All Blog Posts Tagged 'tools' (12)

My School--Clayton Ridge Community School District has a lazer focus for our Professional Development of increasing reading scores.  We have an early out every Wednesday at 2:20 and we work in our Professional Learning Communities on how to increase reading proficiency until 4:00.

My Professional Learning Community is Teacher Driven Professional Learning!~~Awesome!  Teachers decide what we need to learn and invite experts…

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“Do you like to go to school?”.... ‘NO’. “Do you like to study?”.... NO. “Do you like to sit with computers?”.... ‘YES’. A 5 or a 6-year old child will usually come up today with these answers. So, what do you think are the reasons for their NOs and their YESs? Well, the dog eared textbooks and the chalk dust have dominated the brick and mortar classrooms for generations. But now, technological developments are saying something else.…

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Educators are undoubtedly familiar with Bloom's Taxonomy and how it has impacted which activities teachers design for learning activities.Teachers are also keenly aware of how technology can impact and motivate student engagement. This graphic organizer brings the two together and gives teachers an "Easy button" when deciding which Web 2.0 tools to explore at each level of the taxonomy. As you design your lessons, consider this visual aid to help integrate technology into your day-to-day…

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In my last post I used the word “friended”.  After posting it, I thought what if some readers think I’ve made a huge grammatical blunder using “friend” as a verb. But then I thought, my readers don’t live under a rock. They must have heard this new techie vernacular. Which got me to thinking there’s so much tech talk out there, it’s difficult to keep up with it all.…

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Using web 2.0 in the class might come as second nature to some folks, but it's still new to many more.  I put together a guide to some of the more popular web 2.0 sites out there, give a short description, the link, and some practical ways teachers can use them in their class. Download and share with a friend!

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At the Bangkok Teachers Network Annual Conference 2010. I presented a workshop on online collaborative tools which can easily be

used in the classroom with emphasis on the primary age range. The

workshop was only a taster in these tools and teachers can take from it

what they find useful. The presentation as you will see requires the

reader to explore the sites and think of interesting and creative ways

the tools can be used. The presentation is available by… Continue

To view the show notes, click here.

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