Technology+integration+in+the+classroom+Blogs

Ten Tips for Personalized Learning via Technology
@http://www.edutopia.org/stw-differentiated-instruction-ten-key-lessons Another blog that I explored in Edutopia is one entitled, //Ten Tips for Personalized Learning via Technology// by Grace Rubenstein published by the George Lucas Education Foundation. The purpose of this blog is to give educators tips on making use of technology in a personal way in the classroom. The article was not only helpful but it also provides video clips illustrating many of the tips. The educator's comments give ideas and suggestions beyond the initial article. Rating: 5 Contributed by Susan Grant

**4Teachers: Teach with Technology**
[] This website a lot of applications teachers can use under the “Family Tools” section. The website links for ALTEC, which is based at the University of Kansas. The website offers a lot of resources for teachers to use to try and integrate technology into their teaching. There are lessons that people can use and there is also some sections for student use. Navigation is easy, but some of the links have a lot of connections so you have to do a lot of “clicking” to find what you are looking for. Contributed by Teresa Grote
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[] Blogging in the classroom is a technique that is becoming more and more commonly used in the classroom. This website, created by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, the publishing company, has many strategies that teachers use blogging for in the classroom. Classroom management, discussion and collaborative work are just a few uses they suggest for blogging. They also go through the positive and negatives of using blogs in the classroom. It is very clear and direct when talking about the topic. They also have links to other things like educational articles, and teaching tips. Rating: 5 Contributed by Teresa Grote

Technology Integration for the Classroom
[] This blog is a great resource to find ways to integrate technology. Karen adds weekly websites and ideas that can be used for all grade levels. There was a post for K-4 about using virtual manipulatives in the classroom. There are currently posts about using a flip camera and You Tube videos to using National Geographic for Kids. I found the blog was easy to follow and it is something that I will take the time to look through this summer. Rating: 5 Contributed by Tracy Green

** The Education Business Blog **
[] This is a great place to find out current information on many topics. This blog offers a lot of current information regarding the business of education. I enjoyed learning about many current trends effecting education and technology here. I also enjoyed the top on Obama’s Special Education Policy. This site also offers a chance to subscribe and RSS feed. This site also has a list of topics that link directly to the particular blog. This site is easy to navigate and very informative. Rating: 5 Contributed by Pamela Kouris

Teachers Love SMART boards
[] This website is a resource for everything SMART board! I don't have a SMART board in my classroom. When I went through the site, I found I can't wait until the day one arrives at my door. There are so many ways a SMART board can be used in the classroom. Very helpful blog! Rating: 5 Contributed by Tracy Green

Teaching with Google Documents
[|http://teachingwithgoogledocs.blogspot.com] This blog has good information about using Google docs. I am not familar with Google docs. but it sounds like a great way to organize items. I found the website was easy to navigate, however, since I am not too familar with the Google docs. some things were confusing. I would like to read more about it and see what it has to offer. Rating: 4 Contributed by Tracy Green

**Action: Get the Cameras Rolling With Digital Storytelling**
@http://mrssmoke.onsugar.com/Action-Get-Cameras-Rolling-Digital-Storytelling-3307628 Mrs Smoke on Making Teachers Nerdy has a blog with a great deal of resources about using telling stories digitally. There is everything from the basics, such as what digital storytelling is, all the way through the finer points. This is one type of technology that I would find very helpful with my third graders as I focus on storytelling the last part of each school year. I know that their interest would multiply if they could work on this through technology. I will be using this site more this summer so I can integrate this skill next year. Rating: 5 contributed by Julie Chatham

Free Technology for Teachers
@http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ This website by Richard Byrne has a lot of ideas that are free and ready to use. I especially liked that at the end of each summary there is a section called Application for Education. I need that kind of a clue to see how it could (or couldn't) work for me and my class. The information is up to date and current and there are several categories such as Google, Video, Blogs and Website that keep the information organized and well presented. Best of all - the tools they suggest are free! Rating: 5 contributed by Julie Chatham

[] This is a good place for discussion on a variety of topics on contemporary issues "//Should you friend your students on your personal blog//?" Join the coversation here. The page started by Nicole Lin does not offer a lot of new ideas, but it is a good place to talk about big picture ideas. It's easy to use however not updated all that often. Rating: 4 Submitted by Brandon Kienle

**Educational Technology** @http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/blogger.html This is a good all around spot to find entries and articles on a wide range of newer technologies and their implications in schools. The blog is edited by Ray Schroeder from the University of Illinois at Springfield. While it does keep you posted on who is winning grants I did not have a lot of luck with finding specific things I wanted for my my class. Rating: 4 Submitted by Brandon Kienle

