@WeAreTeachers uses Technology

This is another Twitter shout out.

I follow:

@WeAreTeachers

Yesterday he tweeted "New Teacher Report: Creative Ways to Use Technology in the Classroom" with a link to his blog.

He mentions six creative and innovative ways teacher use educational technology to help their students learn.

"1. A Power Point is Worth a Million Words: Have your students create a power presentation to demonstrate what they learned during a particular unit or lesson."

This link goes to an example lesson plan for 7th & 8th graders about plot structure and summarizing, and integrates technology on the internet with the use of internet to find pictures and put into a power point.

"2. Scenario Training 101: Attach mini-cameras to your kids' lapels and record how they react to a variety of scenarios."

This link goes to an example lesson plan for a project that includes the use of video recordings to assist students in all fields of Criminal Justice. Lapel cameras are attached to them while performing different scenarios. They will take the information and go out and apply what they have learned in class.

"3. Journey into Book Quest: Have students record videos or podcasts of them reviewing favorite books, then post the reviews on your website so other kids can get inspired to read."

This link goes to a lesson plan for students video taping each other doing book talks of their favorite books, then they add title screens, a copy of the book cover, etc.

"4. Media Watch: Watch and assess the coverage on a certain event from various media outlets and then compare and contrast their approaches."

This link goes to a lesson plan for using different media outlets to cover world issues. They use print, audio, and video broadcasts, google docs, etc. They compare and contrast the sources and in what ways are they similar and different.

"5. iPod Touch and Math: Use iPod touch apps to teach math skills to early learners."

This link talks about "apps" that reinforce skills and understanding about math. Using an iPad can be useful for students who are building fine motor skills.

"6. Video Modeling for Special Needs Children: If a certain child is having a hard time with a certain skill, create a video modeling the skill then give them access to the video on an iPod and or iPad."

This link talks about creating videos for students modeling the correct way of doing things. The example they give is about students with autism/traumatic brain injury watching videos so they can correct the way to do a task before attempting to do the task. This video modeling can be watched on any communication device.

This was a pretty interesting, but predictable article about useful technology in the classroom.