The document provides summaries of 10 web sources on educational technology:
1) It discusses how states support online and blended learning to accommodate different learning styles.
2) It describes how the website Wideo allows teachers and students to create animated tutorials and presentations.
3) The website Discovery Education offers free templates for games and exercises to help teachers save time.
The document provides summaries of 10 web sources on educational technology:
1) It discusses how states support online and blended learning to accommodate different learning styles.
2) It describes how the website Wideo allows teachers and students to create animated tutorials and presentations.
3) The website Discovery Education offers free templates for games and exercises to help teachers save time.
The document provides summaries of 10 web sources on educational technology:
1) It discusses how states support online and blended learning to accommodate different learning styles.
2) It describes how the website Wideo allows teachers and students to create animated tutorials and presentations.
3) The website Discovery Education offers free templates for games and exercises to help teachers save time.
The document provides summaries of 10 web sources on educational technology:
1) It discusses how states support online and blended learning to accommodate different learning styles.
2) It describes how the website Wideo allows teachers and students to create animated tutorials and presentations.
3) The website Discovery Education offers free templates for games and exercises to help teachers save time.
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10 Web sources on Educational Technology
1. Use of Technology in Teaching and Learning
www.ed.gov This site discusses how 48 states support online learning. Virtual or online learning is used for students; all their learning and instructions are earned through an online school. It also talks about blended learning, which incorporate both face-to-face and online learning opportunities. The strategy of blended learning is to accommodate students diverse learning styles, and to enable them to work before or after school in ways that are not possible with full-time conventional classroom instructions. 2. Technology and Learning Create Fantastic Videos with wideo www.techlearning.com Wideo allows teachers and students to make their own tutorials, in class presentations and much, much more. They are animated. And allows them to breakdown topics and explain or demonstrate on the topics. The contain sound and audio access. They are attention grabbers with easy to use templates. 3. Teaching Tools Discovery Education www.school.discoveryeducation.com This is a website that is created b several types of teachers. It offers all types of free templates to different exercises, such as matching games. Matching games can consists of things like matching words (CD Rom, Double spacing, caps lock) to correct definitions. It also include word scramble exercises which are always fun. The website is a time saver for teachers, it allow them to print out the material they wish to use. 4. ISTE Standards www.iste.org This website talks about the standards for teachers, students, administrators coaches, and computer science educators. They are important because they set bar for excellence, and best practices in learning, teaching, and leading with technology. There are several benefits of it some are: Improving higher-order thinking skills, problem solving, critical thinking and creativity. Preparing students for their future in the global market Designing online learning environments Systemic change in our schools to create digital places of learning
5. The Rise of K-12 blended learning
By: Michael B. Horn and Heather Staker www.innosightinstitute.org Website defines blended learning, which is when students learn away from home and through online delivery. Also talks about how home schooling and full-time virtual schooling will serve 10% of students at most. Bleak budgets and teacher shortages create the need for blended learning to rethink the structure and delivery of education. The potential of blended learning allows them to learn at own pace. 6. 10 ways to get student-centered learning right. By: Leah Levy www.edudemic.com Discusses different ways to get student centered, some such as: Turn teachers into facilitators and coaches Establish rules Push students to apply knowledge Get families on board Offer extended learning opportunities Divide the principal ship These all represent the importance, fundamental, and exciting shift in education. 7. How do special education students benefit from technology? www.learnnc.org Children with disabilities, technology can give access to learning opportunities previously closed to them. It talks about E-reader, which helps students turn book pages without applying dexterity. They also have voice adaptive software; this helps students answer questions without needing to write. Assistive is not just for students with disabilities, but it can also be used for students with motivation, academic skills, and social development. Incorporating technology increases students motivation to learn. 8. Technology in classroom: Helpful or Harmful? www.education.com Talks about the positive, and negative of technology today. Technology makes it easier to spend more overall time on learning. It is used to help track students progress.
There are a couple of steps we should consider in a childs daily interaction
with technology. Look for connections: used within the context or larger learning goals rather than isolation. Dont assume: base your understanding on reliable sources Its all in the application: success of any tool depends on how its used. 9. 11 Great Video tools for teachers www.educatorstechnology.com This website gives examples of different types of videos that can be created for teachers to use and what each one can do. Animoto: create stunning videos without the need for advanced video knowledge. Vimeo is used to host and upload videos to share with others Microsoft cliplets: type of imagery that sits between stills and videos Wevideo: provide different editing features. 10. Educational Technology Isnt Leveling the Playing Field. By: Annie Murphy Paul www.slate.com Computers might level the playing field, for the neighborhoods, young people, children of concentrated affluence, and concentrated poverty. It has been hailed as the great equalizer of educational opportunity. Technology is increasing the gap between rich, and poor between whites, and minorities, and between the school-ready and the less prepared, the unleveling impact of technology. Also has to do with a phenomenon known as the Matthew Effect which is technology for early advantages to multiply over time.