technology making it work for you and your students
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Technology Making it Work for You and Your Students. Linda L. Jordan Co-Director. Digital Natives vs. Immigrants. Who is comfortable with technology? Who has had it as part of their life since birth? Students vs. Teachers. Why do we need to Change?. Shenzhen, China: 1975. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Technology Making it Work for You and Your Students
Linda L. JordanCo-Director
Digital Natives vs. Immigrants
• Who is comfortable with technology?
• Who has had it as part of their life since birth?
• Students vs. Teachers
Why do we need to Change?
Shenzhen, China: 1975
Shenzhen, China: Today
1980 - Fishing Village2008 -
Projection KeyboardProjection Keyboard
Projection Keyboard and ProjectorProjection Keyboard and Projector
1950’s School Building
1970’s School Building
2000’s School Building
Technology
• How will you use it as a teacher?
• What is available to you?
• How will you stay current?
Money Spent
• Math Blaster & Oregon Trail vs. technology as a teaching tool
Games Integrated into lessonsEntertainment LearningFun Information
Tool to help teach
Tools• Smart board• Document Camera• Elmo• Flip Camera• Video• i-movie/ PC Maker• Homework• Grading- Parent Portal, Infinite campus• i Pad
Safety
• Your Safety– http://www.anywho.com/
• Your Students Safety
• Cyber Bullying– http://www.netsmartz.org/index.aspx– http://www.ikeepsafe.org/
Social Networks
• My Space
• Linkened
• Create your own (voice thread)
Power Point
• Directions and how to do it wellhttp://www.actden.com/pp/
• Turning Point Technologies• Poll Everything
Uses of Technology in the Primary Classroom
• TuxPaintwww.tuxpaint.org
• Mathhttp://funbrain.com/funbrain/cashreg/
Using Technology in the Middle School Classroom
• Social Networkinghttp://voicethread.com/about/k12/
• Second Lifehttp://secondlife.com/?v=1.1
Web Site Information
November Learninghttp://novemberlearning.com/
Martin Luther Kinghttp://www.google.com/
Finding the Publisher of a web sitewww.easywhois.com
Great Web Site Examples
• United Streamingwww.unitedstreaming.com
• 4teachers.orghttp://www.4teachers.org
• Teacher Tubehttp://www.teachertube.com/
• Ideas and Resources for Teachershttp://www.sabine.k12.la.us/vrschool/intwebcl.htm
• Thinkfinityhttp://www.thinkfinity.org/
Great Web Site Examples Shorpy (old photos)
http://www.shorpy.com/
Weebly (create a website or blog)http://www.weebly.com
Glogster (poster maker)http://www.glogster.com/
Delicious (save websites, etc.)https://delicious.com/register?lo_action=save&next=http%3A%2F%2Fdelicious.com%2Fpost%3Flog%3Dout
Google Educator
http://www.google.com/educators/index.html
Googlehttp://www.google.com
iPad Apps
• Science Apps• Science 360• Human Anatomy• 3D cell• 3D Cell Stain• Mitosis• Xperica HD• 3D Brain• Power of Minus Ten• NASA• Leafsnap HD• SkyWeek• TWC• Star Rover• NASA Viz• AstroApp• Video Science• Peerson Feeder Birds• Star Walk• Anatomy• Jr. Anmated Atals• Netter Atlas• Modality Body• Math Apps• Math Bingo• Geometry Stash• IFormulas• HMH Fuse Algebra 1• Free Gaphin Calculator• GeoBoard• Math Board Addition• Wolfram Alpha• Simple Physics• Zoom• Magic Numbers• Geometry Basics• Factoring• Graphbook
• Social Studies Apps• Stack the States• Geo-Walk• 9?11 Memorial• American Presidents• Firenze• My Country• ubAlert• Disaster Alert• US Citizenship• Constitution• Social Studies Apps Cont.• USFlag• Truth About• CNN• Gogle Earth• Presidents• Puzzle Map• Country Flags• General Apps• Verbally• Lesson Plan• Teacher Pal• Common Core• Facetime• My Homework• Evernote• Tao (Translate It!)• Confer Lite• Bubbleshet• Merriam Dictionary• BrainPop• TED Talks• Brainstorm
English AppsPen UltimateScreen ChompSight Word BingoWords with FriendsStoryformPopplet LiteiBooksStoryKitA Novel IdeaPoetry CreatorNotes n MoreLiving LanguageDragon DictationSundry NotesiBrainstormShow Me BoardComic BuilderSSL
Live Scribe Pens
Other Technology
• Skype• Virtual Museums• Web Cams• Flip Cameras• i-movie• Other?
Technology
Use of twitter?
Use of social networks?
Use of cell phones?
What is yet to come?
Suggestions
• Try one new technology each week• Ask your students• Use what you have and the students have
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