photo © 2008 Scott Granneman | more info (via: Wylio)The web is overflowing with tools. On a daily basis new apps and programs are added to the list: tools that will help the user manipulate photos, make and share videos, and collaborate There are so many others uses that just thinking about them all makes [...]
Archive for April, 2011
The Web 2.0 programs and apps I use at school almost every day
Posted in Online Tools on April 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Friday Video: Invisible technology, visible learning
Posted in Movie/Video, Why Tech? on April 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I love the title of this video. This is definitely how classrooms and instruction need to be designed. Technology should be such a part of what goes on in school that the students don’t see it as a big event. Instead, technology should be the normal way for how learning happens. When this becomes the [...]
5 Ways for students to show the plot of a story using technology
Posted in Movie/Video, Online Tools on April 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Often, in English classes, students are asked to summarize the plot of a story. This is usually done in an essay format, and I think that there are definitely appropriate times for this. However, for a change in tempo, have students show the plot of a story using one of the following activities: 1. Make [...]
8 excuses for not using technology in the classroom
Posted in Why Tech? on April 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I have been thinking a lot lately about the reasons that teachers don’t use technology in the classroom. Yesterday I wrote about what keeps technology from being used, but then I started thinking about the excuses I hear from teachers and why they should never be used. There are no excuses for these excuses: 1. [...]
The “thing” that keeps more technology from getting into our schools
Posted in Why Tech? on April 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There are several reasons that we don’t have more technology in our schools. First and foremost, money seems to be one of the biggies. Computers, Smartboards, document cameras, and projectors cost a lot of money, but so do television sets, overhead projectors, and text books, all of those things that are currently in our schools. [...]
Use Fakebook as a guide for lesson in place of PowerPoint
Posted in Online Tools on April 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fakebook is a great way to present notes to students instead of using the dreaded PowerPoint. This week, I did some digging through Fakebook pages and came across a page on Josef Stalin. Instead of preparing notes on slides, this teacher created a fake wall page for Stalin including wall posts, video, and likes. What [...]
Essential video tool box for teachers: 6 tools for making videos with students
Posted in Movie/Video on April 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Video projects are one of the best activities a teacher can have students do. Making a video is a highly differentiated activity that force all students to think at the highest level possible. They teacher students to work in groups. They teach discipline. Most of all, they are just plain fun. Video projects are a [...]
Friday Video: The Independent Project
Posted in Why Tech? on April 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
WOW! There is not much more to say about this video, except it is a good way to spend 15 minutes on a Friday afternoon. If there is anything that will get you thinking about how to change the way you teach, this just might do it. Enjoy!
Teach students movie making basics in one hour
Posted in Online Tools, Why Tech? on April 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
photo © 2006 Michael Surran | more info (via: Wylio)Over the past few weeks, I have been working with a computer teacher in a 5th and 6th grade elementary. In this district, this is the last place where all students in the school go through a computer class. When students move on to middle and [...]
Video Tutorial: How to record with Audacity by COFA.online
Posted in Movie/Video, Online Tools on April 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There are videos and instructions on the web for how to do just about anything with a computer. There are lots of good videos but more that are bad. They either don’t show how to use an app clearly, the audio might be hard to hear, or the person talking may not quite know exactly [...]
