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This video speaks to the disruptive nature of online courseware from Ivy League Colleges and managing the cost and access to education! Terrific! Michelle Gabriel Fall 2012

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The video below demonstrates Google Sketchup. This is a great tool for creating visual products.

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This past school year my campus started using Twitter to get information out to parents and the community. This is one of the methods we use to send out reminders, keep everyone updated on school events, and last year we got to use it when the tornados came through town. I plan to use a separate Twitter feed to post daily homework assignments for my class this coming year. We've been doing that with our school website, but this will only require a quick look at the most recent tweet to see what's for homework. No logging in, no navigating to a certain location. We'll see how it works. Nadir 7-29-12 []

This is a really great video on the student take on Flipping the Classroom! It's one thing to read all of the research and data to support this innovative teaching style, but I find it really hits home for teachers when they see it being applied properly. [|Youtube Video]

I found this video on how to use wiki in the classroom. Regina Hein

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After reading many additions to this wiki and my own personal experience with technology I am wondering are students learning technology from us or in spite of us? - Michelle Gabriel

I work for a network of charter schools separated geographically across the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex. Often teachers do not have many colleagues to collaborate with about planning, instruction, and assessment. There may be only one other teacher in the grade level at the primary level or they may be the sole teacher of a subject in the secondary. Due to the distances between schools and a long working day, teachers have few opportunities to meet together and share best practices. A technological solution that we are undertaking this year to facilitate collaboration and to house curriculum, lesson plans, and instructional resources to be shared. It has a similar format to Facebook which will hopefully be engaging and promote online interaction between teachers to help improve their instruction. The website can be found here []. There are different levels of access ranging from free to a paying service with to be used internally or in concert with other educational institutions. It will be interesting to see if this solution is well suited to the problem it seeks to address. - Graham Bartlett

I found this video that has both a teacher and a student's perspective on the blended classroom. Enjoy - Daniel Kotara media type="youtube" key="duAw-2mCbWo" height="315" width="560" I really enjoyed the video and it got me thinking! I looked up more on blended classrooms and found it to be very similar to a "flipped" classroom model. These two models have got me talking to my principal about how we can make this happen in our school. I love to get excited about something new that works. Thanks for sharing. Nichole Atencio 6/23

I was talking to a coworker (who teaches accelerated honors classes) that creates a wiki for every topic he teaches. Part of their homework every week is loving on and posting a comment to every new unit he introduces. At the end of the unit he prints the conversation out and allows the students to use this as a "cheat sheet". It sounds like a great idea and he says it works great I researched using wiki as a stuy guide and found this great site! http://jolt.merlot.org/vol4no2/frydenberg0608.pdf

C-Scope State Conference Review Part 2

The keynote speaker for the conference spoke this morning about being the "keeper of the flame." He tailored his message to educators and asked us to be our best at all times. He lectured to about 4,000 of us for a little over an hour, but kept us engaged using a power point, photo media, and short video clips, much like the ones found on this wiki. His website is www.mikelipkin.com. Here is an embedded video that tells you what he is about- Douglas Hes



C-Scope State Conference Review Part 1 (I also created an individual page for this info, located to your left under pages and files)

So, I decided to wait to contribute to this Wiki until now because I wanted to share information gathered from the state C-Scope conference in San Antonio. I am accompanying a group of 20+ educators from my district this week to further our district relationship with C-Scope as a guaranteed and viable curriculum. Over the next couple of days I want to share just a bit of information that I get from the conference, a lot of which fits well into this particular course regarding technology within the realm of education. First on the list today would be the way that the conference has met the 21st century with its conference information. About a week before arriving at the conference, I received an e-mail that shared the conference program in pdf form. I was then able to download the pdf into my ITunes, where I was then able to sync it into my IBooks app and have it with me on both my IPhone and IPad. Also, I was able to download an app specifically made for the conference by C-Scope, that gave me access to convention center maps, session details, schedules, and speakers. This information was useful, easy to access, and easy to navigate and made the conference much easier. Think of ways that we as educators can use this type of technology to make our students' lives easier. I am interested in exploring, because of this class and this recent experience, creating an app for my campus when I become an administrator, that staff, students, and the community can access. Does anyone on this wiki have experience with this? Is anyone else at the same conference? So far, so good. -Douglas Hes, EDAD 5302

