Ten Ways to Integrate Technology in Your Classroom

Top Ten Tips for TechnologyIntegration
Kathleen Morris
Leopold Primary School
Tuesday 1st February 2011

Why use technology?
Personalises learning
Real life applications
Open-ended learning
Engagement
Collaboration
Flattens classroom walls
Home-school partnerships strengthened
Concrete learning
21st century skills
Amplifies good teaching practices
Presents info in new ways
Caters for all types of learners

Start with one thing
1. Back to Basics
Make the most of what you’ve got
Aim must be to improve student learning
“Explicit, purposeful and seamless teaching with technology”

Free, easy video chat around the world.
Flatten your classroom walls!
2. Skype
Go to
http://www.skype.com
to sign up

Go to
http://global2.vic.edu.au
to sign up
3. Blog!

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4. Connect with the world
LIST OF CLASS BLOG AROUND THE WORLD
http://theedublogger.com/check-out-these-class-blogs
SKYPE WITH A CLASS AROUND THE WORLD
http://education.skype.com (beta)
GLOBAL PROJECTS
http://www.iearn.org.au ($88/year/school)
http://www.epals.com (free)
http://www.ozprojects.edu.au (free)

5. Connect with parents
PARENT EMAILS
Send in BCC field
Fortnightly
Learning focuses
What you can do at home
Reminders
Upcoming dates

EXAMPLE OF PARENT EMAIL (1)
One page Word document

EXAMPLE OF PARENT EMAIL (2)
One page Word document

6. Teach incidentally
All teachers are teachers of ICT
http://tinyurl.com/ICTskills
For example...
Troubleshooting
Keyboard shortcuts
Researching
Finding help
Netiquette
Cyber safety
Using links

7. Don’t ignore cyber safety
Ongoing, everyday, authentic conversations.
Some resources to teach cyber safety concepts
http://tinyurl.com/cybersites
Educate – don’t block or avoid

8. Creative Commons
You cannot use any picture or song in your work.
Most music and images are protected by copyright; children need to know this.
Good site for CC images http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/flickrCC/
Good site for CC music
http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

9. Organise or share sites
Kathleen’s Diigo Account
http://www.diigo.com/user/kathleenmcgeady
Matt’s Diigo Account
http://www.diigo.com/user/teachmrlimb

10. Be a lifelong learner
There are various ways to build your personal learning network...
Read blogs (http://primarytech.global2.vic.edu.au)
Track blogs in Google Reader (www.google.com/reader)
Listen to podcasts (eg. http://www.edtechcrew.net)
Use Twitter (I am @kathleen_morris)
Join a Diigo group (http://groups.diigo.com)

Collaboration between Kathleen Morris
Matt Limb and Simon Collier
A fortnightly email newsletters for teachers featuring useful tools or websites to use in the classroom
To sign up online to tohttp://tinyurl.com/techtoolsteachers
Tech Tools for Teachers

http://primarytech.global2.vic.edu.au	258
http://www.edgalaxy.com	91
http://intro2tech4teachers.blogspot.com	35
http://static.slidesharecdn.com	6
http://dashboard.bloglines.com	1
http://translate.googleusercontent.com	1
http://www.netvibes.com	1

Ten Ways to Integrate Technology in Your Classroom

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