Elementary+Teachers

Elementary Teachers

Teachers, Do you feel overwhelmed when it comes to using technology with your students and just don't know where to start? Look no further. This page is intended to give a teacher a glance at how to integrate technology into the classroom in a less stressful way. It is always easiest to start with something that you may already be familiar with yourself, or an activity that you already do in the classroom that you can easily see how to adapt it to using technology. Most of the time teachers are hesitant to allow their students to use technology, this is because up to this point we have not been teaching proper etiquette to the students. The more we use technology with the students, the more comfortable we will be. As teachers we have the responsibility to bring our students into the 21st century so that they are able to survive in society after they graduate high school!~Miss Julie Ebert

Listen to this podcast to get some ideas of how you as a classroom teacher could use technology with your students.

Podcast-
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Classroom podcast samples- http://www.mrcoley.com/coleycast/index.htm

Google-
Google has an assortment of tools to use with your students! Check out these videos to help guide you in using these tools with your students! YouTube videos for using Google Tools- http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9y036_how-to-search-google-in-7-really-co_school - How to search Google in 7 really cool secret ways [] - Google Docs for Students Introduction in 6 Minutes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXQmbj3EpCg&feature=related - Google Docs for Teachers Introduction in 5 Minutes Here is a sample lesson plan using Google Tools- http://ebertj.wikispaces.com/

Blogs-
Here are some links to use to see how other teachers use blogs and wikis to communicate with their students and parents as well as members of the community.
 * 1) Kindergarten
 * @http://kindergartengs.wordpress.com/
 * @http://manaiakindergarten.blogspot.com/
 * http://ipadeducators.ning.com/profiles/blogs/11-ipads-in-kindergarten (amazing story!!!)
 * 1) 3rd - 4th grade
 * @http://mrsthorp.com/
 * @http://www.mrwrightsclass.com/
 * @http://classroom209.blogspot.com/
 * @http://www.4thgradeblog.com/
 * 1) 7th - 8th grade
 * http://www.liberty.k12.mo.us/~elanghorst/blog
 * @http://mrscaseys8thgradeearthscience.blogspot.com/
 * 1) High school
 * @http://millersenglish10.blogspot.com/
 * 1) School Districts
 * @http://kcsdblog.wordpress.com/
 * 1) Other examples
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 * @http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Bloggers
 * 1) My Blog- http://ebertj83.blogspot.com/

Check out these links to help you find ways to integrate technology into the classroom.~ http://oedb.org/library/beginning-online-learning/100-ways-to-use-your-ipod-to-learn-and-study-better http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/gadgets.html http://sites.google.com/site/colettecassinelli/presentations http://www.classroom20.com/ http://sites.google.com/site/educationalweb20tools/Home

Here are some sites that show teachers why integrating technology into the classroom is so important. http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech146.shtml http://edudemic.com/2010/12/the-ultimate-guide-to-using-ipads-in-the-classroom/ https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_721gdk5jtd8 http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/05/27/five-ways-readers-are-using-ipads-in-the-classroom/ http://poducateme.com/ http://wikiserver.cfsd16.org/users/kimboling/weblog/ca725/Podcasting_Readers_Theatre.html http://www.adrianbruce.com/blogging/blogging.htm http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Wiki_in_a_K-12_classroom http://www.slideshare.net/coolcatteacher/wikis-in-the-classroom http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/going-digital-using-book-30623.html

(These resources were shared with me when I was enrolled in Literacy and Technology class-thank you to Dr. Alderton for opening my eyes to the world that surrounds us today! I hope these sources are as useful to all of you as they were to me!)


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