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Smart Boards and Education I have learned so much in this class about how to integrate technology into my classroom. I am not normally a person that is technologu savvy, but I definitely plan on implementing a lot of the things that I learned in this coming school year. Melissa Gipson

Instructional Video on using podcasts in the classroom. Melissa Gipson media type="youtube" key="H290n6N-Lpc" height="349" width="425"

Ten tips on technology use in the classroom. Melissa Gipson media type="youtube" key="xiisteObuhk" height="349" width="425"

Here's a good video on integration technology software into special education classrooms. Melissa Gipson media type="youtube" key="678wQkin_fY" height="349" width="425"

http://youtu.be/Vj-XCUIbbcE-facebook used for teaching Melanie

http://youtu.be/ZxrlrbP4UNo--Social networking Melanie

Melanie Johnson

I have really learned a lot about technology, There is information I have learned that I can use personally and in my future career plans.

http://youtu.be/4OxIz_3o3O0 Twitter in the classroom.---Melanie Johnson

Message From Dr. Berning: I want to thank you all for your participation is this Wiki for this semester. I have learned a great deal from your posts. It is true: "We sharpen one another" Take time to read through this semester and past semester wikis--there is a wealth of ideas.

I think this would be a great read for everyone in the class. It covers many of the topics and gives specific technology used. [] K. Coleman

Twitter Tutorial so that you can use it in your classroom from assignments and such... GARET FEIMSTER media type="youtube" key="4YGp4cWdndc" height="349" width="425"

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 * Melissa Gipson August 5, 2011**
 * The Reading Department at my school purchased IPADS last year. I wondered how they could be used within the classroom. I found a good video on how a 3rd grade teacher uses them to help her students read more fluently.**
 * Amy Osborn, August ﻿5, 2011**

A lot of us have posted ideas about how technology can help parents become involved in their children's education. There are many families that don't have access to a computer at home. Here is a really good article about families in Miami-Dade with children who qualify for free or reduced-price school lunches can sign up for low-cost, high-speed internet access, buy a computer at a discount, and take free digital literacy training.

[|Help in Miami-Dade]

Susan Clegg August 4, 2011
====My son Sam has taught me so much about technology. He is will be a university senior this fall and is on his way to becoming an elementary teacher. He showed me this site about how to "Gamify" education. It such a simple idea, it's amazing. I've been wracking my brains to try to figure out how to make class more motivating, how to encourage effort in a thinking curriculum.====

The online magazine is written by game developers. Why didn't I think of this before?
media type="custom" key="10115887" In thinking about Appropriate Technology Use, I couldn't help to think about the many teachers that have every desire to utilize technology in their classrooms but simply do not have the training to put what is already available to use. This video gives an overview of a web site that is designed and maintained by educators from around the world that offers professional development and has free resouces for teachers to improve their students' and own technology skills.
 * Cheryl Parkman**
 * Teaching with Technology- Different topics teachers could use.**
 * M. Torres**

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The professional development web site can be accessed through the following link: []

I found a company that is one of the contributors to the Texas Virtual School Network. The company's name is K12. They are applying many of the technologies that we have discussed in class, in the disruptive ways that we have learned.
 * Annuar Ortiz**

Click on this link to see a video of how the science team is working on a hybrid curriculum: [|K12 Science Curriculum]

Here is a slideshow I found online which focuses on best practices for the effective use of technology. By the way, slideshare.net (found out about this site last semester) has a bunch of other awesome stuff. If you have a chance sometime check it out. []
 * Ryan Harris**

kenisha spears when I found this picture it brought me back to a software that I found for my tech plan for the special education population. Not only did the software "The Dragon" help students with learning disabilities it also helped students with physical disabilities. The program helps them by letting the child speak what they want to include in the writing composition and the computer writes it as the child speaks it. Letting the child concentrate on the composition not the physical writing.

This is an interesting article I received from someone about a course offered at Marian University that teaches students how to use and implement the iPad in the classroom. The course is offered to graduate students, but it is becoming more popular with K-12 professionals for use in their classrooms. Teachers are using multiple apps to education the classroom. There is even a quote about a teacher using "Angry Birds" to teach physics. Good article. [|Teaching with the iPad]
 * Amy Osborn**

I found a video podcast on the Greene County Schools website (referenced in the module three case study) discussing their technology integration and use of podcasting in the classroom. I will provide a link to the site as the video is not embedded and I do not yet know how to post it here. On the Greene County website, scroll over the Curriculum pull down menu and select Video Podcast. The quicktime video should then download. [|Green County Schools Website]
 * James Jones**

This is a simple video I found on Teacher tube that highlights the multiple intelligences one by one and suggests practical applications of those intelligences using instructional technology.
 * James Jones**

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Here is a very moving video that I found that I thought best described the information that I have read.