I also found this Video, **A Vision of K-12 Students Today** and where teachers need to move to in Today's Classroom, Enjoy media type="youtube" key="_A-ZVCjfWf8?rel=0" height="315" width="420" Leticia Yanez June 18,2012 EDAD 5302 11:20 AM

**Here is another quick Video from youtube about 21st Century Learning and Google.**

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 * Leticia Yanez June 18,2012 EDAD 5302 11:00 AM**

**Creativity and Technology Go Hand-in-Hand -** One other point of consideration is how to incorporate the arts and technology to promote student learning in multiple intelligences. [|Oklahoma A+ Schools] is working to do just that.I had the opportunity to attend one of their Creativity Institutes a couple of weeks ago where teachers from across Oklahoma were sharing strategies for this across multiple disciplines and grade levels. Here is a link to their [|ning]where you can find a ton of information that they have shared and people to contact that are doing amazing things with their students and technology. This is definitely not specific to Oklahoma. These are strategies that anyone can use. **Christina Dobson**

This is an interesting video showing the need for educators to incorporate technology in the classroom. The message is very simple and points to the fact that education is dragging its feet in incorporating technology into the clasroom. This is the same technology most of us use daily, but we are failing to implement it into our classroom. **Mike Posey**media type="youtube" key="rvyP-cwpHN8" height="315" width="560"And another video I really liked from a previous class. It's title and message are appropriate for us as we embrace technology. We are definitely teaching students who will need the ability to gain skills for jobs that are not even thought of yet. It is an overwhelming thought, but we must prepare them to be lifelong learners to adapt to this fast changing world, and technology is the tool that can accomplish this task"Learning to Change-Changing to Learn" **Mike Posey**media type="youtube" key="tahTKdEUAPk" height="315" width="560" - I absolutely love the video above that discusses how we teach our students today. Thanks for sharing! -Douglas Hes

 Top 10 Reasons to Use Technology in Education: iPad, Tablet, Computer, Listening Centers-  this is controversial yet interesting. Sital Patelmedia type="youtube" key="mzi2RIt8_nk" height="315" width="560"

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 * Sital Patel- this is a neat video on the implications of technology use on the US as a whole. We basically need to catch up to other global competitors. Some of the statistics in the video are quite scary! **

I came across the video during a presentation in a workshop and found it to be very profound. The exercise forced us to write about the emotion the video still evoked. It was kind of hard for me to get going. Next, they showed us the entire video and then asked us to do the same thing. It was definitely easier the second time around because we were able to watch the entire video as opposed to the video still of the man at the beginning. This type of lesson could not have been taught in the same way without the use of and access to technology.

Wow, I am overwhelmed with all of this stuff, I have never used a blog or a wiki before, I think and hope I am doing this right. But if any of you teach a harder high school level course, www.hippocampus.com is a great site for kids to watch videos and animations to review important concepts. Also, I was given this book, http://www.amazon.com/Professor-Farnsworths-Explanations-Biology-Heppner/dp/0070283516/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338579998&sr=8-1, by a student the other day. Great read for high school biology students, it really helps them understand some of the most important concepts in biology. -Michael Leidner

This is great! I wish we had all o these Wiki, blog stuff when I first started in the classroom. Leticia Aguilar

I saw this video on implementing technology into a district and I thought it was good. I imagine there were different phases that were obtained before reaching this level. Seems pretty expensive but definitely worthwhile. [] -Chris Rose

This is a cool little way science technology can be utilized to increase student engagement. http://youtu.be/C80M5DKyQwg

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Hello all, I came across this video that provides insight to teachers trying incorporate technology into classrooms, though it is more geared for STEM, it is still very useful in a providing community learning environment where school does not end at the end of the day, but continues after the bell as well. []

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Here is a great article regarding Virtual Education Support...very interesting

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I love this!!!!!! M.Zelda Rocha

I came across this video about what an actual Technology Integration Specialist has done.

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I found this video on what integrating technology did for this class in Canada.

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I found this video on Assistive technology when searching for the Stanton ISD technology plan and thought was interesting!!

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Tom Woodman

I thought this was a very interesting website that I found when I was reasearching for my technology plan.

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I thought this article was great.Hope you absorb much needed info for this class.. M.Zelda Rocha Why Integrate Technology into the Curriculum? The Reasons Are Many There's a place for tech in every classroom. By Edutopia Staff: This article originally published on 11/5/2007 []

I liked this you tube video about a 21st classroom built in 3 days

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Tom Woodman

I thought this video was interesting.

