We have a prototype Classroom of the Future in my school at Jefferson. Here’s a video of the future of education technology in this vision of an advanced technology classroom of the future showing a smart classroom in a university or k-12 educational environment.
Entries Tagged as 'Techie Teaching News'
Classroom of the Future
April 13th, 2009 · No Comments · http://teachersol.blogspot.com, Techie Teaching News, Techie Teaching Tips
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DEN National Institute 2009
April 10th, 2009 · No Comments · DEN Event, Techie Teaching News
Here’s another exciting event that I look forward to this summer… Congratulations on being selected to attend the Discovery Educator Network’s National Institute on July 13-17, 2009 at the Headlands Institute in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. We are very excited about this opportunity to connect you with fellow STARs from all over the country. [...]
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Minn. educators: Classroom technology should survive budget cuts
March 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Techie Teaching News
Every student at Oak-Land Junior High School in Lake Elmo gets a laptop to use in class and take home at night. Here teacher Katy Pupungatoa, left, helped ninth-graders Victoria Amundson, Meghan Jacobson and Laura Ruiz connect a laptop to an acceleration sensor during a class on Newton’s second law of motion. Despite a [...]
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Teachers turn to technology to engage students
March 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Techie Teaching News
Zack Goins, 16, uses connectors to learn about structure design at Northwest Rankin High School. The STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — program is a creative teaching method that takes students beyond textbooks. (Vickie D. King/The Clarion-Ledger) Teachers increasingly are moving away from lectures and looking for ways to enhance their [...]
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Web site offers free standardized test help
March 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Techie Teaching News
A new site, Socrato.com, quizzes students preparing for Massachusetts standardized tests and asks them to explain how they formulated their answers as a way to help teachers target weak areas. “We believe that we will be able to help students and teachers save time, spend less time on test preparation, and still score higher [...]
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Technology-focused projects can motivate students
March 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Techie Teaching News
Blogger buddies: St. Stephen second-grader Jalen Broussard, left, Abby Bilyeu, center, and Connor Lannon work together to make a blog entry on the computer about their classwork. Michigan educators say elementary school teachers have more flexibility to integrate technology into their lessons, and they are taking advantage of that opportunity. Some Hudsonville elementary students [...]
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Can SKYPE help close achievement gaps?
March 8th, 2009 · No Comments · http://teachersol.blogspot.com, Techie Teaching News
Can Skype help close achievement gaps? Skype might allow top teachers to reach students in impoverished or rural areas, which could help close achievement gaps, says British education-technology professor Sugata Mitra, whose earlier work inspired the Oscar-winning movie “Slumdog Millionaire.” “Financial incentives are no good if [teachers are] sitting there wishing they were somewhere else [...]
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Technology could revolutionize tests
March 1st, 2009 · No Comments · http://teachersol.blogspot.com, Techie Teaching News
Technology could revolutionize tests Computerized tests not only check what students know, but also can help educators understand how children are learning, according to a new Education Sector report. Performance-based models would allow students to complete more comprehensive simulations rather than simply fill in bubbles on a multiple-choice test, the report says. Education Week (premium [...]
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Instant feedback from students improves teaching
February 17th, 2009 · No Comments · http://teachersol.blogspot.com, Promethean Board, Techie Teaching News
An Illinois teacher says student clickers — a type of instant response system — are changing the way he teaches. Students use wireless devices to answer questions with a yes-or-no or multiple-choice answer, allowing Daniel Hile to know instantly which students are struggling and which topics he should cover more thoroughly. The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana, Ill.) [...]
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Video self-modeling may help children with autism improve behavior
February 15th, 2009 · No Comments · http://teachersol.blogspot.com, Special Education, Techie Teaching News
Blog entry from: http://teachersol.blogspot.com Kylee and her mother, Dawn, read a book together in the library at South Park Elementary Center. Kylee, who is autistic, was a participant in a new teaching technique designed for children with autism. Dawn is a first-grade teacher at the school, and spends time with her daughter whenever their schedules [...]
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