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Websites for Teachers

Websites for Teachers. Sharon Gray Instructional Technologist. http://www.augie.edu/dept/edtech/. Why bother?. Access to INFORMATION and RESOURCES Ability to ACCOMMODATE varied learning styles Opportunity to create ENGAGED learners. You’re teaching a “Gameboy” generation.

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Websites for Teachers

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  1. Websites for Teachers Sharon Gray Instructional Technologist http://www.augie.edu/dept/edtech/

  2. Why bother? • Access to INFORMATION and RESOURCES • Ability to ACCOMMODATE varied learning styles • Opportunity to create ENGAGED learners

  3. You’re teaching a “Gameboy” generation Technology is not a cure-all, but there will be an expectation of technology integration…

  4. Two basic types of technology integration... • Type I • “Make it easier, quicker, or otherwise more efficient to continue teaching the same things in the same ways we have always taught them.” • Type II • “Make available new and better ways of teaching.” (We’re aiming for “Type II”!)

  5. Technology can support learning by facilitating… EXPLORATION and ANALYSIS of information SIMULATION of events or processes VISUALIZATION of abstract concepts MANIPULATION of variables CONSTRUCTIONof knowledge * PRACTICEand drilling of skills

  6. How do I know what’s out there and how to use it?

  7. Professional development • Professional DevelopmentWebsites: • Merlot http://www.merlot.org/Home.po • Educator’s Reference Desk http://www.eduref.org/ • Conferences • T.I.E. http://www.tie.net/ • Technology + Leadership + Learning http://www.nsba.org/t+l/ • Educause http://www.educause.edu/ • Magazines and Journals: • T.H.E. http://www.thejournal.com/FREE subscription! • Instructor resource guides at educational websites • http://www.scholastic.com/ • http://www.learner.org/jnorth/ • http://webquest.sdsu.edu/

  8. Now let’s go on a virtual field trip to some fun (and educational) Websites…

  9. (for kids) (apps) Paradigm Online Writing Assistant Sharon Gray’s Website The Biography Maker

  10. But the Web is not all there is… • Biomechanics software and digital video help PE students learn correct movements • Digital microscopecameras allow entire classes to view the same microscopic image • Electronic“smartboards” as projection screens allow teachers to run software demos and capture whiteboard images

  11. Educational Software “Shall we teach with a game?”

  12. Finally… While information does not equal knowledgeand technology is not a “cure-all”, thoughtful, meaningful, and authentic integration of technology and information resources can enhance learning and lead to development of knowledge.

  13. http://www.brainbashers.com/games.asp http://www.exploratorium.edu/ http://edc.usgs.gov/ http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/ http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/OChem/DEMOS/dihedral.html http://psylux.psych.tu-dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%20Material/www.illusionworks.com/html/hall_of_illusions.html http://www.wikipedia.org/ http://www.licmef.com/mindwareBiomechanicsSystem.html http://www.scopetronix.com/microgall.htm http://www.smarttech.com/products/smartboard/index.asp Webliography

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