Gil Baber

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Here is a glance at the Technology Rich Classrooms in Kansas that were in the case study in Module 3. Pretty amazing- great success stories (bright spots) too. Kristin Ellis EDAD 5550media type="youtube" key="Iu99aC8YK4Y" height="349" width="425"

I found this video interesting in that there is a company out there that allows other companies to test new technology, software, and programs at its own facility. This allows for the customer-company to not have to interrupt its own day-to-day operations or jeopardize infecting its own hardware and still find the pros and cons of new technology. This is, however, geared at private industries. I wonder if there is anything like this out there for the education sector... http://youtu.be/2DvcipnT8qE

7/27/11 From: Ivan Cedillo Dr. Berning's video of the 21st century teacher got me looking for a video on the 21st century leaner. We know what teachers want to be able to do. Let's take a look at what students want to be able to do as well. Do they match?

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7/26/11 From: Sharonn I loved the picture of the students working on a project. []

7/25/11 From Nicole Childs: Two interesting articles relevant to our studies, from USA Today.

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= Web restriction draw ire of some educators = Book banning has long been a controversial issue in the nation's schools. Now some educators say banned websites pose as great a threat to kids' education and intellectual freedom. Filtering software and school rules designed to keep out violence and pornography are also blocking key educational and otherwise useful sites, teachers say, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube — not to mention Google and //National Geographic//. Most recently: •New York City's Department of Education blocked [|Google Images] last month for what it called "objectionable content" but later left it up to schools whether to allow itThe Pinellas County (Fla.) School Board in June voted unanimously to block teachers from communicating with students via Facebook or Twitter, even about school-related matters. The school board said it hopes to prevent the appearance of inappropriate contact between students and teachers via social media. This fall, a handful of schools and libraries across the [|USA] plan to celebrate Banned Sites Day to draw attention to the issue, according to New Canaan (Conn.) High School librarian Michelle Luhtala. The day was her idea. She says the same issues of censorship, fear and free speech that make banned books resonate also apply to social-networking sites that most public schools block. "Teaching with social media shows students how to responsibly use those platforms," Luhtala says. "Blocking access in schools denies kids the chance to practice sharing their knowledge with the real world in a supervised setting." Many schools use "brute force" tools that block good educational sites, says Karen Cator, the U.S. Department of Education's director of educational technology. Cator says she has urged schools to use more sophisticated, updated software and to educate themselves on the actual filtering rules, which are less restrictive than many educators believe. "The Internet is not going away," she says. Along with social networking, many schools block teachers' personal e-mail and seemingly harmless sites. In a survey for the education website MindShift, Editor Tina Barseghian found that teachers at some schools couldn't access //National Geographic// or Flickr, as well as the video- conferencing site Skype.

= Social media finds place in classroom = Among educators, Eric Sheninger is something of a social networking hero. The principal of New Milford (N.J.) High School has nearly 12,300 Twitter followers (his handle: @NMHS_Principal). He and his teachers use Facebook to communicate with students and parents, and students use it to plan events. In class, teachers routinely ask kids to power up their cellphones to respond to classroom polls and quizzes. Rather than ban cellphones, Sheninger calls them "mobile learning devices." He replaced the school's "static, boring" website with what has become a heavily used Facebook page, and his teachers encourage students to research, write, edit, perform and publish their work online. Sheninger is one of a growing number of educators who don't just tolerate social networking in school — he encourages it, often for educational purposes. He says sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube — long banned and roundly derided by many peers — actually push kids to do better work and pay attention to important issues such as audience, quality research and copyright laws."The Internet as we know it //is// the 21st century," he says. "It is what these students have known their whole lives. They're connected, they're creating, they're discussing, they're collaborating." He and others say working online also pushes education beyond the confines of school, allowing kids to broaden discussion of their work. And it forces them to do "authentic" work that gets tested out in the real world, as outside viewers see it and respond to it. **Challenging a new generation** "Being literate in 2011 means being digitally literate," says Chris Lehmann, principal of Science Leadership Academy, a public high school in Philadelphia that has been using social media since it opened in 2006. Sheninger and others also say it is naïve to think that kids raised online will respond to school the same way as previous generations. "Kids are coming to us bored, disconnected, and it's a challenge for us to figure out how to leverage the tools inherent in the real-time Web," he says. The [|American Library Association] encourages schools and libraries to think twice before keeping kids off social media, saying such prohibition "does not teach safe behavior and leaves youth without the necessary knowledge and skills to protect their privacy or engage in responsible speech." Their policy statement on the topic says that instead of restricting access, librarians and teachers "should educate minors to participate responsibly, ethically and safely." Federal regulations have long kept most popular social networking sites off-limits, since school districts that receive federal E-rate funds to wire schools to the Internet must block material that's obscene or "harmful to minors." But as more educators discover the virtues of social networking sites, they're using a variety of approaches to get around the rules: Often they ask kids to access the sites at home or on mobile devices; sometimes they tweak in-school Internet filters to allow blocked sites that they find appropriate (the regulations allow schools to make this call). Still others simply look the other way when kids inevitably find a way around the filters. Karen Cator, the U.S. Department of Education's director of educational technology, says it's important to find a good middle ground. "The Internet is not going away," she says. "We need to do everything we can to make it safe and really a wonderful place for children." **Providing structure, guidance** Perhaps the biggest objection to widespread use of social sites is the likelihood that kids will encounter irrelevant or even offensive material — a fear that many teachers say is overblown. While the Web can seem like "a sea of pornography and idiots," says James Lerman, the author of several books on educational technology, schools must help students figure out how to navigate it so they "can get to the good stuff" that's applicable to school. "We as educators need to do a better job of advertising and sharing the meaningful work done with social media," says Matt Levinson of Marin Country Day School in Corte Madera, Calif. He writes about the struggles schools face using social media in his 2010 book, //From Fear to Facebook.// "If you keep it out, kids are creating their own cultures in this space with no guidance from adults — and that's not responsible." The other big misconception: that schools with open Web access are simply letting kids "play freely as if there's no structure," says Lisa Highfill, a 5th-grade teacher in Pleasanton, Calif. A longtime devotee of YouTube — she used it recently to show her Oakland-area students videos of tornadoes and mudslides — Highfill says she chooses videos in advance. "I don't just search in front of the kids," says Highfill, who also uses a YouTube add-on that strips "related videos" off the right-hand side of the page. She admits that even with careful planning, learning online carries risks. But the risks shouldn't be overstated. "When we go on a field trip, when we go anywhere," she says, "we warn (students) of the dangers of where we're going."