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Malissa Poole

==[|Why do we buy gadgets with more features than we can possibly use?] ==

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To show others how awesome we are!: Previous research has shown that consumers frequently choose products with too many features that they later find difficult to use. In this research, the authors show that this seemingly suboptimal behavior may actually confer benefits when factoring in the social context of consumption. The results demonstrate that **choosing products with more capabilities (i.e., feature-rich products) provides social utility beyond inferences of wealth, signaling consumers’ technological skills and openness to new experiences and that consumers’ beliefs about the social utility of feature-rich products are predictive of their choices of such products.**Furthermore, the authors examine when impression management concerns increase consumers’ likelihood of choosing feature-rich products. They find that public choices in which participants display their preferences to others encourage feature-seeking behavior but that the anticipation of having to use a product in front of others provides an incentive to avoid additional features. Source: "The Social Utility of Feature Creep" from Journal of Marketing Research

I thought this was interesting and tied in with the first Case Study about Stephen. I see this a lot with people and their cell phones. We need to ensure that we're really serving the needs of the students and not just buying a technology because it's cool.

Nicole Childs

James Jones-EDAD 5550 5W2

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.

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I have been faced with the task of working with dyslexic students this upcoming school year and stumbled across this technology. Students with dyslexia benefit from multi sensory education and with the ability to hear as well as see text will truly help.

My only thought with accommodations for different learning students is that many don't want to appear different and don't want the help. Has anyone else experienced refusal of technology and how did you handle it?media type="youtube" key="zq8moeOGAXw" height="390" width="640" Angela Daniels

This was an interesting video to go along with Module Five media type="youtube" key="PYCmH_C7kaU" height="349" width="560" Quinton Darden

media type="file" key="La Noche Boca Arriba.flv" width="360" height="270" I use this type of video in my AP Literature class. I have to download at home and use Real Player from the laptop to Promethean Board. I show the video after the reading (2-5 minute video) and before analysis the literary work through oral discussions/presentations and written assignments (essays). It takes time to select the appropriate video because some are not appropriate for classroom use or are simply irrelevant to the reading or class discussion topics. Some of this videos are from universities/professional around the world and others (not so good) are home videos. Also there are many short videos with history and culture for pre-reading activities. //**__La noche boca arriba__ Julio Cortázar (Argentina)**//

EDAD: 5302 Ramon Miramontes

Wiki is fun and the possibilities seem endless. I am a special educator and my experience is working with assistive technology, as my students have significant disabilities. I am unsure of how to put a YouTube video in, but a link of what technology can do for persons with significant disabilities is []. Enjoy! Sara EDAD 5302

Does anyone worry that when creating a class wiki a student might change information on purpose to be funny? What happens if one person destroyed the work of others. Is an earlier version of the document retreivable? Kellie Connatser EDAD 5302

I enjoyed reading about the safety part of technology and I understand better why the school is doing what it does when it places a timer on sites like Facebook. Thanks for teaching this course!

Cassie Britt EDAD 5302

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These are links to READ 180 introduction videos. It is a GREAT reading recovery program. This program is student centered and works on the skill level of the student. Sorry I couldn't import the videos themselves:-(

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Student @http://bcove.me/230wiywk Dennis Padilla EDAD 5302

[|www.authorstream.com] is a great site to download Power Points that can be used as Flipcharts in a Promethean Board. You can also upload your or your students' ppt projects. EDAD 5302 Ramon Miramontes. ** Math and Web 2.0 ** ** Math and WEB 2.0 media type="youtube" key="VuoxVFpQ4qQ" height="390" width="480"ECOUSINS 5302 **

** March 20, 2011 **

** Wiki's are an interesting component that can be utilized in the educational market. I, however, believe that I will need more additional practice before I will be comfortable with utilizing wiki's. After reading other post, I must agree that it is similar to a news feeds seen on social networking sites. ** ** With a little more practice, I believe that I too can utilize this measure to promote community involvement at my institution. This is perhaps the best means for hosting an open forum online. ** **// Ms. C. Carey //** **// Spring 2011 //** **// EDAD 5302 //**

**// I am a Spanish teacher, and my students do a unit every semester about volunteerism in the community. I usually have the students research volunteer opportunities in our community by contacting local businesses, churches, organizations, etc. They then create a Wiki and post their findings. At the end of the unit, we have a long list of resources. Many of the students use that list in order to find volunteer opportunities that they can use for honor society and college applications. And it's all in Spanish! //** **// Kristy Casal //** **// EDAD 5302 //**

I find it humorous that our Wiki page looks like a discussion board! :-) One of the considerations when looking to manage your own Wiki, I guess. I have found the technology info and links interesting. Blogs, wikis, Google Apps, Edmodo, Glogster--all of these are great examples of the appropriate role of technology. They each foster a new learning space beyond our traditional monolithic K-12 approach instead of "cramming" the latest technology "upgrades" of tools already being used.

