Websites for Teachers

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Websites for Teachers

• Sharon Gray
• Instructional Technologist

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Why bother?

• Access to INFORMATION and RESOURCES
• Ability to ACCOMMODATE varied learning styles
• Opportunity to create ENGAGED learners

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Youre teaching a Gameboy generation
Technology is not a cure-all, but there will be
an expectation of technology integration
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Two basic types of technology integration...

• Type I
• Make it easier, quicker, or otherwise more
  efficient to continue teaching the same things in
  the same ways we have always taught them.

• Type II
• Make available new and better ways of teaching.

(Were aiming for Type II!)
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Technology can support learning by facilitating

• EXPLORATION and ANALYSIS of information
• SIMULATION of events or processes
• VISUALIZATION of abstract concepts
• MANIPULATION of variables
• CONSTRUCTION of knowledge
• PRACTICE and drilling of skills

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How do I know whats out there and how to use it?
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Professional development

• Professional DevelopmentWebsites
• Merlot http//www.merlot.org/Home.po
• Educators Reference Desk http//www.eduref.org/
• Conferences
• T.I.E. http//www.tie.net/
• Technology Leadership Learning
  http//www.nsba.org/tl/
• Magazines and Journals
• T.H.E. http//www.thejournal.com/ FREE
  subscription!
• Instructor resource guides at educational
  websites
• http//www.scholastic.com/
• http//www.learner.org/jnorth/
• http//webquest.sdsu.edu/

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Now lets go on a virtual field trip to some fun
(and educational) Websites
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Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Sharon Grays Website
The Biography Maker
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But the Web is not all there is

• Biomechanics software and digital video help PE
  students learn correct movements
• Digital microscope cameras allow entire classes
  to view the same microscopic image
• Electronic smart boards as projection screens
  allow teachers to run software demos and capture
  whiteboard images

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Educational Software
Shall we teach with a game?
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Finally

• While information does not equal knowledgeand
  technology is not a cure-all, thoughtful,
  meaningful, and authentic integration of
  technology and information resources can enhance
  learning and lead to development of knowledge.

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Webliography

• http//www.brainbashers.com/games.asp
• http//www.exploratorium.edu/
• http//edc.usgs.gov/
• http//www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/
• http//www.colby.edu/chemistry/OChem/DEMOS/dihedra
  l.html
• http//psylux.psych.tu-dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses
  20Material/www.illusionworks.com/html/hall_of_illu
  sions.html
• http//www.wikipedia.org/
• http//www.licmef.com/mindwareBiomechanicsSystem.h
  tml
• http//www.scopetronix.com/microgall.htm
• http//www.smarttech.com/products/smartboard/index
  .asp