I found this very interesting. I discovered that my friends kid will be getting and eReader for her 5th grade son this fall.
** West Virginia asks counties to plan for electronic textbooks ** State taking a two-year hiatus on buying social studies textbooks as it prepares for a shift to digital resources
 * From staff and wire reports ** Read more by [|staff and wire service reports]

The West Virginia Board of Education has suggested that all schools in the state start taking steps toward electronic textbooks and dependable ed-tech infrastructure for the future, state education department spokeswoman Liza Cordeiro said. The state board of education recently implemented a two-year hiatus on the purchase of social studies textbooks, Cordeiro said. The money allocated for the books, roughly $36 million, instead will be spent on ed-tech infrastructure upgrades. In encouraging a move toward electronic textbooks, West Virginia joins other states such as Florida, Texas, and Indiana. Florida schools are preparing for a state-mandated shift from print to digital textbooks by 2015. Florida, Indiana, and Louisiana are among states that have added Discovery Education’s TechBook, a digital textbook for teaching K-8 science, to their list of approved core curriculum resources for this fall. And Texas recently passed a law that lets districts use state textbook money to buy digital materials. Complying with West Virginia’s suggestion, though Cordeiro said it is not a mandate, Monongalia County Schools will not purchase any new social studies textbooks this year, Superintendent Frank Devono said. Last year, the district’s Suncrest Middle School received a two-year, roughly $500,000 grant from the state to implement a more personalized and [|interactive learning] experience for its students by using educational technology, said Monongalia County Schools Technology Director Nancy Napolillo. Last year, the school’s students traded their pens and paper for digital workstations that were made available, Napolillo said. “The students are ready for this,” she said. Napolillo anticipates a “large number” of laptops to be purchased before the end of 2012 for student use in Monongalia County, but she couldn’t provide more details. There is no state law that forces schools to buy digital textbooks; however, several years ago, the state Legislature updated the definition of textbooks to include “digital instructional materials,” Cordeiro said. Monongalia County, however, is not ready to make the transition at full speed. Napolillo said that none of the county’s schools have the ability to support an entire student body on one wireless network. Suncrest Middle School students will continue using laptops and other educational technology during the upcoming school year. Students might even take laptops with them from class to class. However, the ed-tech initiative faces some opposition. Monongalia County Board of Education President Barbara Parsons said she has concerns not with the idea itself, but its implementation. “There are a lot of people worried about what you do for the people who may not have a laptop or computer or even internet access,” she said. “Who is going to buy the children laptops?” Devono echoed Parson’s concerns, saying, “We definitely don’t want to assign students work on a computer if they don’t have one at home.” He said the biggest challenge would be making sure everyone has equal access to the technology. “This is the challenge that not only this county faces, but other school districts all over the country, too,” he said. Parsons said because the program is in the “infancy” stage, there is no policy to deal with issues such as a student losing a laptop. Some Monongalia County parents said they support the idea of electronic textbooks, but they do not want to see traditional textbooks done away with. Danny Protzman, parent of South Middle School student Paige Protzman, 12, said making a push toward educational technology is a good idea, but keeping traditional textbooks is important. “Computers and the internet aren’t always reliable,” he said. “[Students] need to have the books too, because you never know.” Paige, who would be affected more directly by electronic textbooks, said simply, “I like books better.” Kathy Grimes, of Morgantown, W.Va., who home schools her three children, said there is a place for both new technology and traditional teaching materials. “The power can go out, the internet can go down, and in that case, you could just open a book up,” she said. “But what happens if you don’t have textbooks anymore?” Removing traditional textbooks all together is not the state’s plan at this point. “In no way have we said ‘stop using traditional textbooks.’ They will still be there,” Cordeiro said. With careful planning and effective execution, the program could bring great opportunities to Monongalia County students, Devono said. // Copyright (c) 2011, The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va., and eSchool Media. eSchool News editors contributed to this report. To see more of The Dominion Post or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to //[|//http://www.dominionpost.com///]//. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. // []?


