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Presentation from Upstate Technology Conference on June 13, 2012.
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Take Your Classroom from “Blah” to “Ah” with Just Two Websites!
…who are we???? Cathy Arnold Coordinator Instructional Technology Anderson School District 4 Crystal Decker 2nd Grade Teacher Mt. Lebanon Elementary School Anderson School District 4
Challenges with Technology in the Classroom • Having access to computers • Blocked Sites • Teaching students to use the technology • Monitoring the content while using technology • Managing the students while using technology • Lack of computer experience or typing skills
Managing Student Use • Arrangement of students • Groups • Alternative assignments • Rubric/directions or procedures in place
Some fav7’s I’ve used in class for research • George Washington Carver— http://fav7.com/M3221 • Ben Franklin— http://fav7.com/J3222 • Barack Obama— http://fav7.com/O3223 • Franklin D. Roosevelt— http://fav7.com/I3224 • Neil Armstrong— http://fav7.com/E3257 • Martin Luther King Jr.— http://fav7.com/Z3258 • Abe Lincoln— http://fav7.com/Y3259 • George Washington— http://fav7.com/H3260 • Albert Einstein— http://fav7.com/U3252 • Thomas Edison— http://fav7.com/I3251 • Alexander Graham Bell— http://fav7.com/S3250 • Thomas Jefferson— http://fav7.com/I3211 Gilbert Stuart [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg
Some fav7’s I’ve used in class (cont.) • Susan B. Anthony— http://fav7.com/C3225 • Pocahontas— http://fav7.com/Z3227 • Helen Keller— http://fav7.com/R3226 • Amelia Earhart— http://fav7.com/Q3261 • Harriet Tubman— http://fav7.com/C3210 • Rosa Parks—http://fav7.com/H3209 • Sacajawea—http://fav7.com/B3208 • Betsy Ross— http://fav7.com/N3262 http://e-archives.lib.purdue.edu
Center Use of fav7 fav7.com/Q2264