Technology-Related+Resources

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Technology-Related Resources Our Rating Scale:
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 * **OUTSTANDING RESOURCE!**MANDATORY TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT || **GOOD RESOURCE!**CONSIDER IT AS AN OPTION || **NOT RECOMMENDED!**YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT SOMETHING ELSE ||

**Resources will be evaluated using the following criteria:**
 * __**Navigability:**__ Information is arranged in orderly fashion, includes organizing tools. Easy to use. Has an attractive design.
 * __**Accuracy:**__ Information is clearly presented and appropriate for the intended audience. Includes references and credits. Information is objectively presented.
 * **__Up-to-date:__** Information is current and regularly updated; links are also up to date.
 * **__Authority-Authorship-Provider:__** Comes from a reputable source. Authors are identified and credentials are presented.
 * **__Effectiveness:__** Suggested activities or strategies are challenging, interesting, and appealing for the intended learners.
 * **__Ad____ditional Content/References____:__** Links to other resources are given and in depth knowledge is promoted.

** Smarttech ** One of the best websites I found is the Smarttech website. It offers a multitude of SMART Board activities to use in your classroom. If you have a SMART Board, you have to check out this website! [|http://exchange.smarttech.com/#tab=0]

=  Mind/Shift: = This is a resource which is curated by journalist and mother Tina Barseghian and is affiliated with National Public Radio. The homepage has many ideas about and news concerning integrating technology into education.. I give this resource a rating of outstanding because it is easy to navigate, accurate, up-to-date, a reputable source, and it includes many resources. It also has many resources for different content areas.

mindshift.kqed.org

Here is the link to a particularly interesting article about how reading can be viewed as a social activity. It discusses how technology can be used to share what students read in the classroom and how students can assist each other with reading assignments. []

=  Cool Cat Teacher Blog: = This is one of the first blogs I found for the first week's assignment. This was created by Vicki Davis, a teacher and author of wikis, blogs, and an upcoming book. She posts a "Daily Education and Technology News for Schools" blog where I have found interesting information. I think it is an excellent example of how an experienced teacher uses a blog. It is a little overwhelming for those of us who are new to blogging, but I hope to improve my blogging by following in her footsteps.

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** Integrating Technology Blog ** This is a great blog that I used in my week 1 assignment. The blog was created by Edutopia and is a place for teachers to share their ideas about technology in the classroom. Teachers share their ideas about how they use technology in their classes, certain resources that worked for them, or discuss recent news and articles on technology. It is a great way to communicate with other teachers around the world and share ideas and keep up to date with the latest news. This blog is very easy to use. [|**http://www.edutopia.org/technology-integration-introduction#comment-97594**]



**The Innovative Educator:** There is allways a great idea or new resource in this blog. Covers diverse issues around technology integration in the classroom and has higlhly qualified members that contribute with enriching comments. Almost every day there is something amazing to learn or check in this blog. Check the URL: []

__** mLearnopedia: **__ One of the greatest challenges of today's education is incorporating diverse technologies into our classrooms. Mobile devices are one of those ocasional guests that it is still hard to find a clear place for﻿. This blog gives good ideas (from an expert in the field) about how this devices can be meaningfully involved in teaching and learning. Unfortunatetly it is not always updated in a regular basis, but about this topic is one of the best sites I have found.

= ﻿Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology=

Created by the Department of Education, this site provides links to technology resources, as well as general resources. The navigability is not the best, but the resource links proved valuable.
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= iLearn Technology = ====This is a good blog that I used in my week 1 assignment when I did some research to find a blog that talked about integrating technology into the classroom. This website is a blog generated by Kelly Tenkely who used to be a classroom teacher but is now doing a variety of things with technology. She does a wonderful job of blogging and finding various resources that are great to incorporate into the classroom. The website is easy to navigate and has various links and instructions on where to access and how to use a variety of resources to make learning more interactive and engaging for students. It is updated frequently and there is always something new being posted that offers a good idea for use. Activities vary and are student friendly as well.====

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