More Smart Board Integration
[] This a nice blog for finding new ideas about making use of that fancy piece of equipment in your classroom. It's contributed to frequently and it has a lot of contributors which offer the latest and greatest in lessons and games to encourage more learning. Rating: 5 Submitted by Brandon Kienle

[] This is a very good site for looking at the big aspects of technology. This not a site that will give tons of teaching ideas, but it does work well in describing particular aspects of technology and the importance that they have in education. Rating: 4 Submitted by Lynnette Humphrey

__http://www.edutopia.org/groups/technology-integration-high-school/13322__ // "What is the one new technological tool that all middle/high schools should add?", // was the blog I found the most informative. The discussion format provided numerous ways that technology could be integrated into the classroom. The opportunity to see how so many others have been integrating technology into the classroom was exciting. The site really gave outside of the box types of ideas. Rating: 4 Submitted by Lynnette Humphrey

Why Integrate Technology into the Curriculum?: The Reasons Are Many
@http://www.edutopia.org/technology-integration-introduction?page=20 Edutopia is a site full of educational blogs on multiple subjects and written by the Edutopia Staff. These blogs are published by the George Lucas Education Foundation. The purpose of these blogs is to make educational information available and to be a platform for educators to state their views and ideas. The blogs also make learning communities possible because of the collaboration that takes place.I found this specific blog: //Why Integrate Technology into the Curriculum?: The Reasons Are Many// to be very helpful. The initial article is informative and the multiple comments immensely rich. The site is very user friendly. Navigation is easy and straight-forward. Rating: 5 Contributed by Susan Grant

@http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/thisweekineducation/scary_technology/  //This Week in Education// is a blog found under the Scholastic Inc. name. The article, //Classrooms: Kids Provide Real-Time Feedback Via Text// was written by Alexander Russo on April 7, 2010. It appears that the blog features news tidbits and this article only gives the minimum facts as the other articles appear to do within the blog site. What is written in this particular blog is scary to me. The article reports of a school in England that encourages the students to regularly text the principal about how their teacher's are doing in the classroom. There is a place to comment on this article and I think it would make for some heated discussions about the place of texting within the classroom, especially used the way the article reports. Rating: 4 (Because of the brevity of the articles) Contributed by Susan Grant

Teaching Secrets: How to Use Leftover Class Time Wisely
[] This blog caught my interest simply for the fact that in the kindergarten class I am in, there is rarely any time left over. After reading through the blog, I followed links to discover online educational games. This is something I am always trying to find for the kindergartners - new games to give them a variety of learning programs. The following site has given a greater selection of educational games to work with: [] Rating: 5 Contributed by Lynn Davis

Changing grade level and position
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Both of the blogs were found at edutopia.com in the Walden University group and New Teacher Connections group. They are more of a sounding board of sorts, a means of encouragement. I had found this site (edutopia.com) during a previous class and found it to be very broad. Downsizing to certain groups made it less intimidating to me. I began “Changing grade level and positions". There has been little activity in this blog, but I am hopeful. When I read “Why blog?” I believe I had the same reaction when I first started blogging. There is such a vast amount of information to be shared on the web - always something of interest for teachers. Edutopia.com really is a great resource and has great potential for both new teachers and the more experienced teachers. Rating: 4 <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 70%;">Contributed by Lynn Davis

**Adventures of Cyberbee: Curriculum Ideas (How do I integrate Internet into my classroom)**
​Cyberbee is a site that links for different content areas, Science, Social Studies, Math, LA and others. The website was created by Linda Joseph, a former Library Media Specialist. Each content area has different lesson plans or ideas that you can use in the classroom. Many of them have students using websites or Internet to participate in games or research activities. The purpose of the links is to help give teachers ideas for activities in the classroom. Some of the links are a little less helpful than others, but several have some great ideas! Navigation is easy and the resources are broken down into quick links labeled with content subjects. Rating: 5 Contributed by Teresa Grote
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50 Up and Coming Blogs by Teachers
@http://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2008/06/30/50-must-read-up-and-coming-blogs-by-teachers/ This website has number of resources in several areas of curriculum, especially for secondary teachers. The technology section was especially interesting to me but I also checked out several in other subject areas and found that all were very helpful and had good, usable suggestions. These ideas come from teachers that have really tried what they are talking about and therefore the ideas work rather than just being a theory. Rating :5 contributed by Julie Chatham

[] In reviewing various sites, I found this site to be the most exciting. Being a history teacher, the site caters to that subjehttp://kdgcomments.blogspot.com/ct, but also incorporate technology along the way. The site’s author GlennW provides a vast assortment of ideas and resources that are relevant and making the learning exciting for the students. Of the sites I reviewed, I find myself checking my RSS feeds daily to find what new information there is offered.// Rating: 5 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;">Submitted by Lynnette Humphrey

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