All Discussions Tagged 'ed' - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T10:54:16Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=ed&feed=yes&xn_auth=no74% of Educators Support the Use of Technology in Schoolstag:www.classroom20.com,2013-02-25:649749:Topic:9147362013-02-25T18:23:20.480ZAngela Smithhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AngelaSmith
<p>According to a survey, 74% of educators support the use of technology in schools. What ed tech is essential to your classroom? <a href="http://owl.li/i22Y3">http://owl.li/i22Y3</a></p>
<p>According to a survey, 74% of educators support the use of technology in schools. What ed tech is essential to your classroom? <a href="http://owl.li/i22Y3">http://owl.li/i22Y3</a></p> How Can Ed Tech Help High Schools Focus on STEM?tag:www.classroom20.com,2013-02-20:649749:Topic:9138342013-02-20T20:32:06.491ZAngela Smithhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AngelaSmith
<p>President Obama wants high schools to focus on STEM. How can ed tech help schools work toward this goal? <a href="http://owl.li/hTEo1">http://owl.li/hTEo1</a> </p>
<p>President Obama wants high schools to focus on STEM. How can ed tech help schools work toward this goal? <a href="http://owl.li/hTEo1">http://owl.li/hTEo1</a> </p> Breaking out of the walled gardentag:www.classroom20.com,2012-04-05:649749:Topic:8248292012-04-05T17:52:24.918Zteresa.mackinnonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/teresamackinnon
<p><b>Your Name and Title</b>: Mrs Teresa Mackinnon</p>
<p><b>School, Library, or Organization Name</b>: Language Centre, University of Warwick</p>
<p><b>Area of the World from Which You Will Present</b>: UK</p>
<p><b>Language in Which You Will Present:</b> English</p>
<p><b>Target Audience(s):</b>Language teachers</p>
<p><b>Short Session Description (one line):</b> Breaking out of the walled garden – an account of creating a portal to foster best practice in language teaching and…</p>
<p><b>Your Name and Title</b>: Mrs Teresa Mackinnon</p>
<p><b>School, Library, or Organization Name</b>: Language Centre, University of Warwick</p>
<p><b>Area of the World from Which You Will Present</b>: UK</p>
<p><b>Language in Which You Will Present:</b> English</p>
<p><b>Target Audience(s):</b>Language teachers</p>
<p><b>Short Session Description (one line):</b> Breaking out of the walled garden – an account of creating a portal to foster best practice in language teaching and learning.</p>
<p><b>Full Session Description</b> (as long as you would like):</p>
<p>Classrooms can be exciting places, places where great teachers inspire young minds, modelling good learning behaviours and building the confidence of their young apprentices as they explore and navigate new areas of knowledge together. However, we also have to recognise that some classrooms can be uncomfortable places where transmission takes precedence over discovery, rigid roles and poor subject knowledge limit learner autonomy, where the curriculum is overly dominated by an unhelpful assessment regime. At the Language Centre (University of Warwick) I have been busy developing an online setting which reflects and supports the very best of classroom experiences for language learning whilst encouraging the development of a community of practice for our educators as they become more familiar with embedding blended learning opportunities into their practice. My aim is to mainstream change in the nature of language teaching for both learners and practitioners.</p>
<p><b>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session</b></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRi0dnSWfKI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRi0dnSWfKI</a></p>
<p><a href="http://youtu.be/Os9o-PdpSig">http://youtu.be/Os9o-PdpSig</a></p> Just-in-time support using free online toolstag:www.classroom20.com,2012-03-22:649749:Topic:8197422012-03-22T15:38:33.097ZNicole Naditzhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/NicoleNaditz
<p>Your Name and Title:</p>
<p> Nicole Naditz, French Teacher</p>
<p>School, Library, or Organization Name:</p>
<p> Bella Vista High School</p>
<p>Co-Presenter Name(s):</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</p>
<p> Sacramento, CA</p>
<p>Language in Which You Will Present:</p>
<p> English</p>
<p>Target Audience(s):</p>
<p> middle and high school teachers</p>
<p>Short Session Description (one line):</p>
<p> See examples of numerous free, online tools to provide…</p>
<p>Your Name and Title:</p>
<p> Nicole Naditz, French Teacher</p>
<p>School, Library, or Organization Name:</p>
<p> Bella Vista High School</p>
<p>Co-Presenter Name(s):</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</p>
<p> Sacramento, CA</p>
<p>Language in Which You Will Present:</p>
<p> English</p>
<p>Target Audience(s):</p>
<p> middle and high school teachers</p>
<p>Short Session Description (one line):</p>
<p> See examples of numerous free, online tools to provide just-in-time support for students, ranging form online practice with feedback to different methods to provide video tutorials.</p>
<p>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</p>
<p> In this session, we will see examples of tools that make it easy for students to practice anywhere anytime (particularly subject-specific vocabulary) as well as different ways to provide video tutorials, including doing so right from your iPad. Finally, we'll see examples of possible ways to use Facebook, Twitter, and other social media to support students' learning needs.</p>
<p>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</p>
<p><a href="http://facebook.com">http://facebook.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com">http://twitter.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.brainshark.com">http://www.brainshark.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.quizlet.com">http://www.quizlet.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.sanjuan.edu/webpages/nnaditz">http://www.sanjuan.edu/webpages/nnaditz</a></p> TECHNOLOGY in a self-contained classroomtag:www.classroom20.com,2011-08-25:649749:Topic:7250042011-08-25T18:29:38.138ZJoanne Maria Formisanohttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JoanneMariaFormisano
I am interested in learning how you incorporate tech into a K-1 self-contained room.
