and even plan.
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