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Content Tech: Setting Objectives
Content Tech Ideas for Technology Use in the Classroom Carrying on with a focus on the book Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works, the first planning question is: What will students learn? There is one instructional strategy associated with this question, setting objectives. “…when students are allowed to set some of their own learning…
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Content Tech: Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works
Content Tech Ideas for Technology Use in the Classroom We are familiar with Marzano’s research in Classroom Instruction that Works. In 2007, MCREL released a supporting book, Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works. What is terrific about this book is that it puts technology in the proper place – as a tool to support…
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TTT: Quick Launch Bar
Tuesday’s Technology Tip Little Tips to Hopefully Help Make Your Computing Life Easier On District computers, you do not have control over the desktop or Start menu. You can create and mange icons in the Quick Launch Bar, found right next to the Start menu: You can drag a shortcut for a program, a folder…
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Content Tech: Discovery Education Streaming
Content Tech Ideas for Technology Tools in the Classroom Our video streaming service, Discovery Education Streaming, has a wide array of media available to support every content area. One way to view available media is by browsing by New York State standard. After logging into your DE Streaming account, scroll down on the left side…
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TTT: WITS Locker
Tuesday’s Technology Tip Little Tips to Hopefully Help Make Your Computing Life Easier Staff has access to the same locker that students do in WITS. To attach something to your WITS Locker, do the following: a1: Click the “Personal” tab a2: Click “My Documents” on the left B: Click on “Add Document” C: Click “Browse”…
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Way too fun!
So this is the first post from my iPod touch. A trip to the App Store & I downloaded the free WordPress app. After a few configuration settings, I can post and manage the blog from my shirt pocket! This device is a game changer in portable computing…
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Content Tech: LOTE Proficiency
En 2007 el examen de idioma español tiene la siguiente pregunta (click para ampliar): The distractor for this type of question format is different in that the answers are pictures. Students have to translate/visualize the target language they hear, rather than seeing English answers which would provide clues. Marzano’s Building Academic Vocabulary comes into play…
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TTT: Tabbed Browsing
Tuesday’s Technology Tip Little Tips to Hopefully Help Make Your Computing Life Easier You’ve used the Internet for a long time – but have you used tabs to keep your browsing less window-messy? Whether you are using Firefox (which started the idea of tabbed browsing) or Internet Explorer, you can open new web pages in…
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Content Tech: 7th Grade Math
Gone are the days of math problems where you just write your answer. Showing work and explaining your answer are key components in math, as the process of solving is as important as the product. Below is a question from Book 2 of the 2007 7th grade exam (click to enlarge): How technology might help……
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WordCamp & the Gallery
So I’m trying out the gallery feature for the first time, something I learned from Rannie’s presentation on Saturday. Hat tip to verneho’s flickr photo set for the images! Photos: WordCamp Toronto Logo, Swag, Matt Mullenweg (founding developer of WordPress)