The document discusses ways to enhance and transform education using technology, emphasizing the creation of a technology-rich classroom. It outlines various tools and methods such as audiobooks, blogging, and educational apps that engage learners and build skills across the curriculum. Additionally, it encourages collaboration among educators to implement technology effectively in their teaching practices.

1. 3,2,1 Click it
Enhance and
Transform your
Curriculum using
Technology
Presented by Belinda Fricker and Annette Murray
Fall 2014/Technology Inservice/Marquette Catholic School

2. Technology Integrated
Classrooms

3. Of Technology in this classroom
today on the iPad camera app.

4. Ways to Enhance
and Transform your
Classroom
Today you will leave with three
ideas to implement technology in
your curriculum.

5. What Does Technology Rich
Look Like?

6. A Technology Rich Classroom looks like this…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV8M6P9st9Q

8. Audio Books Enrich Learning

9. Listening to
stories or text
strengthens
comprehension
• Read-a-long ebooks on a
Smartboard
• Playaway devices from
library.
• Voice memo App lets
students record their own
reading.

10. Blogging Maximizes Writing Skills

11. Blogging builds
skills across the
curriculum.
When students create blogs
they explore writing, thinking,
analyzing, and researching.
They also learn to write for a
larger and broader audience.

12. School Account

13. Create a Classroom Blog

15. Smore Newsletter Website

16. Two Student Samples
Username: belinda.fricker@marquetteschool.org
Password: marq2014
https://www.smore.com/app

17. Students Become Teachers

18. Why Educators
Use Technology
• engages many
types of learners.
• encourages
creativity.
• motivates and
personalizes
learning.

19. The Thrill of Drills

20.  Apps can make drills
more fun for the student.
(Math and spelling
games)
 Drills can be done on
parents’ phones in
restaurants and in the
car. (Stack the States)
Educational Apps

21. Parents often Ask about
Enrichment

22. Teachers can use apps for
enrichment.
Raz-kids lets
students
record and
assess their
progress.

24. You are not on a stage alone when you
teach with technology. You become a guide
for students.

25. Apply this Knowledge

26. Let’s Get Appy
Put your heads together for 3
minutes and list two types of
technology & ideas that could be
used to enhance your teaching.
Example:
Math Apps/ Math Fact Drills
Interactive eBooks/Timelines of
Historical Events
Ready, Set, Collaborate, Pair Share
*”Happy”
by Will Pharrell on itunes

27. Have you Heard about…
The Flipped Classroom?

28. The Flipped Classroom is not…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGs6ND7a9ac&feature=em-
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29. A First Step Any Teacher
Can do
TODAY.

30. Slideshare

31. What is Slideshare?
 A website where you can post your
PowerPoints so that students and parents can
access them…
On any device,
Anywhere,
Any time of day.

32. This PowerPoint is posted on
Slideshare so you can access
all these slides any time you
wish.

34. Reflection: List 3 strategies
using technology you will try
this year.