 * Yolanda Cleveland 7/22/11**

===[]I thought this was a great way (using technology) my district went over Acceptable Use Policies with the students district-wide. This is the elementary video- there is one for secondary students as well.===

Google SketchUp for 3D Modeling in Schools - Erin M.
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I love how other schools are already networking together with technology for student. media type="youtube" key="HCwS3-S6tq4" height="349" width="425" Yolanda Cleveland 7/18/11

OSBORN EDAD - This video shows teacher Nicole Hoang's classroom in Toronto. She uses technology in the class to teach her students math. Not just solving problems on paper, but how to take what they have learned and apply it to real-world problems. She shows them how math is used everyday. media type="youtube" key="FTIQoHIpACA" height="349" width="560"

Menifield EDAD 5302...technology intergration



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Susan Clegg July 17, 2011 10:21 pm
====After reading the chapters in //Disrupting Class// I started wondering about applications that could help some of the deaf students in my class. When the state mandated that the TAKS-M scores be aggregated our faculty collectively groaned. My school serves students from the Regional Day School for the Deaf as well as hearing students. Students who have parents who sign at home usually can perform comparatively to their hearing classmates. Unfortunately, only about 25% of the parents of deaf children sign.====

====The other 75% of the students struggle along trying to acquire a first language, ASL, during school hours with teachers who usually are not native speakers of sign, and who may only be proficient in signed English, which is not actually a language. A limited first language pretty much equals low cognitive ability. It was not totally unexpected that our state standing would drop from Exemplary to merely Acceptable due to these students' aggregated scores.====

These students and their parents are non-consumers of rich ASL instruction. It made me wonder what applications are in place that they could use right now. This is what I found:
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====The mother in this clip is one of the outstanding parents in that 25% who actually takes time to learn to sign. She also speaks English, something many of the non-signing parents cannot do. Those parents would have to be given smart phones to use at home, and have two translation programs, one for Spanish to English and then to ASL. The interactive program for the child actually looked more promising as a tool for getting the students to learn a first language.====

====I think the principles listed in //Disrupting Class// are right on the mark with this example. The technology offered is not as good as a highly qualified interpreter would be, however, since there is no alternative at home, learning signs on a smart phone would be better than nothing. It is certainly cheaper and more convenient than paying for a tutor or having to drive to a class.====

This article is from eschoolnews.com. It is a web site that addresses education issues. I found the article very interesting. Here is the link to the page but I also included the article. []?
 * Posted By: Yolanda Cleveland**

** Research: 3D content can help improve learning ** Boulder Valley School District sees benefits to 3D lessons, including stronger student engagement and better retention In one of the first significant studies of the effects of three-dimensional content on K-12 instruction, Colorado’s Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) found that the use of 3D content helped increase student engagement and led to better achievement in some cases—with the lowest-performing students seeing the greatest benefits. Through a pilot project called “BVS3D,” Boulder Valley teachers used stereoscopic 3D content in eight classrooms within four schools during the 2010-11 school year. The test sites included fourth-grade science and math classes at Douglass Elementary School, middle school science at Casey Middle School, high school science (including Advanced Placement Biology) at Monarch High School, and middle school social studies, math, and science in a special-needs context at Halcyon Middle-High School, a day treatment and educational facility for students with behavioral problems. Content providers included DesignMate, JTM Concepts, Cyber Anatomy, and Amazing Interactives. BVSD partnered with Regis University in Denver to evaluate the results of the pilot project, and a formal report is expected next month. Len Scrogan, director of instructional technology for the district, shared the district’s early observations during the InfoComm 2011 conference in Orlando last week. A few findings stood out across all test sites, Scrogan said: • ** Higher levels of student engagement **. BVSD observed three phenomena that suggested students were more interested in the content, he said: increased attention to the subject matter (focus), longer sustained focus on difficult materials (attention span), and better student behavior, as defined by fewer disruptions per lesson (classroom discipline). • ** Favorable reaction by students **. In a survey of high school students involved in the pilot, 76 percent said they preferred learning in 3D over traditional methods. Elementary, middle school, and special-education feedback was similarly positive, Scrogan said. • ** Greater student clarity in understanding abstract concepts **. “It provided a better visualization than the textbook,” said one student, referring to 3D renderings of cellular structures in biology. Another student said, “It was easier for me to picture it and understand the structure,” while a third said: “These 3D videos do help me learn [the content] easier, especially because I’m a visual learner. Seeing what is going on is much more helpful than just talking about it. … Because it’s in 3D, it’s literally in front of you.” In terms of [|student achievement], fourth graders who previously had struggled in math experienced two-and-a-half times the gains on informal post-test measures than other students, suggesting that 3D lessons might help close persistent achievement gaps, Scrogan said. And the AP Biology teacher saw an 11-percent achievement bump in the essay portion of a test on cell parts and active/passive transport, he said—although there was no significant difference in how students answered multiple-choice questions. Scrogan believes students who have experienced 3D lessons are retaining the information longer, even after they’ve taken a test on the subject. Student surveys have revealed a phenomenon that he calls “mental reconstruction,” in which “kids are rebuilding the learning in their mind,” sometimes weeks after seeing the concepts depicted in three dimensions. He also said teachers have reported a high degree of what he calls “learning replay,” in which students are shown a lesson in 3D, and they ask: “Can we see that again?” Students want to see another facet of the image that they didn’t catch before, Scrogan explained, adding: “You don’t get that with other forms of multimedia in schools.” Perhaps the most encouraging findings occurred at Halcyon Middle-High School, BVSD’s day-treatment facility, where students often have trouble sitting through a 40-minute class period. “Our special-education population was able to maintain interest in the content for a full 40 minutes, which is extremely rare,” Scrogan said. “Forty minutes of uninterrupted science instruction with no behavioral incidents … is significant. This really pulls kids in and prevents distraction.”
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Jonathan Tejera - 7/17/11 9:30pm I found great videos on students using the ipod and ipad in the classroom. First is a link from apple, __ [|improving literacy with the ipod touch] __ and second is a video of students using it to reread, record and reflect. I think these are great examples of using technology in the classroom.media type="youtube" key="DntAbEah6k4" height="349" width="425" ---﻿ media type="youtube" key="4q67qGAytH0" height="349" width="425" I have attended many trainings for technology and have been awarded an IPOD touch for classroom use. I am always looking for ways to integrate technology in my classroom. Barbara D. Edad 5302

