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Technology Making it Work for You and Your Students. Linda L. Jordan Co-Director. Digital Natives vs. Immigrants. Who is comfortable with technology? Who has had it as part of their life since birth? Students vs. Teachers. Why do we need to Change?. Shenzhen, China: 1975.
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Technology Making it Work for You and Your Students Linda L. Jordan Co-Director
Digital Natives vs. Immigrants • Who is comfortable with technology? • Who has had it as part of their life since birth? • Students vs. Teachers
Shenzhen, China: Today 1980 - Fishing Village 2008 -
Technology • How will you use it as a teacher? • What is available to you? • How will you stay current?
Money Spent • Math Blaster & Oregon Trail vs. technology as a teaching tool Games Integrated into lessons EntertainmentLearning Fun Information Tool to help teach
Tools • Smart board • Document Camera • Elmo • Flip Camera • Video • i-movie/ PC Maker • Homework • Grading- Parent Portal, Infinite campus • i Pad
Safety • Your Safety • http://www.anywho.com/ • Your Students Safety • Cyber Bullying • http://www.netsmartz.org/index.aspx • http://www.ikeepsafe.org/
Social Networks • Facebook • My Space • Linkened • Create your own (voice thread)
Power Point • Directions and how to do it well http://www.actden.com/pp/ • Turning Point Technologies • Poll Everything
Uses of Technology in the Primary Classroom • TuxPaint www.tuxpaint.org • Math http://funbrain.com/funbrain/cashreg/
Using Technology in the Middle School Classroom • Social Networking http://voicethread.com/about/k12/ • Second Life http://secondlife.com/?v=1.1
Web Site Information November Learning http://novemberlearning.com/ Martin Luther King http://www.google.com/ Finding the Publisher of a web site www.easywhois.com
Great Web Site Examples • United Streaming www.unitedstreaming.com • 4teachers.org http://www.4teachers.org • Teacher Tube http://www.teachertube.com/ • Ideas and Resources for Teachers http://www.sabine.k12.la.us/vrschool/intwebcl.htm • Thinkfinity http://www.thinkfinity.org/
Great Web Site Examples Shorpy (old photos) http://www.shorpy.com/ Weebly (create a website or blog)http://www.weebly.com Glogster (poster maker)http://www.glogster.com/ Delicious (save websites, etc.) https://delicious.com/register?lo_action=save&next=http%3A%2F%2Fdelicious.com%2Fpost%3Flog%3Dout
Google Educator http://www.google.com/educators/index.html Google http://www.google.com
Science Apps Science 360 Human Anatomy 3D cell 3D Cell Stain Mitosis Xperica HD 3D Brain Power of Minus Ten NASA Leafsnap HD SkyWeek TWC Star Rover NASA Viz AstroApp Video Science Peerson Feeder Birds Star Walk Anatomy Jr. Anmated Atals Netter Atlas Modality Body Math Apps Math Bingo Geometry Stash IFormulas HMH Fuse Algebra 1 Free Gaphin Calculator GeoBoard Math Board Addition Wolfram Alpha Simple Physics Zoom Magic Numbers Geometry Basics Factoring Graphbook Social Studies Apps Stack the States Geo-Walk 9?11 Memorial American Presidents Firenze My Country ubAlert Disaster Alert US Citizenship Constitution Social Studies Apps Cont. USFlag Truth About CNN Gogle Earth Presidents Puzzle Map Country Flags General Apps Verbally Lesson Plan Teacher Pal Common Core Facetime My Homework Evernote Tao (Translate It!) Confer Lite Bubbleshet Merriam Dictionary BrainPop TED Talks Brainstorm iPad Apps English Apps Pen Ultimate Screen Chomp Sight Word Bingo Words with Friends Storyform Popplet Lite iBooks StoryKit A Novel Idea Poetry Creator Notes n More Living Language Dragon Dictation Sundry Notes iBrainstorm Show Me Board Comic Builder SSL
Other Technology • Skype • Virtual Museums • Web Cams • Flip Cameras • i-movie • Other?
Technology Use of twitter? Use of social networks? Use of cell phones? What is yet to come?
Suggestions • Try one new technology each week • Ask your students • Use what you have and the students have
Schools Exceeding Expectations April 26-28, 2012 Denver Colorado Model Teaching Week June 18-22, 2012 Huntington Indiana Summer Institute July 15-18, 2012 Lake Tahoe, California 253-815-8800 www.TheCenter4Learning.com
Linda L. JordanCo-Director CFEL Phone: 253-815-8800 E-mail: ljordan145@aol.com Tweet: @jordanneuro