Creating a Digital-Rich Classroom

by Ormiston, Meg

• ISBN13: 9781935249870
• ISBN10: 1935249878
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-31
• Publisher: Solution Tree

Summary

Outside of school, today'¿¿s students are accustomed to a high level of interaction and collaboration'¿¿with one another and with technology. Inside school, we ask them to power down, assuming that we can help them achieve their fullest potential through traditional stand-and-deliver textbook-driven methods of teaching. It shouldn'¿¿t surprise us that these students are bored and disconnected from learning. Creating a Digital-Rich Classroom demonstrates how standards-aligned curricula can be enhanced with powerful technological resources to transform and enrich content'¿¿and make it more accessible and relevant to students. The author stresses that technology by itself does not create an active-learning classroom. While Web 2.0 tools are very effective in increasing student participation and interest, the focus needs to be on creating lessons designed for engagement. The purpose of this book is to provide a research base and practical strategies to help teachers design and deliver lessons in which technology plays an integral role. If we want to engage students in solving real-world problems of today and tomorrow, we must use the technological tools that are shaping our world.

Author Biography

Meg Ormiston provides: Practical strategies to help teachers design and deliver lessons in which technology plays an integral role A compendium of Web 2.0 tools organized into use categories to serve as a ready reference High-tech but not necessarily high-priced ways to engage students in active and authentic learning in new, exciting ways

Table of Contents

About the Author	p. xi
Introduction: It's a Web 2.0 World	p. 1
Why This Book, and Why Now	p. 2
Integrated Technology	p. 3
Chapter Summaries	p. 3
Getting Started	p. 6
Today's Classrooms	p. 9
Students Today Are Different	p. 9
Power Down and Come to School	p. 13
Roadblocks to Change	p. 14
Be a Hero	p. 15
First Steps	p. 15
Active Learning in the Classroom	p. 19
The Teacher's Role	p. 20
Creating an Emotional Connection	p. 21
Technology Supports Engagement	p. 21
Technology Supports Collaboration	p. 29
Building Digital-Rich Curricula	p. 36
Technology to Support Teaching and Learning	p. 39
Standards-Aligned Classrooms	p. 42
Integrating Standards and Technology	p. 43
Technology Supports Differentiated Instruction	p. 45
Technology Facilitates Storytelling	p. 47
Publishing Students' Work	p. 54
Technology Supports Writing Instruction	p. 55
Maintaining Focus	p. 58
Developing a Digital-Rich Curriculum	p. 59
Rethinking Curriculum Planning	p. 60
Legal and Ethical Issues of Digital Sharing	p. 63
More Tools for a Digital Curriculum	p. 64
The Video Revolution	p. 71
Planning for Seamless Assessment	p. 72
Must-Have Technology for the Ideal Classroom	p. 75
Policy Lead-Ins	p. 75
Vision and Collaboration	p. 76
Equipping the Ideal Classroom	p. 77
Desirable Technological Tools for Students	p. 85
From Dreams to Reality	p. 86
Web 2.0 Classroom: A Virtual Field Trip	p. 87
Snapshot of Active Learning	p. 87
Teacher as Tribe Leader	p. 90
Nicole's Web 2.0 Tools	p. 92
Nicole's Planning Strategies	p. 93
Reactions From Others	p. 95
Changing Professional Development	p. 97
Things Have Changed	p. 98
Web 2.0 Tools Help Develop Networks	p. 100
A Professional Development Example	p. 103
Rethinking Professional Development	p. 105
Epilogue: Looking Forward	p. 109
New Approach to Curriculum	p. 109
Take Learning Personally	p. 110
Appendix: A Compendium of Web 2.0 Tools and Related Resources	p. 113
Blogs and Blogging	p. 113
Calendars	p. 115
Cell Phones	p. 115
Content Management	p. 115
Conversion Sites	p. 116
Copyright	p. 117
Digital Journals	p. 118
Ebook Readers	p. 118
Email	p. 119
Image Collections	p. 119
Image Manipulation	p. 120
Maps and Mapping	p. 122
Miscellaneous	p. 122
Modeling	p. 123
Multimedia Creation	p. 123
Podcasting	p. 124
Productivity and Professional Development	p. 124
RSS Readers	p. 125
Screencasting	p. 126
Social Networking	p. 126
Student Response Systems	p. 128
Video and Audio	p. 129
Voice Over IP	p. 131
Website Creation	p. 132
Wikis	p. 132
Words and Vocabulary	p. 133
References and Resources	p. 135
Index	p. 139
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