Flatworld Knowledge is a company that provides "open" textbooks - they are **__ free __** to read online and low-priced to print. They can be customized by the professor. I thought this was an appropriate link to share given the material covered in Chapter 5. This could be game changing for college students spending so much money on textbooks. Here's an excerpt from their site:

"We preserve the best of the old - books by leading experts, rigorously reviewed and developed to the highest standards. **Then we flip it //all// on its head**. Our books are **free** online. We offer **convenient, low-cost choices** for students – print-on-demand softcovers, audio books and chapters, self-print options, and more. Our books are **open** for instructors to modify and make their own (for their own course — not for anybody else's). Our books are the hub of a **social learning network** where students learn from the book //and// each other.

Flat World Knowledge. //Because great minds are evenly distributed. Great textbooks are not. Until Now//."

[] -Elizabeth R. 7/17/11

DEBORAH OWEN 7/17/11

Mrs. Ball's GT class from Wetmore Elementary School in NEISD San Antonio TX taught a district staff development class for teachers in the district. The class featured instruction on Animoto, Voicethread, and Weebly. This was a great day for the students and teachers. Not too long, but it'll work.

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Thought this was funny because we have have experienced this at one level or another... G.Feimster

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Module 5 really got me looking into my schools computer use policies and here is a site I found while looking for some more information on computer use policies in schools. [|www.justice.gov/criminal/cybercrime/rules/acceptable**UsePolicy**.htm] Ryan Harris

Summer Class 2011.

Conversation Builder is a wonderful ipad application for elementary aged students to promote learning of conversational skills. media type="youtube" key="gJw03l_mXec" height="349" width="425"

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 * I thought this video was interesting because it looks at the student's point of view. Young children use technology in their everyday lives, and how can we expect toteach them without being well versed in technology as well. - K. Coleman**
 * I found a great video on the use of cell phones as classroom computers. Senta Wilson EDAD 5302 UTA 7/15/11**
 * James Jones-EDAD 5550 5W2**
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 * Homemade Whiteboard Technology**


 * Note-I added this post the homepage, but since Summer 2011 is the first page to come up upon entering the Wiki, I will post here to make sure everybody sees it.

I used this technology in my classroom last year. It takes a certain amount of tech adeptness to get started (It's not as simple as he makes it sound), but for those who do take the time, it is useful and convenient. I experienced the Trough of Disillusionment as I was trying to use it everyday, but when I noticed it was wearing out its welcome, I scaled back and found a good Plateau of Productivity. Writing detailed notes can be bothersome, so I continued to use a whiteboard marker. The program Smoothboard, however, has a great highlighting tool, so I used the tech best when doing TAKS passage practice. media type="youtube" key="5s5EvhHy7eQ" height="349" width="560"

C.Pena 7/ 14/ 2011
=Why Google+ Is an Education Game Changer = **[]**
 * Do you have your Google+ invite yet? I thought this was very interesting.....**

Social Media in Higher Ed:
I came across a blog that talks about technology in higher education. The blogger is a college professor who is researching how social networking can improve student engagement in the classroom. The graphic above is from one of his posts. Here is the link: []. -Elizabeth Rubalcava 7/13/11

C.Pena 7/9/11 This is a fun article about how to integrate social media into teaching: **28 Creative Ideas for Teaching with Twitter** [] __

media type="youtube" key="zqBr7Q6ai4E" height="349" width="560"media type="custom" key="9960593"Here is a video of the new software we will be using on my campus next year to increase reading levels and scores. It also enables us to involve parents. Parents will be able to work on their own reading skills on Saturdays.

