Instructional Technology

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Comment by James Uhlenkamp on January 21, 2012 at 7:27am

I am joining this group coming in from a background of 18 years teaching 7-12 English and German, and 8 years and counting of post-secondary teaching writing and administrating.  Obviously, I am interested in the use of technology in teaching writing as well as how it can help colleges make the transition (social and academic) to college more successful for first year students. 

In my writing center, I offer voice recognition software and recording software for students to compose and to hear their own writing, and am exploring the use of "smart" pens and tablets with handwriting recognition capability.

Let's talk.

Comment by apirateslife4us on January 17, 2012 at 10:05am

Hello.  I have recently joined this website/group to learn what technology is really stampeding into the classroom.  I only sub in a DODea classroom and still haven't learned how to use the ELMO or smartboard (when I left my own classroom, I was glad to have a whiteboard - not that it was that long ago, that's just how fast technology is going).  Any ideas on how to get current?  I am excited to hear all you have to say.  I am interested in any ideas/articles to read.  I would like to be a contender for my own classroom this next school year.  Look forward to talking to you!

Comment by Katie Chambers on November 17, 2011 at 1:46pm

wow thanks for the tech tools! 

 

Comment by t1trust on November 17, 2011 at 10:11am

Comment by Heidi Siwak on February 8, 2011 at 2:54pm

Upcoming PBS documentary: Digital Media: New Learners in the 21st Century. Looks good!
http://www.pbs.org/digital-media/

Comment by Heidi Siwak on February 7, 2011 at 4:06am

My school is very strong on what we call assistive technology.  One program that we use with all students, but particularly struggling writers is Smart Ideas. This allows students to independently plan their writing.  Once finished with Smart Ideas, students then use Premier, essentially a talking word processor with word prediction. Again, this allows independence when writing and frees up the teacher.  With premier you can also scan texts which the computer will read to the students.  We also use Dragon Naturally Speaking (free download). Students train Dragon for voice recognition and then speak in order to write. Our last amazing program is from Kurzweil http://heidisiwak.blogspot.com/

Comment by Michelle Smart on January 23, 2011 at 6:23pm

Hello, I am in Saskatchewan, Canada and I am  working with a group of grades 5-8 social studies teachers in my school that are interested in collaborating on a skype project to learn more about different countries around the world. If you would be interested or have any suggestions, please let me know.

Comment by Patrick Kutkey on November 15, 2010 at 2:52pm

Hello - I am a tech ed teacher looking for any information dealing with the STEM Standards. Specifically my team is looking for ways to align what we currently teach to STEM. Any recommendations or suggestions?

Comment by Marwa Elsayed on November 15, 2010 at 5:07am

Can any one share with me what technology curriculum they use for Elmentary students and middle? I work in a private school in Egypt. So they wait for the teacher to provide the curriculum!

Comment by Cem Can on September 13, 2010 at 12:32am

Dear colleagues and friends,

I was just wondering if you had some questionnaire/checklist to obtain data on foreign language teachers' perceptions on the use of Web2.0 tools. I would like to collect data on this topic. The results will be shared here, of course.

Many thanks for your assistance and cooperation in advance.

Cem Can

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