harnessing new technologies for effective learning here are some examples and ideas to foster...
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Harnessing new technologies for effective learningHere are some examples and ideas to
foster creativity, motivation, effective learning, divergent thinking, connectivity, and project-based learning.
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Wallwisher
Wallwisher - allows people to express their thoughts on a common topic easily. Use Wallwisher for:
Expressing opinionsPersonal note takingTo-do listsBrainstormingFeedback CollectionWishing people on occasions, like
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Collect ideas for exploration
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Book Reviews
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More Wallwisher ideas
Suggestion box Environmental pledges What languages do your parents
know? Thank you wall Summarizing material Expressing opinions
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Examples of Online ProjectsRemaining YoungWe are trying to provide kids
strategies, refusal skills, alternatives to engaging in physical relationships and skills for coping with peer pressure.
Collaborating around the worldCollaborating Around the WorldSarah's second graders do a culture
exchange in the spring with classes in Australia. She and fellow GCT Laurie Wales send mascots to each other and post pictures so that the children could learn about the other country and other school based on where the mascot was in the picture.
Fictitious Worlds
Fictitious WorldsChris' 8th graders put together Google
sites on fictitious countries, museums or businesses.
This I Believe
Students composed essays that explored their values and reflected on the events that shaped these beliefs. Students composed essays in Docs, then recorded a podcast using Aviary.
Blogs eg. edublogs
A blog is a website for which an individual or a group frequently generates text, photographs, video or audio files, and/or links, typically (but not always) on a daily basis. The term is a shortened form of weblog. Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to
an existing blog is called "blogging". Individual articles on a blog are called "blog posts," "posts,"
or "entries". The person who posts these entries is called a "blogger".
Webquests
Go to http://webquest.sdsu.edu/ Click “TrainingMaterials” Under “Overview and Underpinnings,
”click A Webquest about Webquests MIDDLE AND SCHOOL (75minutes)
Create groups of four and follow instructions
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WebQuests A WebQuest for K-12 Teachers utilizing the WebGuide Template -
Internet4Classrooms version - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lesson_plan_quest.htm
WebQuest Template - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lesson-template.htm
San Diego State University Educational Technology Department WebQuests Page - http://webquest.sdsu.edu/
Best WebQuests - http://bestwebquests.com/ WebQuest Templates SDSU - http://webquest.sdsu.edu/LessonTemplate.html Teachnology WebQuest Generator -
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/web_quest/ Differentiated Instruction WebQuests -
http://www.lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/Differentiation/nine.htm Using the Understanding By Design Model to create WebQuests -
http://www.bclacts.org/Using%20Ubd%20to%20design%20a%20webquest.pdf
Examples of elementary school digital storytelling
Edmodo
Examples of Edmodo Ways to use Edmodo
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Wikis
Using Wikis in the classroom
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Zooburst
ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books. Using ZooBurst, storytellers of any age can create their own rich worlds in which their stories can come to life.
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Hot Potatoes
Hot Potatoes enables you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web.
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Many more Web tools
http://www.boxoftricks.net/internet-resouces-for-education/
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