Jill Haltom EDAD 5302

I have minimal experience with Wikis, but none of this size. I must admit that I'm intimidated at the thought of erasing someone else's work. I've used a Wiki to exchange ideas and collaborate about curriculum with a small group of other third grade teachers in my district. The Gifted and Talented teacher on my campus has started up a Wiki for some of my students to use. They retrieve information from the site and share as well. Fortunately, she has it set so they can't change parts of it just in case! It has been a wonderful experience and a great way to expose all of us to such a valuable tool. My students particularly like Kidblog. It has been extremely user friendly for all of us. I was wondering if any of you have used that program? I look forward to finding new ways to incorporate wikis into my school day. Thanks to all of you who have shared links and videos! L. Hilcher EDAD 5302

Just like most of the others here, I am new to Wiki's. This is very neat. I feel it almost as reading posts on social networking sites, this one can just be edited and changed and whatnot. I could see this being a nice addition to my classroom. It is great for not only the students but the parents as well.

Natosha Vecchio EDAD 5302

I've read many interesting ideas on How to engage students through the use of The wiki but I'm ashamed to say I couldn't Figure out how to add a post to the actual wiki, only to the discussion? Maybe this is it! I indeed enjoy learning new technology, It's always enjoyable brainstorming With other educators on how to use it. This is interactive professional development Online!!

I found a website that I think is part of I2 because it is a search engine that just gives you the meat. I think it is real cool and wanted to share it with you.

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Caren Lawrence EDAD 5302

Use reality in virtual field trips. Many learners are kinesthetic so I often include simple hands on activities with my virtual field trips. For Example one of the virtual trips I created is scuba diving in the Galapagos Islands. I bring my scuba gear in and literally have a student put on the gear and have the other student's pretend they have gear on and we all take a "giant stride," off the dive boat. I make the entire trip is realistic as possible including snacks on the plane, an in-flight movie, being sprayed by water when they dive, and all the sounds effects possible. One virtual field trips can introduce several different concepts. When visiting Galapagos you can teach about evolution, plate tectonics, the gas laws etc.

Kelly Rinaldi EDAD 5302

The video below was taken from the South Plains Tech Prep PSA contest. The winning submission comes from Levelland High School. Students were asked to enter a PSA explaining the benefits of Tech Prep for other students. Tech Prep provides students enrolled in Career & Technology Education courses to receive college credit in technical programs at South Plains College. Wiki's allow educators to post outstanding podcasts, links and other resources for students to view to expand their learning on particular topics.

M Howard, EDAD 5302

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I used a WIKI at my last district but it was only our science department and I only read it occasionally. I am not sure how to incorporate this tool with fourth graders. Any suggestions? In a world of educators that feel overwhelmed, discouraged and ready to leave the profession, I want to use any tool available to become part of the solution. Please let me know of any great ideas! L Jones EDAD 5302

My first time too! I'm wondering what the benefits to a wiki are versus posting comments on a blog.

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I think it is so much more interactive and can incorporate the videos and other means of media communications. rbret, EDAD 5302

Frist time on a Wiki…interesting! I see the potential they have for writing assignments at the secondary level.

A.Irby

I would love to use a wiki in my class, but how does that work? I have only one class room desktop, and our school doesn't have a computer lab. There is a class set of computers in the library, but it is always booked... are there any suggestions? How do you build in time for Wiki use and still cover what is required by the district? Angela Daniels

====I'm glad to see everyone using Wikispaces. I've been on here for quite some time, though I've been inactive for a while in favor of ClassJump. I've had some kids that really got a lot out of writing wikis for various topics. They are a great tool for collaborative learning!====

