Integrating technology into a professional environment can be overwhelming. It takes time, commitment and a comprehensive plan of action to successfully learn, identify and incorporate the tools that meet your goals and objectives. Not to mention, it must be perceived as a viable and accessible alternative to your target audience.
Do teachers ask for your assistance with lesson planning?
Is it hard to stay ahead of them?
I recently saw a handy Edutopia blog post that not only talks about different Web 2.0 tools to assist in this work, and also offers links, tips and tricks.
Recently, our friends at MindShift did a great piece on “open source learning” — a variation on inquiry learning or passion-based learning – it is about helping students choose their own learning path, an approach that already has some well-known champions among educators.
Read this post about an English teacher who teaches Advanced Placement English and Composition courses, uses blogging, videoconferencing, and collaborative working groups as part of his instruction. KQED.org/Mind/Shift blog (2/14)
Many book lovers could have easily contributed to this blog from Edutopia, “Ten Ways to Cultivate a Love of Reading in Students”
The post was written by a teacher who lists 10 suggestions for how, regardless of the subject, a person can engage students and nurture an appreciation and ultimately a love of reading.
Then the question remains: Teachers and administrators, what do you do towards this end? Parents, how do you encourage this with your own children?
In collaboration with College Board and National Writing Project, PEW Research published a study this February pertaining to the impact of technology at home and in the classroom. Data was collected both online and through in-person focus groups with teachers (middle and high school) and students (grades 9-12).
The survey finds that today digital tools (internet, eBooks, cell phones, etc.) are widely used in classrooms and when completing assignments at home. However, teachers with lower income students still face additional challenges when introducing these tools into their classrooms…read more=>”
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