Find articles that will give ideas or up-date you on how technology is being used in education.
Is it better to take notes with technology or by hand? This article is written specifically about this subject. It also discusses some research done concerning the retention of students in deferent note taking categories.
Here is an article that lists some apps and talks about how they work. Some of the apps may help in your classroom some of them may not. Read through and see if they can help you.
This article is a great example of one-to-one management in schools. Instead of fearing the child’s ability with the iPad, find ways of benefiting the child with their ability with the devices.
The impact of digital tools on student writing
A survey of 2,462 Advanced Placement (AP) and National Writing Project (NWP) teachers finds that digital technologies are shaping student writing in myriad ways and have also become helpful tools for teaching writing to middle and high school students. These teachers see the internet and digital technologies such as social networking sites, cell phones and texting, generally facilitating teens’ personal expression and creativity, broadening the audience for their written material, and encouraging teens to write more often in more formats than may have been the case in prior generations. At the same time, they describe the unique challenges of teaching writing in the digital age, including the “creep” of informal style into formal writing assignments and the need to better educate students about issues such as plagiarism and fair use.
Cool Tools Are Fun, But Learning Should Come First
Technology can be really fun, and it can be a great help in classrooms, however be sure to put learning as most important. If the teacher and students are so focused on what is happening with the technology the point of education is being missed. The students and helping them learn should come first.
How Teachers Can Become Fluent In Classroom Technology
Teachers should make sure that they are fluent in the digital language before trying to speak with it. It is a big step to bring devices and other technology into the classroom, so before the step is taken, be sure to look where you step.
5 apps to keep parents and teachers connected
Here are some ideas on what apps there are that teachers, students and parents can stay up to date with each other through the school year. There are some apps in here that maybe you hadn’t thought of using for school/education before. Take a look!
The Transformational Potential of Flipped Classrooms
Everyone knows that the teacher understands the course material, but what about the student? This article illustrates the potential that the flipped classroom has for the student. Flipped classrooms have the potential to transform the students learning experience, making the course material take root much deeper than before.
Bridging the Digital Divide in Classrooms
As a teacher bridging the gap between how you understand things and how the students learn things can be difficult. Knowing how to use digital devices in the needed educational way could be the key. This article has some ideas and advice on how to bridge the digital divide.
2 Great techniques for the flipped classroom
Here are some great ideas for implementing the flipped classroom setting. What tools to use and what type of question to ask that will yield the best results.
Digital native, digital immigrant.
Marc Prensky delivers a great article about how students today are different than students 50 years ago. He shows how the mental make up is different today because of technology being readily accessible. This makes the learning style of the youth different than that of their parents. Give it a read!
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The Top Ways Digital Tools Transform Learning
Digital tools are transforming education. Technology has an increasing impact on a students learning, with the way they do school projects and find information. Adapt the way technology is used in the classroom and the change can be just what the students need.
Are iPads or Chromebooks Better for Schools?
Find out what schools are doing to involve technology with education. Efforts to get students devices for school has worked in some instances, and failed in others.
Flipped Classroom May Help Weaker STEM Students (Aug. 5, 2014)
What is a flipped classroom? This article shows what it is, how it works, and if it is worth pursuing for your classroom. Great examples of it in use, and the effect it has on retention and achievement of the class.
One to One
These two articles are showing the one-to-one idea for schools. They take different approaches, but together provide a more complete view of how one device per student can impact learning in schools.
Why Schools Must Move Beyond One-to-One Computing
What Does The Research Say About School One to One Computing Initiatives?
Fixing Detached Schools Via Tech (July 11, 2014)
The writer gives a basic over view of technology and social media, followed by a few ideas of how to use technology in education.
3-D Printing Becomes Accessible for High School Teachers (July 21, 2014)
Where does 3-D Printing fit into education? This article may lay the foundation for many ideas to use a 3-D printer in the classroom. The writer describes how a 3-D printer can influence young minds, and help bring designs to life, showing how the mathematics of a project are put to work.
Technology: A Catalyst for Teaching and Learning in the Classroom (2005)
This article is discussing the utility of technology in education and does a good job at showing how technology has been used and if it is worth while in the school setting. If a classroom, or school, is to use computers and other technology, the article discusses what things should be put in place first in order to have the greatest success and improvement in the learning experience and retention.
Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement (2005)
Statistics are given on how integrated technology and education has been in past years and present years. Also polls from students and their views of how technology influences the learning process are shown. Then research studies on the effectiveness of technology in education are presented.
