May 2012
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Emily R. - A Win for the Robo-Readers
Can software accurately grade a students essay? According to this article from Inside Higher Ed, yes and no. A large study done at the University of Akron found that grades given by human readers and the software’s ratings were usually very similar. More than 22,000 essays written by students were used in the study.
From the article: ” “The results demonstrated that over all,...
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Emily R. - Harvard and M.I.T. Team Up to Offer...
According to a New York Times article, Harvard and M.I.T. Team up to Offer Free Online Courses, these two educational giants have announced edX, a nonprofit partnership that offers free courses from both schools. Completing the courses earns you a grade and certificate, but you don’t get any credits. 120,000 people already enrolled in a Circuits and Electronics course in March, and 10,000...
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Technology Teacher →
This is a very user friendly blog. It will give step by step instructions about how to use different online tools that would be helpful in a class. It is discribed so well that I think that even elementary level students would be able to understand and complete the steps described on this site. - Jay S.
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iLearn Technology →
This blog is devoted to finding ways for teachers to integrate technology into classrooms. It has very in depth articles about a variety of different technologies. It discusses a variety of websites and tools I’ve never heard of. Professor Strange would probably really enjoy this blog. - Jay S.
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Ask a Tech Teacher →
Ask a Tech Teacher is run by Jacqui Murray, a Southern California elementary teacher who teaches her students about typing on keyboards, Photoshop, and other technology. Her blog is a veritable treasure trove of information for teachers looking for ideas to use technology in their classroom. Her blog has even won web awards for best educational technology blog. She covers a wide range of topics in...
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Jay S. - Assistive Technology for Children with... →
This is an article by Susan Stokes. It covers many of the ways she thinks that Autistic students could be aided with the use of technology. She thinks that Autistic students could be aided in the areas of overall understanding of their environment, expressive communication skills, social interaction skills, attention skills, motivation skills, organization skills, academic skills, self help...
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Jay S. - FamilyVillage →
This is probably the best website that I’ve found about using technology for students with disabilities. It has links to many other websites about using technology to aid disabled students. It also has links to lome of the best articles on the use of tech that I’ve found in my searches.
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Jay S. - Technology Helping Disabled Students →
This is a short article about different ways that technology can be used to help teach students with disabilities. It also talks about how these same advances in technology can be used to help develop the social development of these injured students. This website has many useful articles like this.
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Nik's Learning Technology Blog →
Nik Peachey is a learning technology consultant and teacher trainer who runs several blogs, gives lectures, and runs workshops on media and technology for teachers. Nik’s Learning Technology Blog is full of ways to use technology in the classroom. He takes a seemingly arbitrary apps and turns it into an augmented reality info scavenger hunt for students. He uses Cruxbot, a tool which...
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Teacher Resources →
This is a website I found that is filled with teaching resources and other things. There are student activities, teaching strategies, teaching ideas, and even more. Definitely a plus for anyone planning to go into the teaching field. - Rodney P.
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Kubbu →
This is a site I found that I personally thought would be helpful to educators. Here you can create activities, manage your students accounts on the site, track how students are progressing, and even share assignments with other teachers. - Rodney P.
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Cool Cat Teacher Blog →
This is the blog of Vicki Davis, another educator whose blog we visited frequently. She also has a lot of great posts and has a lot of advice to give future educators.
Rodney P.
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Adventures in Pencil Integration →
This is a link to the blog of John T. Spencer. He is an educator who frequently updates his blog with great post. As a student in EDM 310, I had to visit his blog a lot. Mr. Spencer always has great post that can be very influential to future educators.
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Rodney P - Overcoming the Math Groups Hurdle for... →
This is an article about how to successfully use groups to work with students in math classes. I chose this article since my major is math. It is a very interesting article to read.
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Rodney P - Education World: Technology as a Tool... →
This is an article I found that discuss technology in classrooms and how to best utilize it. It talks about technology as a tool, choosing the right tool, and how to work together with the students to best use it.
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Emily R. - Principles of Effective Technology...
Principles of Effective Technology Integration
In fact, I found the principles of technology integration so interesting, I had to look them up, to find out more. This slideshare is what I found, and it expounds upon what the English major covered briefly in her video Technology in the English Classroom. Watching this really put everything we’ve done in EDM310 in a new light, because I...
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WatchThis video by Scott Miller and David Sladkey is episode 42 in a series, but part 1 of three videos of English lesson ideas for the Smartboard. Though the videos are from 2009, the lessons they use are still applicable and great ideas for using with elementary or high school students, and if English isn’t your area of teaching, you can check out their channel on TeacherTube to find ideas for...
