Oct
17
Thanks
to my colleagues who steered me in the direction of this TED talk by
Sugata Mitra. I am inspired by Sugata who
thinks outside the box, asks the big questions and whose imagination
renders him unafraid to envision a different future and be willing to do
the ground work to set it in motion.
May
09
Re-envisioning Modern Pedagogy: Educators as Curators from Corinne Weisgerber
Thanks to Corinne Weisberger for sharing this visionary model of what teachers of today can provide for their students. There is certainly a substantial time and energy commitment up front but the payoff in preparing ourselves and our students for innovations that come daily is well worth the effort. The 8 step approach simplifies the many and overlapping thought processes that accompany the beginning of resource creation. The idea of information coming to you is appealing and critical for time-challenged educators.
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Thanks to Corinne Weisberger for sharing this visionary model of what teachers of today can provide for their students. There is certainly a substantial time and energy commitment up front but the payoff in preparing ourselves and our students for innovations that come daily is well worth the effort. The 8 step approach simplifies the many and overlapping thought processes that accompany the beginning of resource creation. The idea of information coming to you is appealing and critical for time-challenged educators.
May
07
Educanvas is perfect for the flipped classroom; students can view the material at home and deepen their understanding by discussions in class.
Found via: Free Technology for Teachers
Apr
23
The idea of creating a network of colleagues to collaborate (PLN) can make the task of providing our students with the widest range of tools possible less daunting. Stay tuned as the research and testing continues!
Resource shared by: B. Estabrook, Teacher-Librarian extraordinaire.
Resource provided by the University of Alberta
Apr
23
This concept highlights how quickly the meaning of being literate is changing.
My interest in and focus on this concept was stimulated by one of our Teacher-Librarians whose role has dramatically expanded from focusing on literacy, the ability to read, write and interact to transliteracy, which includes so much more. It is exciting and reassuring to know that in Yukon our Teacher-Librarians are working hard to incorporate new technologies into the daily lives of their students.
Mar
27
"Symbaloo is a visually based tool for managing and sharing links to websites and online sources. It gives the teacher the opportunity to curate collections of relevant links for students." ~ edidaktik
The simplicity of this tool is one of its great strengths.
Creat a bookmark webmix to share with your stuents.
Mar
15
Students will enjoy creating and sharing their projects with this intuitive tool and the result is a beautiful page that can be shared with the class.
As always students focus on privacy in the information they share.
Sriking.ly
Found via: Free Technology for Teachers
Mar
04
Meograph is a digital storytelling tool that allows you to create interactive stories using 4 dimensions.
The appeal of this Web 2.0 tool is its simplicity in combining maps, timeline, links, and multimedia to tell stories in context of where and when.
Check out Meograph's Education page that features examples of Meograph in the classroom.
Check out Meograph's Education page that features examples of Meograph in the classroom.
Feb
11
Images would work well as writing prompts.
Remember to credit the photographer if it is sited.
Found via TeachersFirst
Feb
08
Two things I like - the iPhone and Scientific American combine in this interesting infographic to depict the meeting place of science and technology, specifically how elements in the periodic table find their way into your iPhone to make it "light, bright and loud".
Digging for Rare Earths: The Mines Where iPhones Are Born
Found via Free Technology for Teachers
Feb
04
Nanoogo’s digital canvas allows students to have fun while working on assignments.
Found via: TeachersFirst
Jan
16
Richard Byrne, author of Free Technology for Teachers shared this collaborative presentation that was started by Donna Baumbach. It makes a good starting point for integration of ThingLink into the classroom.
Jan
16
It is an excellent tool for students to share information related to a topic they have been researching and would work well for collaborative projects.
ThingLink Toolkit found via ThngLink Education on Twitter
Jan
14
Jan
08
What's going to happen in 2013?
Browse BBC Future's Tomorrow's World infographic to see what the future might hold according to predictions from thinkers, scientists and pundits - and the odds of them happening.
Pundit - A person that publicly expresses their opinions or comments on a topic on which they consider themselves an expert.
Jan
08
Zoom.it an online tool for viewing and sharing high-resolution imagery. Zoom.it converts your image to the Deep Zoom format, which lets you smoothly and efficiently explore the whole image, no matter how large.
Jan
07
The focus of 60 in 60: Inspiring Apps by Ray Birks and Aaron Hansen is how to engage and enrich students and teachers with technology.
With the landscape of technology tools rapidly changing, lists of apps recommended for educators is a welcome find. Students and teachers can explore and create together.
Found via: Free Technology for TeacherFree Technology for Teachers
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