I’m positing a monthly “Tech Tips for Teachers” and I thought I might begin here. You can look for these at the beginning of each month.
T3: Tech Tips for Teachers
Open courseware classes. offer a free opportunity for you to increase your knowledge while working at your own pace. Learn new, creative approaches to teaching other disciplines, bring burgeoning technology into your classroom, and strengthen your teaching skills.
Create your own customized motivational posters. Turn a simple photograph into a humorous or sobering message. Make your own funny, parodied, or sport-related poster. Perfect for the office, classroom, teachers’ lounge, or church.
Student motivation: The discussion of new 21st-century skills seems to generate debate among people who are either for the concept or against it. Although that argument has merit, this presentation helps us beyond that particular debate and toward an inclusive discussion that improves instruction.
Assessment of wikis in classroom 2.0. With its underpinnings in constructivism as pedagogy, the “Currwikulum process” moves beyond the static blog to inform the writing process at various stages. For more about wikis, view here: http://hosting2.epresence.tv/JVLA/1/watch/53.aspx
Classroom game templates and clips. Who wouldn’t want to be a Millionaire or the center-square on “Hollywood Squares?” Incorporate sounds for the shows as well as the question format. Use clips from these shows: “The Price is Right,” “The Weakest Link,” “Wheel of Fortune,” “Jeopardy,” “Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader,” and “Survivor,” among others.
June, 2009
