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“Technology will not replace teachers, but teachers who do not use technology will be replaced by those who do.” Dr. Ray Clifford, 1983
Not convinced about technology? Take a look below.
Technology in the classroom
There are resources and options. Get creative and use what is provided in innovative ways. Technology shouldn't be static for teacher use, but dynamic and flowing through the classroom, where students have input and interact with it.
As you continue your hard work in the class, reflect on what role technology has played. Then, how you can make adjustments to increase the technology in the class.
TPACK
TPACK remixed
Math Websites
Super Maths World
Sumdog
Online Chart Tool
App of the Week
It is a fun app that will stimulate creativity and some thinking! The students take turns between illustrating the sentence given to them and figuring out the message in the illustration.
Lots of Tech Learning Taking Place!
Great Work!
Fantastic!
iPad Rad!
If you are in the mood to read...
From the Amazon description:
The twenty-first century is a world in constant change. In A New Culture of Learning, Doug Thomas and John Seely Brown pursue an understanding of how the forces of change, and emerging waves of interest associated with these forces, inspire and invite us to imagine a future of learning that is as powerful as it is optimistic.
Typically, when we think of culture, we think of an existing, stable entity that changes and evolves over long periods of time. In A New Culture, Thomas and Brown explore a second sense of culture, one that responds to its surroundings organically. It not only adapts, it integrates change into its process as one of its environmental variables...
Did You Know?...
A word of caution, preview each video you plan to show. Register for YouTube in the Classroom training and I will show you how!
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A Personal Message...
Technology is not a tool to be used on its own; it should support everything you do in the classroom. Technology influences ease in lessons and facilitation instead of teacher led instruction and practice. I am here to provide those references, programs, and ideas. I also provide modeling opportunities and help in creating technology integrated lessons.
My goal is for you to be confident in integrating technology at the highest form, which is for student created products. I have a wealth of information that I want to share, so connect with me and let's get teaching!
You do not have to wait until I am on campus, you can email, call, tweet, or message me in Edmodo.
Cynthia L. Piña
District Technology Trainer/Specialist
Laredo ISD
Email: clpina@laredoisd.org
Website: https://www.smore.com/u/pinatechtrainer
Location: Laredo, TX, United States
Phone: 956.273.1341
Twitter: @PinaTechTrainer
Extra Freebie!
Take a picture using a QR code reader for your phone or tablet. Below are 2 links.