El.Ed.Tech.Explr. » elementary settings http://eledtechexplr.edublogs.org Searching for answers and creating more questions... Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:29:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 “Richness” http://eledtechexplr.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/richness/ http://eledtechexplr.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/richness/#comments Sun, 20 May 2007 19:36:39 +0000 eledtechexplr http://eledtechexplr.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/richness/ I have seen this video in numerous blogs and it really had a profound impact on me. The simplicity in the video’s design mixed with the power of the message provoke emotions that can be both unsettling as well as refreshing. A question I have is, how can some of the messages communicated in this video correlate with the technological opportunities within an elementary classroom? If anything, the “digital” interests of our students are clearly prevalent, and there is a richness that technological tools can provide only if used within the right context. A major area of focus, for technology integration, should be the continual availability of professional development and training. Without proper training and encouragement, the investment in technological tools for the classroom can go to waste. It is important to recognize that we are living in an age of self-learning, where sought after information is only a click way. How can we as educators guide and support each other, as life long learners, in connecting the “digital richness” technology provides with the pedagogical knowledge we already have?

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]]> http://eledtechexplr.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/richness/feed/ 0 Digging for Resources http://eledtechexplr.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/digging-for-resources/ http://eledtechexplr.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/digging-for-resources/#comments Sun, 20 May 2007 14:43:22 +0000 eledtechexplr http://eledtechexplr.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/digging-for-resources/     This blog has been created as a way for me to share my own personal insights, discoveries, and questions concerning emergent technologies and how they can be incorporated into today’s K-12 classrooms. Specifically, as an elementary school teacher myself, I seek to discover how the web 2.0 technologies of wikis, blogs, and podcasts can be integrated into elementary settings. Along with this I have an interest in virtual math manipulatives, interactive educational websites, streamed video content (from powermediaplus or united streaming), and the evaluation techniques necessary to seperate content rich technologies from those that can be labeled “edutainment”. Sometimes these “edutainment” websites, videos, or even games rely more on glitz than on educational content. Or in other terms, the “mission” gets disoriented in the “packaging”. Kathy Schrock provides numerous analysis tools for educators to evaluate the content and structure of websites. “The ABC’s of Website Evaluation” is a great article written by Kathy, and another resource of hers that is very useful is the teacher web evaluation form.

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