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I wanted to share this link with everyone. This vlab is the MIT/Stanford Venture Lab. They have had various speakers about education and advancing technology in education. It's a pretty cool site. []

Enjoy, Jessica Warlick

This is a great example of how Read 180 engages students...they have been integrating instruction with technology since 1985. Tameca Ward media type="youtube" key="5djGU2jw39Y" height="349" width="425"

Integrating technology can be difficult in any school, but in a school that has start completely over after a hurricane, it's even more difficult. This is an inspirational story to me about how technology renewed interest in school for both parents and students. It is also nice to see a video with a variety of students learning. Angela Daniels Summer 2011 media type="youtube" key="THg8E0T7Xek" height="349" width="560"  media type="youtube" key="uZM2Ly7QsaU" height="349" width="560"

I have the task of working with dyslexic students this upcoming school year and implementing a program to to support these students with their educational needs in the classroom and beyond. This is an example of the technology that can real help students who are struggling. Students can take a picture of any text and it will resize and read the text. media type="youtube" key="aYB24njwBW8" height="390" width="640" Angela Daniels, Summer 2011

This is a video I found that goes with Module Five -

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This website is good gor beginner teachers, (new to technology), as well for admin. and parents. Its called **Intergrating Technology In The Classroom**. [] it provides hyperlinked websites, basic techonology use, admin resourses, to creating your own websites. Rita T. Valles

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kym Darden, 7-6-2011 Seventh Grade Students teaching teachers about technology in the classroom and how to use it. Great!

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Larry Turner, 7-5-11 Check out this link where teens are talking about internet safety. http://youtu.be/Gu6aB60rA_M

Larry Turner, 7-5-11 Here is a great video on integrating of technology into schools. media type="youtube" key="k0NvvKurVJQ" height="349" width="560"

This is a program that we use in our elementary school for our ELL,Bilingual and severe sturggling learners. It was helpful for some students with continued use.

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During my K-12 Curriculum a group shared this link on project based learning. After viewing, it reminded me of the Napa Valley case study. http://www.bie.org/

While surfing the internet for technology integration best practices, I came across this site.

http://www.edutopia.org/technology-integration-introduction-video

This is a video on ways to use the interactive whiteboard in classes. I have seen teachers get technology and have no idea what to do with it. The technology will just sit in boxes. Hopefully with training teachers will began to add more. media type="youtube" key="gqlxmq7_zI4" height="390" width="640"

Angela Daniels Summer 2011

I was looking up information in order to get a better understanding about technology in the the classroom and teaching practices. K Darden

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Can there really be a Hybrid classroom in K-12 learning? This video is selling a program but shows an interactive classroom with the teacher as the facilitator. media type="youtube" key="R-zlo6w9Ni4" height="390" width="480"

Angela Daniels Summer 2011

I was surfing the web and I came across this video that gives 3 Phases of Educational Technology in the classroom. It is funny to think of the teachers I know who do not use any technology. Maybe they could use this.

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I have to give props to my district. While looking for examples of what a 21st Century classroom should look like according to those pushing this idea fast and hard I came across the picture below. I have to admit that if one were to walk in almost any secondary classroom (all core subjects and even many elective courses) in Richardson ISD you would see most of the equipment already in place. Whether or not every teacher uses these technologies is a different story. However, I appreciate even more the district wherein I have been blessed to work knowing that they are not behind but rather, ahead of the game (as much of these technologies have been in place 5 or more years now).

If you ever want to visit a real-life version of the picture below, come over to RISD for a visit. I'm certain there are plenty of other districts applying these as well but I had to brag a little on my home team. But seriously, it is actually a lot simpler than I realized to have a classroom outfitted for 21st Century style instruction. Now we all have to apply what we've been given.

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media type="youtube" key="_VnHdqpE4RM" height="390" width="480" A. Wright 7/1/2011 I found this video when I searched for cramming technology. The slides are very poignant, and would be an excellent video to show to teachers during a professional development centered around implementing technology.

Kindles in the classroom is kind of like what Pena found is happening in Korea. Having an e reader would be great for students, especially those who may have issues with reading and may benefit from hearing the words read to them, which most basic e readers do. Angela Daniels Summer 2011 media type="youtube" key="kwzjf_L-rc0" height="390" width="480"

C.Pena 6/29/11: This was an interesting story about how schools in Korea are using tablets and smart phones to access the cloud for textbooks so that students no longer have to carry old-fashioned textbooks back and forth to school. It's a quick and interesting read: **In digital school, no homework can be left behind** []

Eliminating provision of general purpose computing
During tonight's office hours, Dr. Berning mentioned moving away from providing general purpose computing to students since they now have access to computers. [|This podcast from Educause] was extremely interesting and relevant to this topics. Students love having schools provide them access to computers because they don't want to be troubled with carrying their computer. As administrators, we really have to consider how to stretch our technology dollars to tools that students cannot reasonably acquire on their own. As Dr. Berning also discussed, tablet devices are making it easier than ever to bring mobile computing to school for general computing purposes.

