As 21st-century teachers, we are expected to help students master the technological tools they will use in college and the workplace. How can we best use limited resources to support learning and familiarize students with technology?
48 iPad Apps That College Students Love
Among these great apps, students will find help with everything from keeping homework organized to finding the perfect first date spot — and just about everything in between.
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2011/08/23/48-ipad-apps-that-college-students-love/…
Not ‘Natives’ & ‘Immigrants’ but ‘Visitors’ & ‘Residents’
Students cannot be usefully categorised as Digital Natives or Digital Immigrants. This distinction does not help guide the implementation of technologies it simply provides the excuse that “some people ‘just don’t get it’ which is why your new approach has …
Six Benefits to Project Based Learning and Technology Integration
Technology integration and project based learning are a perfect fit. Teachers can design learning experiences that incorporate the use of the computer to complete motivating projects. Project based learning offers numerous benefits to students. The 6 most important benefits to …
Instructor’s Guide to Process-Oriented Guided-Inquiry Learning
Process-Oriented Guided-Inquiry Learning (POGIL) is a classroom and laboratory technique that seeks to simultaneously teach content and key process skills such as the ability to think analytically and work effectively as part of a collaborative team.
http://pogil.org/uploads/media_items/pogil-instructor-s-guide-1.original.pdf…
Social websites are latest sources for plagiarized material
Plagiarism is going social, according toTurnitin.com, which found that one-third of plagiarized material in student papers can be traced to social networking, content sharing, or question-and-answer websites.
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/09/01/social-sites-are-latest-sources-for-plagiarized-material/…
100 Seriously Cool Classroom Blogs for Teaching Ideas & Inspiration
There are numerous teachers out there who are willing to share their expertise and classroom experiments with teachers young and old. Here are some great blogs that offer insights into what classes of kids are doing around the world as …
Technology Does Not Equal 21st Century Learning
Below you will find a chart that shows the difference between a 20th Century classroom and a 21st century classroom. As you go through the list I don’t think you will see the word technology once.
Flip Your Mind By Flipping Your Classroom
Knewton’s Flipped Classroom Infographic clearly shows how shifting in- and out-of-class emphases can make a huge difference.
http://www.haikulearning.com/blog/2011/09/flip-your-mind-by-flipping-your-classroom/…
Presentation of the Week: The Next Big Thing is Web 3.0. Catch It If You
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A Story About the Semantic Web
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Must-Have Apps for the Classroom
A great list of useful iPhone apps to be used in the classroom. Some of these apps have companion apps for the iPad which also function very well.
http://usatodayeducation.com/ctelounge/index.php/2011/08/the-blog-must-have-apps-for-the-classroom/…
Using Gmail, Calendar and Docs without an Internet connection
It’s inevitable that you’ll occasionally find yourself in situations when you don’t have an internet connection, like planes, trains and carpools. Gmail Offline is a Chrome Web Store app that’s intended for situations when you need to read, respond to, …
Effective Uses of Video in the Online Classroom
How fantastic would it be to take that bulleted list of text of learning objectives, put each bullet on a slide and do a quick audio narration that’s maybe 30 seconds in length for each learning objective? Take a look
… Video Supported Mathematics for Commerce
Matthew Marchant, a Math teacher at Dawson, observed many students struggling to follow explanations from beginning to end. In response to this, he created videos to present in his Calculus 2 course for Commerce. The story explains how he made …