N Clark EDAD5302 media type="youtube" key="1pR5yogCmkA" height="390" width="480" I am so nervous right now. I hope that I do this right and I hope that I do not totally wipe out everyone's posts. I think this is a really neat use of technology. My only question is how do you filter what is being posted? I currenlty use a blog in my classroom and I absolutely love it. However, before anything is posted I recieve an e-mail and I read the post and then decide if it can be posted or not. How does this work? Okay. I am fixing to hit save I hope it works! :) Christi Yourman EDAD 5302

Well, here goes! I hope this works....I feel like I am venturing into a dark forest with no guide...LOL! This is an excellent video that shows a teacher and her students using wiki's in the classroom. It is a really good short video that gives you a visual on its uses and how the kids enjoy it. I like seeing the possibilities of how each child is totally engaged and independent in their own learning. This eliminates the "cheating off your neighbor" and meaningless paperwork that bogs us and the kids down...plus LOTS more fun! I look forward to using this in my classroom. Hope you enjoy and find value in the video!

Kim Holcomb EDAD 5302 ====WIKIs and blogs are wonderful examples of how our students can use something in school that they are very used to using in their social world. I believe the key to integrating technology for the success of the students is to keep in mind that our hang-ups about technology should not overflow into denying them the right to use it in their process of education. Security has to be an issue, but instead of teaching them the technologies, we must be the facilitators of the technology...as teachers, as parents, and as citizens. The world is changing too quickly to not engulf children's education in technology. Education can't be the final frontier for technology. It should, in fact, be the first!==== Educators can get all the features of Plus Wikis (normally $50/year) for free: http://www.wikispaces.com/content/for/teachers Could stay here all day! Thanks for sharing the links below! S. Kenner EDAD 5302 media type="youtube" key="-dnL00TdmLY" height="156" width="192" I was introduced to Wikis through the video above. It give a very simplistic overview of Wikis.

==I think that the internet is the greatest tool teachers have at their disposal. I work with k-5th grade teachers four days a week to come up with activities they can do in the computer lab that incorporate what they are learning in the classroom. I urge them to search the internet for ideas stressing that they don't have to reinvent the wheel. Many times there are already online activities, web quests, PowerPoint's and such that have already been created that they can use or adapt to what they are teaching.== ==I admit to being "wiki" stubborn. My co-worker has persistently tried to get me to try out and use wikis. I just had not previously seen the benefits of it. I now know differently. I can say that the ones we have worked with in our district will allow the teacher to "edit" certain entries if they are inappropriate.== Tomell Walton EDAD 5302 3/17/2011 1:19 PM

This is my first time on Wiki. I love learning about new technology. Once I become a better user of this system, I will began to use it in my lesson planning.
Tonyette Harris EDAD 5302 03/17/2011 11:16 AM ==Interesting! I admit to being wiki challenged, but learning. I love the application for wikis with my middle school students, however, I am wondering about the management of a class wiki. Does the teacher have the ability/power/right to remove inappropriate content? Our students are blocked from YouTube and other internet sites at school. At home they will have the ability to utilize these. Just curious. Even though they sign a user agreement for computer use, middle school students don't always make good decisions.== Shannon Parum EDAD 5302 3/17/11 ==First Yime to ever use WIKI. I was told in College that Wikipedia was not a reliable source and was not to be trusted. Unsure of what to really do but I do believe that this is part of the change that is needed in today's education.==

James Stevens EDAD 5302 3/16/2011/ 11:42 pm ==Hey all! I ran across this video [|Shift Happens 2009] I watched the original Shift Happens video a few years ago and thought we could all benefit from the information in this new "updated" version. I know its from 2009 so the stats aren't probably up to date but you'll get the picture. Hope you all enjoy, even those who might have already viewed it :)==

Melissa Delgado EDAD 5302 3/16/2011 6:42 pm

==First I would like to say I share your "Whoo Hoo" attitude, Melinda - well spoken! Second I would like to say thanks to Dr. Berning for pulling me out of my comfort zone. I like to think of myself as a pretty technical gal, but left to my own devices I would never have wandered into the land of wiki. Now that I am here it is not as intimidating as I had thought. My thoughts are now turning to how I can use the new Ipads on my campus to get my third graders to do something wiki-ish. We are entering into a LONG study of the rainforest. . . maybe we could build a wiki with the info we learn. . . . Now I just need to know how to start my own page - advice anyone?????==

I just pray that this works! This is scary! I don't want to totally mess up/erase everyone else's success!
Melinda Michener EDAD 5302/March 15, 2011 3:45 pm

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I think that this Wiki is an interesting way to have all add to the conversation. I like the notion of the kids being able to add to the discussion and embed videos and other multimedia. I think a tightly focused question or guiding question base would enable this to be useful for my middle school students.

