4. Why Bother?
“I have students before “I’ve been teaching this
and after school for extra lesson for years and it
help, tons of papers to works fine just the way
grade, and a family of my it is…”
own. I don’t have TIME
to learn this stuff…”
“All of my students
don’t have internet
access at home,
“I don’t have a anyway.”
SMART board or an
iPad – I have one
computer in my “I’m just not good
classroom – mine!” with technology.
I’m lucky I can
send an email.”
18. Evaluating (cont’d)
•Answer these questions:
1. Does this tool allow me to expand my
classroom?
2. Does it save time for me or my students?
3. Does it encourage higher-order thinking
skills – evaluating, analyzing or creating
something to demonstrate learning?
4. Does this tool solve a problem?
5. Does it frustrate or does it engage?
6. If it engages, does it reach students I
otherwise would not?
26. In what format should I download?
The answer to that is largely dependent on what
player you will use.
Use Real Player (free download here) to be able to
play videos across most formats. Real Player will also
let you download direct from YouTube.
27. Professional Development
For a list of Twitter education hashtags,
click here.
For how-tos and more info on all things
Twitter, click here.