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Discover fresh ideas for using technology in the classroom and at home to improve learning, encourage collaboration, and increase student engagement.

Introducing the First #scichat Challenge

Eric BrunsellAugust 31, 2010

Tags Technology Integration, Middle (6-8), High (9-12), Math

"Let's get this #scichat party started!"
9:01 PM - June 9, 2010

As school was winding down for the summer, #scichat was launched with a passionate discussion about increasing the relevancy of school science. A vibrant community of science educators began to connect on Twitter to share ideas and resources. Throughout the summer, this growing community met every other Tuesday to discuss topics ranging from using web tools in the classroom to assessing science.

Technology Tools for the First Week of School

Mary Beth HertzAugust 30, 2010

Tags Technology Integration

Are there specific technology tools that educators should use during the first weeks of school? Yes! In case you're not sure where to start, I asked my Twitter colleagues to tell me what tools they are planning to use, or have used, and why.

Keep in mind that there are many uses for each tool and there is no one right way to use it -- adapt the ideas to work in your own classroom. And if you would like to learn more about certain tools, I will be addressing some of them in my next post, so please let me know in the comment area what interests you.

Interview 2.0: Using Social Media to Prepare Students for the Workplace

Andrew MarcinekAugust 21, 2010

Tags Career and Technical Education, Comprehensive Assessment, , Technology Integration, Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle (6-8), High (9-12)

"Please submit a letter of interest and a resume by mail only. No electronic submissions will be accepted."

- In the comments section listed below, please list your first impression of this statement.

Help Parents Use Social Media to Stay Connected to the Classroom

Andrew MarcinekAugust 5, 2010

Tags Parental Involvement, , Technology Integration, Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle (6-8), High (9-12)

Last week on #edchat we discussed the myths of social media and how it gets a bad reputation. The conversation was scattered in many directions, but most came back to one simple solution: transparency.

Increase Student Engagement by Getting Rid of Textbooks

Shelly Blake-PlockAugust 5, 2010

Tags Technology Integration, High (9-12), History, World Language Learning

Editor's Note: Today's guest blogger is Shelly Blake-Plock a high school classroom teacher from Maryland, who blogs at teachpaperless.com.

Romeo and Juliet for the 21st c.: How One Teacher Created a Drama Club and Made Shakespeare Hip

Betty RayJuly 6, 2010

Tags After-School Learning, Primary (K-2), Technology Integration, Upper Elementary (3-5), Visual Arts, Pennsylvania

Editor's Note: Our guest blogger today is Erika Saunders who teaches 6th-8th grade special ed-learning support and mentally gifted kids at Joseph C. Ferguson Elementary School in North Philidelphia.

"If you build it, they will come." Not only does this apply to baseball fields and ghosts of players past, but also to theater and students. At least it does at Ferguson.

Freedom of Information: How a Wisconsin School District Ditched Internet Filters

EdutopiaJuly 5, 2010

Tags Technology Integration, Wisconsin

Among the more memorable people I met at last week's ISTE conference in Denver is a renegade technology director from Racine, Wisconsin. Just a few months after his promotion from network manager to director of information systems of the Racine Unified School District last summer, Tim Peltz made a revolutionary move: he removed the firewalls that had blocked students from many parts of the Internet. He didn't just remove a brick here and there. He tore those walls completely down.

Information Literacy

Andrew MarcinekJuly 2, 2010

Tags Technology Integration, Middle (6-8), High (9-12)

How many times have you encountered this response: I typed it into Google, and really couldn't find anything.

WHAT!

How is this possible? We live in the information age; the age in which information is literally at our fingertips. My mother just came in the kitchen. She was asking me about making poor man's lobster. I asked her what exactly that is.

"Let me find the card with the recipe on it"

Will the iPad and Similar Technology Revolutionize Learning?

Bob LenzJune 9, 2010

Tags Classroom Technology, Mobile Learning, Teacher Development, Technology Integration, All Grades, District of Columbia

I am writing this blog post on the new Apple iPad while on a plane returning from the Newschools Venture Fund Community of Practice and Summit in Washington DC. There, at the nation's capital, a gathering of education entrepreneurs from across the country explored the themes of technology and innovation.

iPod, iListen, iRead

Milton ChenMay 17, 2010

Tags Classroom Technology, Mobile Learning, Primary (K-2), Technology Integration, Upper Elementary (3-5), English Language Arts, California, Oregon

The learning landscape is shifting under our feet. It's an exciting and momentous time for technology advances in learning, from the explosion of interest in online courses to free videoconferencing to powerful new devices at lower cost, such as the iPod. Having worked in educational media and technology beginning in the 1970s, I dare say that more change has happened in our field in the last four years than the last 40.