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**Student-Centered Blogs-Melanie Yocom**
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/

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This is a great video showing how a teacher uses podcasts to deliver instruction to students at home! Therefore, they can apply what they've learned in class instead of having to listen to a lecture first! It's a great way to manage time...since we can't add more hours to the school day! Stevie Tuttle media type="youtube" key="7_ejZ5OMIDE" height="349" width="560"

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Larry Turner,

Here is a great video where technology is being used to help with student dropout. media type="youtube" key="bcrh8MP0kU8" height="349" width="425"

This is a good example of appropriate use of technology in the classroom. Truly well done Eden Prairie! Regina Jones media type="youtube" key="0fwZEMbBCbU" height="349" width="425" Trina G., says, I implore you current game changers and future school adminstrators to view this video,it has changed my entire schemata on school leadership and technology. media type="youtube" key="0eGHAuV5yLo" height="349" width="560"

This is an example of the appropriate use of technology in the classroom. I like this technology because it appeals to kids desire to have fun, and it's trendy. Nedra Williams

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I like this video as it shows current examples of students using technology, and becoming self directed learners. Daniel Tippol EDAD 5550 section 26,27 media type="youtube" key="duq1D2Ziz1s" height="349" width="425"

Have been thinking a bout a concept for my campus called 'power up the Panthers'. On my campus our teachers spend alot of time attempting to get the students to power off thier technology, it has become a very frustrating issue. But, what about incouraging our studnets to power up their technology vs powering off? Could this concept work in empowering our students, by allowing the the freedom to utilize technology is a productive way? Just some of my thoughts. **Nev Moses EDAD 5550**

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media type="youtube" key="0U05WeXPGlk" height="390" width="640"Wow, Okay, let's see where this video ends up on the WIKI!! I found this video about how to use the SmartBoard in K-6 classrooms. I have one in my classroom and use it often. I try to attend professional development to keep abreast of the new techniques and strategies of the appropriate use. The students love it!! -Angela Wright-Humphrey

The above video totally cracked me up... Kiersten Everett I couldn't get this on here without removing Kiersten's video. I thought that if they can learn to play the Wii at this age, then they can use the Ipad to learn. Enjoy! Howard E. Levy II

I'm very intrigued by the use of iTunes U for k-12 applications. iTunes U is a FREE way to upload and share content (audio Podcasts, video, ePubs). I have been reading on how different schools are using it and innovative teachers are really changing their teaching paradigm. For instance, there were some Colorado teachers that post their lectures online. Students are required to watch the lecture for their homework and then the class time is used for hands on activities. Students don't have to have an iPhone or iPod, they only need a computer and a free iTunes application. If you have iTunes, you can follow see the type of content Colorado has launched for its K-12 schools. Erin M.

The below video is an IT professional at a school district discussing the purchase of their system. Amy O. media type="youtube" key="FCf7UjY0XF8" height="349" width="560"

I found a 1 minute example of a VOI perspective, presented by a technology company, to persuade viewers to purchase their product. Nedra Williams media type="youtube" key="4AbfQWqxdLQ" height="349" width="425"

This site provides a simple overview of Web 3 [] Nedra Williams

This is a good example of how my school uses technolgy in our 3-5 grades. B. Young media type="youtube" key="C9lBbAGzayk" height="285" width="441"

As the technology coordinator for my school, part of my job is to create a bi-weekly technology newsletter for my staff...you can find all of the info at this link: http://www.winston-school.org/podium/default.aspx?t=126135

I also have created a blog for our teachers to practice blogging this summer for our summer reading project. Some of my teachers are very scared of technology, but they are doing it...and they are seeing the nice benefits of being able to see each other's thoughts while they are reading. See it at: winstonteachers.edublogs.org

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I like this teachers wiki page, pretty creative for a coach.

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A great teaching video for teachers.

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Nedra Williams June 21,2011 I like this teacher's website because there are various teaching suggestions to incorporate in a lesson plan for a technology course.

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I appreciate this site because of the progressive dialogue and explicit commentary.

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June 21, 2011

I found information that discusses technology advances, expected to be marketable in 2014.

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Catherine Pena 6/20/11:

I heard about this today on NPR... The ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has changed the rules for IP addresses starting next January. We will see variations on suffixes such as .com and .org. For the low, low price of $185,000 you could have your own personalized suffix! Read more below... =ICANN opens floodgates on Internet-address suffixes= []

June 20, 2011--Cristina Hernandez Being a special education teacher, I'm always looking for ways to get my students to communicate in some form. Our district has just invested money to install a smartboard into every classroom. I'm currently learning how to use it and found this video on how a teacher is using it for his special education students. I'm very excited about this new technology and I know my students will love it. media type="youtube" key="7_1gq9S7lpE" height="349" width="425"

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- Jesus Navarrete (06/20/2011)

