Educational Technology for Teachers

This week, I discuss some things you really should consider before adopting iPads for your classes on a 1:1 basis. They certainly don't do everything and they aren't perfect educational devices. Here's what you need to know organized under three categories, the good, the bad and the ugly.

We're finally back from winter break! This week, I discuss some really cool classroom response sites for active learning with mobile devices.

Here are the links from this post:

More information in my book - Educational Technology for Teachers - including a full list of recommended apps and websites for education.

This week, I discuss the CRAP test to help you determine the accuracy of an information source. Teachers can adapt this test for different ages of students in order to help them learn this important 21st century skill. Here are the elements of the CRAP test:

Currency

Reliability

Accuracy

Purpose and point of view

Here are the links from this post:

More information in my book - Educational Technology for Teachers - including a full section on information literacy.

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This week, we talk a little about the future of education and how what we do now with technology in the classroom can be student-centered. Remember, it's how you use technology that really counts! Simply using technology in your classroom won't make a difference with student learning. Using it in student-centered ways will!

Here are the links from this post:

More information in my book - Educational Technology for Teachers - including a full chapter on student-centered learning with technology.

This week, I continue a previous podcast on project-based learning technologies and discuss the 9 elements of project-based learning and give some example projects that might work for different subject areas.  Here are the nine elements of project based learning:

• Anchor 

• Task 

• Directions 

• Student choices 

• Student inquiry 

• Collaboration and teamwork 

• Teacher coaching and feedback 

• Student reflection 

• Public presentation 

More information in my book - Educational Technology for Teachers - including how to create a project-based learning experience and how to use technology in project-based learning.

This week, I discuss the concept of digital natives and digital immigrants. My son Jacob joins me briefly to play the part of a digital native. Here are links to the articles featured in the podcast: Prensky, Digital Natives, Digital ImmigrantsDigital Nativism

This week, I recap my conference experience at the 2014 AECT International Convention in Jacksonville Florida. It was a fun week and a great experience. Here are links to more information about the presentations and items featured in the podcast: http://www.iste.org/standards http://tinyurl.com/m7gmryj  Fake David Wiley: https://twitter.com/FakeDavidWiley

This week, just like last week, two teachers discuss their favorite social media tools and how they are used for teaching and learning. This podcast features Brittany Konda who provides a fantastic introduction to Pinterest, and Piper Thorpe, who gives some great uses of Twitter.