Read the results of the annual School Library Journal’s Technology Survey here…
Category Archives: Technology
Student Survey Results
School Library Journal reports on a recent survey of 3 000 high school students. Student were asked about their use of Wikipedia, as well as their thoughts on plagiarism and libraries. The results are most interesting.
Notegraphy
Notegraphy
Notegraphy has been described as the “Instagram of words.”
Read more, including possibilities for applications in education, in a posting at FreeTech4Teachers.
Snappy Words
Snappy Words
Snappy Words is a beautifully designed free visual dictionary and thesaurus. Built like a Prezi, it moves and flows and generates quite extensive word webs with simple cursor movements.
No Child Left Untableted
Feature article from The New York Times…
Sally Hurd Smith, a veteran teacher, held up her brand-new tablet computer and shook it as she said, “I don’t want this thing to take over my classroom.” It was late June, a month before the first day of school. In a sixth-grade classroom in Greensboro, N.C., a dozen middle-school social-studies teachers were getting their second of three days of training on tablets that had been presented to them as a transformative educational tool. Every student and teacher in 18 of Guilford County’s 24 middle schools would receive one, 15,450 in all, to be used for class work, homework, educational games — just about everything, eventually.
An Obituary for Student Desks
TeachHub Magazine
GeoGebra
GeoGebra offers interactive math and science lessons, tutorials and worksheets. A great resource if you’re thinking of flipping your classroom. As you work your way through the myriad resources on offer, do pay attention to the old wiki, as well as the YouTube Channel.
3 Student Tech Trends Teachers Should Know About
If you’re just settling into what will hopefully be a nice, long, and relaxing summer break, then congratulations. You deserve it. I’ll just sit here waiting for you to … okay, done relaxing? Let’s talk about some of the biggest student tech trends that students will be talking about when you head back to class in the fall. It’s important to stay up to date on what’s popular with students so you can know ahead of time what they’ll be looking for when the first bell rings. In other words, you’d better be prepared for an onslaught of tech this fall. I’m here to help, though. Fear not!
It’s important to know not just what connected teachers are looking at and tinkering with in terms of technology. You need to know what students are doing online, what technology they’re using, and how. So let’s get on with it so you can go back to sipping your drink by the side of the pool.
App of the Week
Beginning September 2013, I will post an “App of the Week”.
- You will be able to search the blog postings by category to find the “App of the Week” archives.
- I will also cross post the App of the Week onto the Cool Apps webpage under the Technology header accessible from the blog homepage.
Enjoy.