Welcome back to the Ed Tech Roundup! I hope everyone had an excellent weekend. In case you missed it, on Saturday I posted a new monthly series that offers advice to teachers who are uncomfortable with, or new to using classroom technology. This month's post focuses on presentation tools and I'll have a new guide out in the middle of every month. In other news, the Mid-Coast Tech Fest podcast will be on Tuesday (tomorrow) this week instead of Wednesday. So, tomorrow there won't be a regular Roundup, just the podcast (and we'll be having some very special guests!)
And speaking of guides for teachers who are new to technology, Dawn Casey-Rowe at Edudemic has a great post entitled, "New to Technology? Check Out This Handy Guide." In the article, Casey-Rowe outlines a few basic tech questions that all teachers should ask and provides some wonderful resources to help you get started in the classroom.
Edudemic also shares a great summary and video on"What to Know About 21st Century Literacies:"
Edudemic also shares a great summary and video on"What to Know About 21st Century Literacies:"
Free Tech for Teachers has five new posts to check out:
Jamie Forshey at EduTech for Teachers has a new post on how to "Create Fun Fiction with Scholastic's Story Starters." In the article, Forshey reviews Scholastic's new "Willy Wonka type machine that randomly generates writing prompts" The site covers a ton of different genres and writing formats (notebooks, letters, postcards, etc.) When students finish, they can print, email, or save their writing. It's a great resource and you can check out the post for more info!
John Hardison at Getting Smart (and blended learning specialist) has an excellent article on using Google Drive and voice recordings to improve student feedback. The post, "36 Codes, an OWL, a Pitch Counter, and a Headset: Nontraditional Tools for Nontraditional Feedback" chronicles Haridon's journey to finding feedback methods that would truly be a learning experience for students. It's a great post and worth checking out!
Educational Technology has five new posts to check out:
Learning Technologist, Dom Norrish has an excellent new post which answers, "What does iOS7 Mean for Schools Using iPads?" If your school happens to have iPads available either through a BYOD, 1:1, or iPad cart program, this post is definitely worth reading (and the iOS7 update is definitely worth downloading!)
The EdReach network has four new podcasts posted:
Finally, India's Ed Tech Review has a new post entitled, "EdTech Insight: Real Innovation in Educational Technology." The post, by Harry Keller, discusses the design process that should take place for educational technology projects to truly be innovative. Keller walks us through the thought process of creating edtech with a purpose.
The Lightning Round...
- Getting Smart shares their5 Teacher Take-Aways from the Maker Faire
- Teach Thought covers The 50 Best Education Apps for Android
- Edudemic discusses 4 Ways Podcasts are Valuable Learning Tools
- Emerging Ed Tech gives usThe 10 Most Important Emerging Educational Technologies
And that's the Roundup! Thanks for reading! And if you want to catch our podcast live tomorrow night, tune in to my Google+ page at 7:30 central. Last week we had 1 live viewer, this week, let's try to double it! We'll end today with a new infographic from Edudemic and Online Schools on"Virtual Classrooms." See you tomorrow!
Courtesy of: Online Schools
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