Here is an article that lists some apps and talks about how they work. Some of the apps may help in your classroom some of them may not. Read through and see if they can help you.
This article is a great example of one-to-one management in schools. Instead of fearing the child’s ability with the iPad, find ways of benefiting the child with their ability with the devices.
The impact of digital tools on student writing
A survey of 2,462 Advanced Placement (AP) and National Writing Project (NWP) teachers finds that digital technologies are shaping student writing in myriad ways and have also become helpful tools for teaching writing to middle and high school students. These teachers see the internet and digital technologies such as social networking sites, cell phones and texting, generally facilitating teens’ personal expression and creativity, broadening the audience for their written material, and encouraging teens to write more often in more formats than may have been the case in prior generations. At the same time, they describe the unique challenges of teaching writing in the digital age, including the “creep” of informal style into formal writing assignments and the need to better educate students about issues such as plagiarism and fair use.
Cool Tools Are Fun, But Learning Should Come First
Technology can be really fun, and it can be a great help in classrooms, however be sure to put learning as most important. If the teacher and students are so focused on what is happening with the technology the point of education is being missed. The students and helping them learn should come first.
How Teachers Can Become Fluent In Classroom Technology
Teachers should make sure that they are fluent in the digital language before trying to speak with it. It is a big step to bring devices and other technology into the classroom, so before the step is taken, be sure to look where you step.
5 apps to keep parents and teachers connected
Here are some ideas on what apps there are that teachers, students and parents can stay up to date with each other through the school year. There are some apps in here that maybe you hadn’t thought of using for school/education before. Take a look!
The Transformational Potential of Flipped Classrooms
Everyone knows that the teacher understands the course material, but what about the student? This article illustrates the potential that the flipped classroom has for the student. Flipped classrooms have the potential to transform the students learning experience, making the course material take root much deeper than before.
Bridging the Digital Divide in Classrooms
As a teacher bridging the gap between how you understand things and how the students learn things can be difficult. Knowing how to use digital devices in the needed educational way could be the key. This article has some ideas and advice on how to bridge the digital divide.
2 Great techniques for the flipped classroom
Here are some great ideas for implementing the flipped classroom setting. What tools to use and what type of question to ask that will yield the best results.
Digital native, digital immigrant.
Marc Prensky delivers a great article about how students today are different than students 50 years ago. He shows how the mental make up is different today because of technology being readily accessible. This makes the learning style of the youth different than that of their parents. Give it a read!
part 1
Part 2
The Top Ways Digital Tools Transform Learning
Digital tools are transforming education. Technology has an increasing impact on a students learning, with the way they do school projects and find information. Adapt the way technology is used in the classroom and the change can be just what the students need.
Are iPads or Chromebooks Better for Schools?
Find out what schools are doing to involve technology with education. Efforts to get students devices for school has worked in some instances, and failed in others.
Flipped Classroom May Help Weaker STEM Students (Aug. 5, 2014)
What is a flipped classroom? This article shows what it is, how it works, and if it is worth pursuing for your classroom. Great examples of it in use, and the effect it has on retention and achievement of the class.
One to One
These two articles are showing the one-to-one idea for schools. They take different approaches, but together provide a more complete view of how one device per student can impact learning in schools.
Why Schools Must Move Beyond One-to-One Computing
What Does The Research Say About School One to One Computing Initiatives?
Fixing Detached Schools Via Tech (July 11, 2014)
The writer gives a basic over view of technology and social media, followed by a few ideas of how to use technology in education.
3-D Printing Becomes Accessible for High School Teachers (July 21, 2014)
Where does 3-D Printing fit into education? This article may lay the foundation for many ideas to use a 3-D printer in the classroom. The writer describes how a 3-D printer can influence young minds, and help bring designs to life, showing how the mathematics of a project are put to work.
Technology: A Catalyst for Teaching and Learning in the Classroom (2005)
This article is discussing the utility of technology in education and does a good job at showing how technology has been used and if it is worth while in the school setting. If a classroom, or school, is to use computers and other technology, the article discusses what things should be put in place first in order to have the greatest success and improvement in the learning experience and retention.
Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement (2005)
Statistics are given on how integrated technology and education has been in past years and present years. Also polls from students and their views of how technology influences the learning process are shown. Then research studies on the effectiveness of technology in education are presented.