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View ArticleWeek 5: Discovery Education Network
This week, I decided to look at the Discovery Education Network. This website is used in classrooms all over and is a very useful website for teachers. I have personally seen this website used in a...
View ArticleWeek 8: Blogging in the K-12 Classroom
Blogging has become a major part of today’s educational classroom. I read the Langwitches Blog post about Implementing Blogging in the Classroom. The post was a state of the school address...
View ArticleGoogle Docs for lessons, presentations, and assessment
This week, I used Google Docs for the first time and with a team created a lesson plan, presentation, and an assessment. Google Docs are a Google Docs is a way to edit, share, and collaborate on...
View ArticleSlideshow Tools
The first tool I used to create a video slideshow was iPhoto. This was an easy to use tool that came with the photo tools on a Mac. iPhoto made the slideshow interesting and allowed for me to pick a...
View ArticleBulletin Board!
This week I created a bulletin board and displayed it in the hallway of Bluemont Hall. This bulletin board was titled Technology in Education Resources. It had clouds with different resources that...
View ArticleWeek 11: The Clever Sheep
This week, I read a blog called The Clever Sheep, leading in new directions. This blog was created with three things in mind. The three things are professional development, project based learning...
View ArticleVoicethread in the Classroom
Today I created a VoiceThread. This is an online tool that allows you to create a virtual slideshow of pictures and record your voice to talk about the different slides. Before creating my own...
View ArticleQuestion 1: Best Web Tools for Teachers
Today, I explored The Best Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers 2012 Edition. I also explored The 100 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You. I found a lot of great resources that are being used by...
View ArticleQuestion 2: Final Semester Favorites
Everyone has favorite things in life. During my time in this Educational Technology class, I discovered what my favorite resources to use are. Here are my top three favorites: Favorite #1 The first...
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