Applying tech tools to meet classroom needs.
For the first 5 years of my teaching career I would save every file I collected or created onto a flash drive. I had to occassionally upgrade to a larger flash drive each year as I created more and more files. I backed these files up to my home computer every so often, but only…
Today I got to help out with the Language Arts department as they put on their annual Gatsby Party. They throw a “party” for their classes that are reading and studying standards using The Great Gatsby. They try their best to recreate what would be a party put on by Gatsby. This includes gaming rooms,…
One of the biggest changes that can take place with the integration of technology into the classroom is that there are so many more options for feedback from students and for students. Using various tools, we can create more opportunities for students to ask questions and for the teacher to be able to provide the…
As a teacher, I never envied the teachers who did large projects and had to lug around huge collections of binders as part of the final project. As a science teacher, I did not even like to haul around the science journals my students would turn in. Collecting resources and developing different parts of…
I am helping out this week in a classroom where the teacher wanted to do something other than the posters they had done in the past. We decided on allowing the students to choose what they use to do the project as long as it could be shared with others and met the contextual guidelines.…
A point that I have tried to make before is going to be made again, we have to look at ways of using technology beyond the basics. There are ways that we can use the technology to really help the learning in the classroom but it helps to not just look at a device being…
I am a big proponent of collaboration and any digital tool that allows collaboration to take place regardless of where or when everyone can use that tool. Using Google Docs with group projects seems like a no brainer and it has allowed me to let my students work with students who are not in the…
I think that an issue that many people have when viewing how to use technology use in the classroom is that they only look at the surface abilities of a tool. Take for example an Apple TV which can be connected to a projector or TV in the classroom. You can easily see that the…
*This is just a random number, did not feel like putting 1 there but also wanted to start a weird numbering sequence. While looking at action cameras the other day, think GoPro and the Sony Action Cam, I started thinking about how we could use these in education. If a gadget I buy can also…
At AHS we have a few teachers who were issued iPads to go along with some other tools in the classroom and many are still trying to find ways to make these tools more effective for the whole class. I think many would agree that we want to use focus on tools that have an…
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