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I think I took off James' video accidently :( Sorry!! I showed a video similar to this to the faculty at my school to emphsize the importance of an anti- bullying campaign. Andrea Marino Assembly line Education Kids Aren't Cars. I thought this was an interesting video about what we want to avild in public education. -- James Hein

GARET FEIMSTER 06-17-2011

I was reviewing content for technology in the classroom and came across this video about the idea of technology in the classroom not being a new idea. This video gives us as educators an idea of where we came from and what direction technology is going. media type="youtube" key="f_RAi3XAPhA" height="349" width="425"

I found this useful site that allows you to search for Apps according to grade level, device, Bloom's Taxonomy, and subject. I have witnessed massive implemention of iPads/iTouches into classrooms, but the lack of teacher training leaves the device either unused or used without purpose. The technology implemented in our classrooms needs to have purpose, and the teachers need to have an understanding that it is not just the latest gadget for their enjoyment. Teachers need to know what to do with the technology handed to them, and how to enhance their instruction in unison with the technology. This site provides a lot of ideas of how to use your iPad to faciliate learning and use with instruction. []
 * Melanie Yocom 6/16/11**

I found this video on leaders / administrators for higher education interesting. I am curious about his views based on the video and want to find out more about his point of view. It does make me want to read his book because I work in a higher education setting and having a knowledgeable leader running things is very relevant to me.

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The second video is really cool and showes us what technology and education cound and should be if done right. media type="youtube" key="AhoOG5Kf1w4" height="349" width="560"

Y. Cleveland 6/14/11

The following link deals with differentiated instruction and how it's main purpose is to reach out to the students "where they are". I realize that this is not "technology" per say. However, where the kids are is on the net, in the cloud, surfing the web, etc. This article from the National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials has lesson/unit planning ideas for science and math along with other resources that can be integrated in to a classroom. By tying in some of the new technology/programs out there we can definitely reach the kids "where they are". Just from food for thought. [] E Pacheco 6/8/2011

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I love it when things just tie in together, in searching sites for my curriculum class for differentiated instruction, i came across this site http://www.cast.org/index.html, which i thought can be very helpful for reaching out to all students and their learning styles.

Patricia Gatyan

Summer, 2011 Class Your information I found this great video on Educational Leadership

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Cheryl Parkman

Using //YouTube// in the Classroom
Now that you know something about YouTube (If you dont, see my previous blog, [|Have You Tried YouTube?]), you might be wondering how you can use it in your classroom? Is it worth your time to sift through reams of silly and sometimes inappropriate YouTube videos in the hope of finding a clip that could play an important role in your students learning process? And what if you find a video worth using in the classroom -- how do you access it when most schools have made the decision to block YouTube? []

Melanie Yocom:

I attended a session Comal ISD presented at TABE (TX. Association of Bilingual Education//)// this past October. The presentation was how to integrate the use of the iTouch/iPod into ESL classrooms to improve English language acquisition. Below is Comal ISD's link to teacher resources for Apps and integration. []

Melanie Yocom: Here is an article posted on Comal ISD's Mobile Learning site.

iPod in Education: The Potential for Language Acquisition Jeff McQuillan, Fall 2006 []

Melanie Yocom: Here is a site that provides teacher and student reviews on educational Apps. You can search an App to read the reviews before you purchase/downnload. You can also submit educational Apps you have found. As you know, there are thousands of Apps out there--this makes weeding through them easier! []

C.Pena:

This is an interesting post from a blog that I follow. What do you all think about this?

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Amy Osborn: This school was given iPads for their students. They came loaded with games that were not only fun for the kids but also improved their science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) scores. media type="youtube" key="R8QxXIZvc08" height="349" width="425" This might be helpful in motivating teachers at your next staff development. Good eye opener for those teachers who refuse to use technology.Rita Valles

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Dallas, TX
Sam Tasby MS "COW" video Sam Tasby Middle School students use technology in academics to communicate and engage in learning. We have one classroom set of 30 laptops in our Computers on Wheels system that is used among nearly 900 students campus wide. At a cost of $499.99 each, an additional classroom set of 30 totals nearly $15,000. As our district finds itself in the midst of a budget crisis, this technology need pales in comparison to others, but would greatly benefit our students! Please vote for our school! media type="youtube" key="aEFKfXiCbLw" height="349" width="425" Takesha Winn--- Big Binder Submission I submitted this use of technology to demonstrate how technology has allowed successful lessons to be viewed across the nation. This teacher's creative and funny song that was written for his students has been used in almost every AVID classroom and training. This video motivates students to be organized.
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I spent a lot of time viewing the educational videos above. Great information! I will definitely use some of it in the future. Wiki is quite different from blogging, but it's great to have knowledge of both. Z. Jones -Sharon D. Brown Summer 2011 - I found this great videro of an interview with Richard Culatta and the three types of interaction for effective learning on-line.

Cheryl Parkman: California public charter school now operates completely online, as the State provides students with a computer and equipment in place of an actual campus. KPIXs Len Ramirez reports. []media type="youtube" key="huTG9HgP2Go" height="349" width="425"

The following link I have usd to help my math students in the area of problem solving. - Adreana Andrus

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