I am interested in learning how you incorporate tech into a K-1 self-contained room. Help with Ed Tech coursetag:www.classroom20.com,2011-01-20:649749:Topic:5847192011-01-20T11:31:06.556ZBen Daleyhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/BenDaley
<p>I am co-teaching a course in educational technology this spring and would love some suggestions.</p>
<p>The context: 35 students. About two thirds teach at High Tech High schools and the rest teach at other schools in San Diego. 2 are taking the course online from the Bay Area. These students are getting their preliminary teaching credential in all manner of subjects while teaching (mostly) full time in a classroom. The students are kind-of first year teachers, but many have experiences as…</p>
<p>I am co-teaching a course in educational technology this spring and would love some suggestions.</p>
<p>The context: 35 students. About two thirds teach at High Tech High schools and the rest teach at other schools in San Diego. 2 are taking the course online from the Bay Area. These students are getting their preliminary teaching credential in all manner of subjects while teaching (mostly) full time in a classroom. The students are kind-of first year teachers, but many have experiences as college instructors, as private school teachers, or in other educational roles. The class is in March and is 4 sessions of 3 hours each. I co-taught a 9 week long methods course to this cohort of students in the fall.</p>
<p>Some givens: We will ask the students for feedback on what they are interested in learning. We will have opportunities for student choice.</p>
<p>Please reply with comments around the following topics, or anything else.</p>
<p>1. Exemplars. If you have seen great syllabi, class websites, or student work-products that are great models, please point me in that direction. The funny and smart Matt Dunleavy from Radford University shared his <a href="http://www.radford.edu/mdunleavy/445/Syllabus.html" target="_blank">syllabus</a> with me. Others?</p>
<p>2. Goals. Ed schools are often critiqued for being all about abstract theories and for not providing teachers with practical advice for their classroom. At the High Tech High Graduate School of Education, we aim to strike the right balance of the how and the why. "Put-it-to-practice," coined by Melissa Daniels, is a strategy we often use where the "homework" for the course is to try something out in your classroom and report back on how it went. I know that many teachers are always eager for the "how," something "that helps me in my classroom tomorrow," so that is certainly a goal. I also think that there is something to the idea of exploring the "why," as in what arguments are educational technologists making about the nature of teaching and learning and how might technology help us transform our understanding of this? This is quite fuzzy for me, so suggestions about goals are appreciated.</p>
<p>3. Readings. Any books or articles you think would be particularly useful for our students?</p>
<p>4. Activities/tools. Any particular tools or activities that you think would be essential to "cover?" For example, I am thinking about having students make a <a href="http://www.icreatetoeducate.com/teachers" target="_blank">short stop animation film</a> so that they might then have their own students make their own films. This seems like an intriguing student product in which students can really explain their thinking. I need to make my own first to see how do-able this is and how long it would take.</p>
<p>All thoughts appreciated!</p>
<p>cross posted at <a href="http://blogs.hightechhigh.org/bendaley/2011/01/20/help/">http://blogs.hightechhigh.org/bendaley/2011/01/20/help/</a></p> K-5 Online Science Curriculatag:www.classroom20.com,2010-07-22:649749:Topic:4911792010-07-22T19:09:00.342ZMark Hammerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MarkHammer
Does anyone know any good K-5 online science curricula? There seems to be very little out there...Thanks.<br/>
Does anyone know any good K-5 online science curricula? There seems to be very little out there...Thanks.<br/> dataMetrics Wins Best in Tech 2010 Award from Scholastic Admininstrator!tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-17:649749:Topic:4719402010-05-17T14:02:30.428ZKimberly Hulberthttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/KimberlyHulbert
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">dataMetrics is proud to announce that we have won a Best In Tech for 2010 award for the category of Response to Intervention. …<br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"></br></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"/><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"/>To learn more about TestWiz: <a href="http://testwiz.com/products.aspx" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(135, 160, 60); text-decoration: underline;">http://testwiz.com/products.aspx</a> or e-mail us at<a href="mailto:help@testwiz.com" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(135, 160, 60); text-decoration: underline;">help@testwiz.com</a><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"/><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"/>Official anouncement: <a href="http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3754204" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(135, 160, 60); text-decoration: underline;">scholastic.com</a></span> 50 Best blogs for Teacherstag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-14:649749:Topic:4714262010-05-14T16:06:43.143ZAllie Freelandhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AllieGray
I wanted to share an article that I recently wrote about the best blogs for teachers: http://test-<a href="http://www.rasmussen.edu/student-life/blogs/main/50-blogs-for-teachers">www.rasmussen.edu/student-life/blogs/main/50-blogs-for-teachers</a><br/><br/>Hope you find it interesting, and let me know what you think!<br/><br/>Allie<br/>
I wanted to share an article that I recently wrote about the best blogs for teachers: http://test-<a href="http://www.rasmussen.edu/student-life/blogs/main/50-blogs-for-teachers">www.rasmussen.edu/student-life/blogs/main/50-blogs-for-teachers</a><br/><br/>Hope you find it interesting, and let me know what you think!<br/><br/>Allie<br/> New Curriculum Standards Coming in Ohio in Junetag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-13:649749:Topic:4712362010-05-13T16:58:38.622ZKimberly Hulberthttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/KimberlyHulbert
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">“Ohio's education chief assured state legislators yesterday that the Board of Education will meet next month's deadline for updating standards for English, math, social studies and science. Superintendent Deborah Delisle said the grade-by-grade blueprint will better prepare high-school graduates for college and get them ready to compete with their international peers. The new…</span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">“Ohio's education chief assured state legislators yesterday that the Board of Education will meet next month's deadline for updating standards for English, math, social studies and science. Superintendent Deborah Delisle said the grade-by-grade blueprint will better prepare high-school graduates for college and get them ready to compete with their international peers. The new standards are more rigorous than those used now and aim to give students a deeper understanding of the subjects they study, she said..."</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br/></span></div>
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