A POTPOURRI OF WEB TOOLS
Connecting Worlds
AZ-TESOL – Ocober 2009

A STORY ABOUT TECHNOLOGY

LET’S START WITH YOU

THE DIGITAL BRAIN AND OUR ROLE AS
EDUCATORS
Students’ digitally conditioned brains are 21st century brains,
and teachers must encourage these brains to operate fully in
our classrooms. We must recognize that relationships and
focused attention are key to learning in this century. If we can
help students balance the gifts technology brings with these
human gifts, they will have everything they need.
Marilee Sprenger
Educational Leadership Magazine

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shareski/3232419059/in/set-72157606411341392

LET’S START WITH YOU
THE KEY TO BECOMING AN EFFECTIVE
21ST CENTURY INSTRUCTOR IS TO
BECOME AN EFFICIENT 21ST CENTURY
LEARNER.ONCE YOU PAIR HIGH-QUALITY
TEACHING WITH A MEANINGFUL
UNDERSTANDING OF TODAY’S TOOLS FOR
NETWORKED LEARNING, YOU’LL BE
PREPARED TO SUPPORT TOMORROW’S
NETWORKED KID.
BILL FERRITER
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP MAGAZINE
SEPTEMBER 2009

OBSERVE, DARE, REMIX YOUR CLASSROM
PRACTICES
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterhack/2328014257/

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
KNOWLEDGE CREATION – FLUID, FAST AND MORE DEMOCRATIC

GOING DIGITAL
ENGAGING, THINKING, REMIXING

http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/2008/08/manga-images-for-efl-esl.html
http://mashable.com/2007/09/12/avatars/ AVATARS

BUILDING COMMUNITIES

GIVING CHOICES, CREATING
MIXBOOK.COM
TIKATOK.COM

http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/education/brazil-4189854
http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/interests/the-phantom-of-the-opera-2759

CONNECTING
THROUGH
NING.COM

Sharing
(photos, videos, creative ways,
Ideas, the world...)
Learning
(through conversations)
Networking
(connecting like-minded people,
making groups of interest,
joining groups)
Interacting
(through comments,
discussion forums)
Having fun
(in a spontaneous, informal
and social environment...)
Visualizing
(learning in a visual-rich
environment)
Teaching with

GOING VISUAL

LEARNING, HAVING FUN
COMIC CREATION

makebeliefscomix.com

toondoo.com

http://elementarylibrarylady.edublogs.org/2008/03/14/voicethread-collaborative-project/
COMMUNICATING
THROUGH VOICETHREAD.COM

GOING PROJECT-BASED
GETTING INSPIRED

http://christinesouthard.blogspot.com/2009/05/digital-storytelling-as-deep-learning.html
DIGITAL STORYTELLING
UNDERSTANDING BROADER CONCEPTS
ENHANCING PEOPLE’S EMOTIONAL CONNECTEDNESS

http://kinderteacher.podomatic.com/
SMALL VOICES

http://theshapeofthings.pbworks.com/Introduction/
THE SHAPE OF THINGS

THE TEDDY BEAR PROJECT

THE SCRAPBOOKING PROJECT

IEARN
HTTP://IEARN.ORG

MY CLASSROOM, MY SANDBOX

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