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lizstover — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:17:37 CDT

This WIKI accompanies the ARDLA 2007 conference presentation entitled

"2007 Arkansas Classroom & Technology: Current Use and Emerging Technologies".

You can also visit our "Snapshots of Success" website which presents our findings about and examples of technology integration in Arkansas Schools.

Conference attendees are encouraged to utilize, add to, and edit this WIKI to provide valuable resources for integrating classroom technologies.

Digital Classroom

Workshop Presenters:

Rebecca Martindale
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Regional Programs
Cheryl Murphy
University of Arkansas College of Education & Health Professions
Liz Stover
University of Arkansas School of Continuing Education & Academic Outreach
Elaine Terrell
University of Arkansas School of Continuing Education & Academic Outreach

Teacher Resources

lizstover — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:09:05 CDT

Technology in the Classroom is Not a New Idea

4Teachers.org

This website offers a wide range of online tools and resources to help teachers integrate technology into the classroom. Tools include a QuizStar (quiz builder), RubiStar (rubric builder), skillbuilders, and much more.

The Futures Channel Connecting Learning to the Real World.

This website incorporates video links that are relevant to learning topics in education such as: agebra, science, technology, the environment, and space to name a few. The site was developed with scientists, engineers, innovators, and visionaries to create lessons with visual examples that make learning relevant.

Knowitall.org

This web portal provides a collection of fun and interactive websites for K-12 students, teachers and parents. Resources can be searched by subject, grade level, or by viewing audience.

Presidential Timeline of the 20th Century:

"The Presidential Timeline was designed and developed by the Learning Technology Center in The University of Texas at Austin College of Education, in conjunction with the Presidential Libraries and Terra Incognita Productions. The Presidential Timeline Project was made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities with additional support from The Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation and The University of Texas Libraries. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities". Source: http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/about.php

Quizlet: A free online tool for developing electronic flash cards, and quizzes to test your understanding.

TeachingHacks.com

This Wiki includes a large selection of technology integration ideas for the classroom, such as collaborative editing in education, folksonomy and tagging, weblogs, video sharing, and geocaching. The site also includes workshops such as "Google Earth 101" and "Video 101 for Educators", definitely worth a look. Being a Wiki, this site is kept updated and new information is frequently added.

TED (Technology Entertainment Design): Ideas Worth Spreading: Inspired talks by the worlds greatest thinkers and doers. This site is worth checking out! If you want to be inspired or want to inspire others just take a look at some of the talks presented on this website, and be prepared to share.

Verizon Thinkfinity

Thinkfinity compiles lesson plans and interactive activities from a number of popular sites, such as ARTSEDGE, EDSITEment, and ReadWriteThink. Lessons are developed to, support and are aligned to national education standards. Many states have aligned Thinkfinity lessons to state standards.

Exemplary K12 Sites

lizstover — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:24:55 CDT

If you have an exemplary site, please add it to our list and let us know why you think it's exemplary!

Alabama Learning Exchange

This distance learning portal includes categorized lesson plans, a course of study search feature, professional learning resources, and more to accomodate distance learners in Alabama programs.

Lee's Summit School District Technology Integration

While not the prettiest website on the planet, this school district provides a huge and well-organized collection of resources for k12 distance learning and also highlights student projects.

New Technology High School

NAPA New Technology High School focuses on project based learning, as is evident in it's rich display of student projects. You can also browse through exemplary student portfolios, definitely worth a look.

GPS / GIS

lizstover — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:44:20 CDT

GIS Education from GEOcommunity

This site includes online training materials and information about the history of GIS in education.

The USGS and Science Education

The USGS provides resources for k-12 and higher education lessons about GPS and GIS. Many examples are listed that describe real-life uses.

Podcasting

lizstover — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:14:07 CDT

Podcasting and Education from Shambles.net

This website provides resources and rubrics for podcasting in addition to Shawn Wheeler's presentation entitled "Improving Student Learning through Podcasting". This presentation will take you through the creation process so you can get started on your first podcast.

Integrating Podcasting into your Classroom

Google Earth

lizstover — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:20:56 CDT

Using Google Earth in a Foreign Language Classroom

Teach Area and Perimeter using Google Earth

Handhelds

lizstover — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:28:35 CDT

Handheld Educator from PALM

This resource from PALM includes discussions about handhelds in education and a list of lessons for handheld use arranged by subject.

PA Palm Project

Kids record NOAA Whale Data on Handheld Linux Computers

Wikis

lizstover — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:21:59 CDT

Intro to Wikis: Students at a Georgia private school collaborate online to learn computer science

This Aug/Sept 2007 EDTECH focus on K-12 article describes how Wikis can be used to facilitate collaboration and learning. The article identifies ISTE standards addressed and resources used for this particular project.

Wiki Wisdom: Lessons for educators

This article from Education Week's Digital Directions (September 12, 2007) describes innovative uses for Wikis in the classroom and general guidelines for using the technology.

Teaching with Wikis

Video

lizstover — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:17:52 CDT

Digital Storytelling from Carnegie Mellon University

Learn about various uses for digital storytelling in education, including modality, virtual reality, interactivity, and visualization. Samples of each category are available for viewing. Also, learn how to create digital stories and about issues related to copyright, technology, and authoring. This tutorial steps you through the process in an easy-to-follow fashion.

Digital Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. Digital stories derive their power by weaving images, music, narrative and voice together, thereby giving deep dimension and vivid color to characters, situations, experiences, and insights. Tell your story now digitally.

- Leslie Rule, Digital Storytelling Association

Digital Storytelling

This site includes a list of resources for digital storytelling in education, digital family stories, and international digital storytelling, in addition to a tutorial describing how to create digital stories (tools to use, sequencing, and evaluating).

Making Movies: Students prove they're learning at this high school by making "mathcasts"
This Aug/Sep 2007 EDTECH article describes a high school class that makes "movies" as they solve math problems on an interactive whiteboard, allowing the teacher, parents, or students to review it at a later date.

Teaching Video Blogging to Elementary School Educators

Gaming

lizstover — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:01:27 CDT

Education Arcade Conf. 2005 - Teachers using Games

Gamers have amassed thousands of hours of rapidly analyzing new situations, interacting with characters they don’t really know, and solving problems quickly an independently.”

Beck & Wade, Got Game

The Education Arcade

This site explores games that promote learning through authentic and engaging play. The Education Arcade's research and development projects focus on learning that naturally occurs in commercial games, and on the design of educational games.

SIMU2007

SIMU 2007 - held on Sept. 7, 2007 - was a conference centered around gaming in education. You can view an archived webcast of the entire conference (view speaker bios). This site also include many good links about research on gaming in education .

Technology Integration

lizstover — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:43:26 CDT

This page includes resources about best practices and issues related to integrating technology in the classroom.

Web 2.0 in Language Learning

EdTech Coast-to-Coast

This site includes a number of podcasts related to technology integration in the classroom.
Episodes include:

The pros and cons of social networking sites in schools
Technology as a Tool or as a Transformation?
Panel discussion of Web 2.0 in education

E-Learning Concepts and Techniques

This site is a collaborative e-book project from the Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania's Department of Instructional Technology.

Sections of the e-book include topics ranging from the definition of e-learning to instructional strategies, web standards, and information ownership.