Jeff Mitchell UTA Ed Tech Course 3/15/2011 245 pm MTN time

I agree!I may try to start one as a pilot after Spring Break, especially after short clips and interviews with authors, but using guiding questions to help students stay focused, yet free. Aurora EDAD5302

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I found out yesterday that by Fall 2011 every classroom in my building will have a tablet to go along with our smart boards. We will be able to work from anywhere in the classroom and write and interact with our smartboards. Kevin Miller, EDAD 5302

This Wiki is a place to explore the ways technology is currently being used in the teaching and learning environment.

I think a Wiki would be a great way to have my current students research educational technology. We could begin the learning process together and they would better understand the correct use of technology in the classroom. This is my first experience using a Wiki and I am starting to see the possible benefits of establishing one for my class.

Tyler Vincent EDAD 5302 3/17/2011

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Project iCanRead is a program designed to utilize the multi-faceted Apple iPod for the direct purpose of improving student literacy in several different areas (fluency, comprehension, high-frequency word identification). What a wonderful way of using technology to help our students be successful. Plus, it looks like fun! Go to [] for more information and downloads -Mara

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Using Skype in the classroom is a great way to connect students from across the world- Stacey McKendry

media type="youtube" key="vPO_HGafBsE?fs=1" height="385" width="480" Keeping up with the competition is a global issue not a district to district one. Students need technology now more than ever before. -Brittany Brady

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 * K Grooms Brown** - Mansfield ISD is currently using Ipod Touches to teach. Attached is a snippet of a power point presentation, title //iTouch... iLearn//, that tells a little more about it...



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Ed Tech Experts Choose Top Tools
Which web 2.0 tools are best suited for enabling collaboration in teaching and learning? A trio of ed tech experts offer up their top three choices apiece. []

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Channa ~Article Link that discusses **1-on-1 computing (Laptops)** []

My school in Lancaster is a part of the TAP System. We use video and technology to train teachers. Technology and multi-media is a major part of the presenting instructional content indicator on our instructional rubric.Check out this website [] to learn more about the use of technology in the TAP program.

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I really think the idea of WIKI is very cool! It is a great way to integrate technology in a way to allow students to collaborate more, however, with teaching special education to the particular group of students in which I teach, they are unable to use a computer efficiently since they do not type so I could not use WIKI in my classroom. However, I think it would be awesome if there was a way to incorporate symbols such as Mayer Johnson into WIKI so students who communicate trhough picture symbols would be able to possibly use this technology!

Lawren Phillips

This is also my first time to participate in a Wiki. I have to say that I definitely see educational value in this technology. I do, however, share a concern of my Wikimates that this system may be vulnerable to academic dishonesty or other abuse. Can someone please address this for me?

Carol Elliott EDAD 5302-011

Fairly new to the wiki....I do love to blog! Looking forward to learning some pointers to help me navigate better through the wiki.

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I think one of the best uses of technology in the classroom is to provide lab simulations for a science classroom. The best site I know for achieving this goal in a physics or chemistry classroom is the PhET website hosted by the University of Colorado at Boulder ([]). The site provides excellent simulations and allows teachers to add and share lesson plans created for use with the simulations. It would be a great tool for use with homebound students who have access to the internet; but, I also routinely use the simulations for my traditional classroom. It allows me to do computer based labs that I could not do in the classroom because of equipment and time limitations.

Ed Murray EDAD 5302 - March 18, 2011

This is so confusing. I need instructions because I'm not even sure I'm doing this correctly. Ok so far my impression is technology overload. I think all this tech stuff is cool but really intimidating. I have seen one smart board in use and have wanted to put one in my class for the last two years but where would I start to use it? My school is just now getting wifi in the buildings and the students thought it wasx technology to keep them from sending text messages in between classes. All tech like cell phones, pda's, Ipad's, etc. are forbidden. I'm not even allowed to use my iphone as a timer for timed tests! So now that I have posted how do I get out of this thing? I guess I better sign this post as well hunh? Aaron Brown EDAD 5302 EL1005 I guess I date it too? March 19, 2011 midnight

This is great! Like so many have stated before...I am completely new to this technology. I am with the folks who would prefer to use a blog, but I can see where a WIKI would be more beneficial or necessary. Hope you are all having a fun-filled spring break. Heather Frith EDAD 5302 EL 1011 March 19th, 11 AM

"The Teacher" media type="youtube" key="hENtGSrOj5Y" height="390" width="640" I am attempting to attach a video that was used in our first technology training that we had when our school decided to implement the one to one program with all of our students having their own computers. We are on year 3 in the process, and still we have many students that are like the frustrated one in the video...still just wanting to know what to do to get an A.

