Instructions: Integrating Technology in the Classroom
Using Technology
Web Resources for Teachers: These resources help foster students’ use of technology and accountability. They help teachers easily keep in touch with parents and students who are out of class. Look over the following resources and then write a one-page reflection. Submit the reflection below and you will receive one PDP towards mentor certification.
Integrating Technology with limited Resources
Cell Phones in the Classroom
Reflection: Which tool is the most applicable to your mentee's classroom and how do you think they should use it and for what purpose? How can you help them develop this tool? How can they help you?
Web Resources for Teachers: These resources help foster students’ use of technology and accountability. They help teachers easily keep in touch with parents and students who are out of class. Look over the following resources and then write a one-page reflection. Submit the reflection below and you will receive one PDP towards mentor certification.
- www.classjump.com
- ClassJump.com provides teachers web sites free of charge, where multiple classes can be managed and updated using an easy to understand interface. No knowledge of website programming is needed to get your class or classes set up and quickly providing up-to-date information for your students and parents.
- www.edmodo.com
- Edmodo provides teachers and students a secure place to connect and collaborate, share content and educational applications, and access homework, grades, class discussions and notifications. Our goal is to help educators harness the power of social media to customize the classroom for each and every learner.
- youtube video about edmodo for teachers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAzKwC-Jz9Q
- youtube video about edmodo for students: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMThesvG1Lg
- www.wikispaces.com
- A wiki is a space on the Web where you can share work and ideas, pictures and links, videos and media — and anything else you can think of. Wikispaces is special because we give you a visual editor and a bunch of other tools to make sharing all kinds of content as easy for students as it is for their teachers.
- youtube video about wikis in the classroom: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ7-9ZpZzDY
- www.weebly.com
- Teachers can create a free website and/or blog to post assignments, messages, videos and other media. Students can collaborate with each other and their teacher. Parents and students can easily stay informed about class assignments and deadlines.
- youtube video for making a weebly:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTVT19ydMeo
Integrating Technology with limited Resources
- Ideas from teachers on edutopia.org: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/free-tech-integration-resources
Cell Phones in the Classroom
- http://www.brighthubeducation.com/teaching-methods-tips/68100-how-to-use-cell-phones-in-the-classroom/
- Ideas about how to integrate cell phones into lessons.
Reflection: Which tool is the most applicable to your mentee's classroom and how do you think they should use it and for what purpose? How can you help them develop this tool? How can they help you?
