More Web Tools to Help You Integrate Technology in Class

October  8, 2015
You may already know about the Common Core State Standards in the U.S. Did you also know about the Next Generation Science Standards? Or the National Core Art Standards? And the ISTE Standards?

Common Core State Standards

 The official site for the CCSS, currently covering K-12 math and English language arts.

Next Generation Science Standards 

The official site for the NGSS, K-12 science standards developed by the National Research Council.

National Core Art Standards 

The official site for the NCAS, covering pre-K-12 dance, media arts, music, theatre and visual arts.

ISTE Standards 

 The official site for the ISTE Standards, a guide for the effective use of technology to support learning and teaching.

Want more? Check out these shelves of tools .

Creativity and the Common Core  

This is curated by education consultant Linda Nitsche.

Web Based Common Core Apps 

This one is curated by technology teacher advisor Genevieve Pacada.

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A Great New Tool to Help You Integrate Technology In Your Lesson Plans

August 26, 2015
Lesson Flows is a new service provided by Common Sense Graphite to enable teachers to effectively integrate technology in their lesson plans. The premise behind Lesson Flows is to help teachers combine inspiring teaching practices with great digital tools. For each part of the lesson plan you will be able to curate and add web tools that can best meet its objectives.

To better understand how to align technology with the different parts of your lesson plan, here is an excellent example of a Lesson Flow created by digital learning specialist Rachelle W. In this lesson plan, Rachelle assigns a web tool for each of the five section of her lesson plan together with providing the rationale behind the use of each of these tools.  This is indeed a great example of how a tech-rich lesson plan should be designed.

Watch the video below to learn more about Lesson Flows

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3 Good Interactive Guides to Help You Integrate Technology in Your Teaching

August 1 , 2015
Looking for new ideas and ways to use technology in your instruction? The guides below are definitely worth your consideration. These are free short eBooks available for free download from iTunes store. The books present ideas and examples of the different technologies teachers can use with their students in class. Browse through the collection and get inspired!

1- New Technologies in The Classroom by Jordan A. Lynde

‘This is a short book of three articles I have written on new technologies that can be used in the classroom. Each chapter will include a summary of the article, and then a review or reflection of my thoughts about the idea of using the technology specified in the article. All reflections are just my thoughts and have nothing to do with the company who makes them or the website that I have reviewed. This is just a collection of one future educators thoughts about how the classroom experience could be enhanced with these technologies and maybe give some ideas or insight to other educators.’

2- Using Technologies in Education by Dr. Chris Greer

‘This textbook strives to explore various technologies that are currently used in K-12 and higher education. The chapters in this textbook are rich with photos, video, as well as researched information that pertains to the modern educator. It was created by nine graduate students at Georgia College.’

3- The Innovative Classroom, Using Technology to Inspire Art & Design, by Dawn Kandekore

‘The Innovative Classroom: Using Technology to Inspire Art & Design is aimed at teachers, trainee teachers and home educators worldwide who teach children between the ages of 6 to 12. It presents ideas for using technology to support art and design. You will also find this book useful if you are just looking for new ideas or want to make use of free resources available on the Internet.’

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