Using technology to...
...engage, enhance and extend
Engage
engage in the lesson, provide relevance
- starters
use visuals as lesson prompts
quizzes, online find-a-words as a starting activity - relevance
photos - people, places, things, everday - interest
images and videos that can start a discussion - fun
humorous videos or just different
Unbelievable Highway Accident... enTire luck!
Enhance
improve a lesson, deliver in a better way
- develop skills
games - try Super Teacher Tools - better explanations and investigations
Extend
take a task further
Car Racing
Kent "Toast" French, The World's Fastest Clapper
Enthuse
develop an interest in discovery and learning
Where to find stuff?
For photos that engage, enrich, extend... try pinterest.com
Vimeo often has some creative videos.
Brady Haran is has series of educational videos (good ones) for science and maths.
The ABC has a fantastic site called Splash with lots of resources.
Sesame Street... seriously.
TED-Ed are publishing lessons, short video snippets, for all sorts of subjects.