Tammy Kirk EDAD 5302-March 19, 2011 Posted from an apple macbook

Love reading all the info on technology usage. I think it is funny that our Wiki page looks like a discussion board! Obviously, this is one of the time issues involved when managing a Wiki. Blogs, Wikis, glogster, edmodo, Google apps--I think all of these are but a few examples of wise technology usage because they all foster collaboration and create an audience beyond the classroom teacher. They do not attempt to "upgrade" current technology usage, or "cram" as Christensen states, but rather they foster a new learning space--the exact disruption needed to bring about change in our K-12 system.

Jill Haltom EDAD 5302--March 20, 2011Spring2011Spring2011[|21st Century Classroom]

This video...
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-james-gee-video

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Much to the chagrin of the what-if-you were-trapped-on-a desert-island-without-a-calculator” generation, knowing how to find answers to a given problem and, more importantly, how to evaluate the veracity of those answers is a more relevant skill than knowing the answer off the top of your head. The best way to learn critical thinking is repetition, and the students might as well learn in the actual medium they’ll be working in when they graduate.======

Jim Bennett EDAD 5302 June 3, 2012 This was NOT posted using my iPhone. I'm a droid man.



The article we read for Week 3 entitled "Leveraging Title I and Title IID: Maximizing the Impact of Technology in Education gave a glowing review of the Texas TIP (Technology Immersion Pilot). It read, in part:

“**Texas TIP Model :** In Texas, the Technology Immersion Pilot (TIP) program is a research based school reform approach with an intense focus on technology immersion, professional development and collaboration. When entering a technology-rich learning environment, interactive learning, higher level thinking skills, and student engagement are pervasive, whether students are learning math, science, reading or history. Using digital cameras, interactive white boards, robust courseware, digital content and computers, students have opportunities to collaborate and connect to the rich and relevant content that would not usually be available to these highest need students being served by these programs. The TIP model finds that overall discipline referrals went down dramatically with the changes in instruction and engagement, which provided additional opportunities for teaching and learning. Student achievement increased with the TIP model. In Brady ISD, seventh grade math scores increased 13 points. In Floydada ISD, sixth grade standardized math scores increased by 29 points, and 10th grade standardized math scores increased by 36 points.

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First off, the website it refers you to has JACK to do with the Texas TIP program. It is in Japanese and, near as I can tell, has something to do with solar power.

An actual evaluation of the Texas Technology Immersion Pilot can be found here:

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It’s a four year study of the effectiveness of the Texas TIP conducted at the behest of the Texas Education Agency by the Texas Center for Educational Research.

Briefly, while scores did increase, they also sometimes decreased, and the +/- was sometimes statistically meaningless. While there certainly were other benefits, it is not anywhere near the miracle solution the above reference article claimed it was.

Jim Bennett EDAD 5302 June 7, 2012 This was NOT posted using my iPhone. I'm a droid man.

Leticia Yanez These are two video's I found on you tube in regards to 21 Century Learners in regards to Technology.

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media type="youtube" key="aPQlu5Vxm28" width="425" height="350" These two video's on you tube were used in the curriculum class, they were very inspiring to me. I hope they inspire others as well. Leticia Yanez 5302

My favorite technology item is by far the ipad. There are so many wonderful apps and with the new ipad, and the fact the Microsoft will be coming out with a Microsoft Office for the ipad and itouch, I am not sure if there is anything it cannot do! My favorite educational app is Puppet Pals, which was shared with me by my team leader and became a big hit with my students and my children. This app allows students and teachers to retell stories or create their own animated shows or shows using their own pictures and images from the Internet with audio and in real time. I have included a video about using technology in Early Childhood classrooms, which demonstrates the use of this app. Erin Moureau

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My district uses Promethean Interactive Boards. Promethean Planet is an extensive website that offers support, suggestions, a database of lessons, etc. It is an invaluable tool, especially when teaching a visual subject like Geometry. [|www.prometheanplanet.com]