Hello. As my first post, I’m sharing my experience and information collected after adding Google Reader to my iGoogle page. I now have a great list of RSS feeds for blogs and resources that will support my Action Research Project on the barriers and effective practices for promoting technology integration. All of the posts below relate to my topic and have links for others if they seem useful. I have to say that this was a very easy process, both with Google Reader and Blogster. It’s wonderful having all these resources in one place and automatically updated for me.
Elizabeth Davis’s Posts http://www.edtechpower.blogspot.com/
http://www.classroom20.com/profile/lizbdavis
Liz is Director of Academic Technology at Belmont Hill School near Boston and the author of 21st Century Technology Tools, tutorials for learning Web 2.0 digital tools such as Google Docs, Google Reader, Ning, VoiceThread, Flickr, Diigo and Delicious. In September, 2010, she traveled to Shanghai, China, to be a facilitator at the Learning 2.0 Conference.
January 28, 2008 “The Common Principles for 21st Century Schools” http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blogs/649749:BlogPost:103489A really thoughtful and thought provoking reflection on what makes a good school at this time
July 27, 2007 “Changing Your Mindset, Parts One and Two” http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blogs/649749:BlogPost:36922
Liz reviews Mindset by Carol S. Dweck and discusses fixed vs. growth mindset, trying blogging ‘but I’m not a good writer’; good advice about the length and nature of blogs.
May 12, 2007 “Technology is cool, but teachers are cooler” http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blogs/649749:BlogPost:15001
Liz expresses her thoughts on remembering that teachers are teaching with the best of intentions and that putting them down would be counter productive to her goals for implementing technology. This was an interesting point of view that I will need to consider in my Action Research Project.
Ddeubel’s Posts – Classroom 2.0 http://www.classroom20.com/profile/ddeubel
September 23, 2010 “New eteaching rooms – what do you use/think?” http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blogs/new-eteaching-rooms-what-do?xg_source=activity
This post introduces David's eTeaching system for online teacher training, which he is developing. It’s a video conferencing e-teaching room with many of the same features as Wimba plus file sharing, multiple rooms, and desktop sharing. It is an interesting concept for training teachers in new technologies, which relates to my AR Project.
August 12. 2007 “Teaching ‘through’ technology NOT by using technology”
http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blogs/649749:BlogPost:41538
Dave presents his vision of technology becoming second nature – using it like a book or a piece of chalk. Dave presents his vision of technology becoming second nature – using it like a book or a piece of chalk. He is a Teacher Trainer, Seoul Education Training Institute. I found that he had many new insights on the uses and purpose of technology in education. One of my subtopics is the impact of digital technology in the classroom, and Dave appears to be very successful with his uses of technology.
Lynn Marentette’s Posts http://interactivemultimediatechnology.blogspot.com/
This blog focuses on interactive multimedia technology that supports learning. Two posts attracted me:
February 23, 2010 “Games and Learning: Lure of the Labyrinth”, which introduces a game for middle school, pre-algebra students that includes a video, a game, and links for related resources. http://interactivemultimediatechnology.blogspot.com/2010/02/games-and-learning-lure-of-labyrinth.html - uds-search-results
Friday, March 19, 2010 “Barriers to technology Integration – Hello! It’s NOT always the teacher” that provides a link to Classroom for the Future by Barbara J. Wismer. Despite being given an enormous amount of technology for her classroom, Ms. Wismer describes all the daily barriers she encountered trying to integrate the technology .
http://home.moravian.edu/public/educ/eddept/mEd/2009/Thesis/Wismer.pdf
There’s a wide variety of media included, as well as references to other experts. I think it will yield some very useful information for my project. The games post will come into play later in our program, but one of my subtopics for my Action Research Project is the barriers to technology integration.
Amanda Kenaum’s Posts http://www.classroom20.com/profile/akenuam and
http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blog/list?user=1w192wky5bz94
Amanda's blog is titled Tips, Tools, and Technology for Educators. She is a manager at e-Learning Today TV and posts video technology episodes on the program, Ed Tech Tools, which can be viewed on iTunes. There are a wide variety topics of interest to educators, students, and parents. She also posts an incredible amount of other people’s work, usually with her comments, and always with credit to the original creator.
June 15, 2010 “Technology as a Learning Tool”, a 14.5 minute video from eLearning Today TV http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blogs/technology-as-a-learning-tool
April 12, 2010 “Technology is Changing the Way We Teach”, eLearning Today TV, http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blog/list?q=Technology+is+changing+the+way+we+teach
Friday, May 28, 2010 “5 Steps to Increasing Teacher Technology Integration”
All of these relate directly to one of my subtopics in my AR Project, challenges of transitioning to digital technology. The posts offer me more variety of very current resources.
Steven Katz – Instructional Technologists
http://www.classroom20.com/group/instructionaltechnologists?
Most recent post September 28, 2010
This is a collaborative site for people who assist others with technology integration, provide educational technology professional development, or are in leadership positions. I think following such a group and their discussions would be very useful for my AR Project. There are 47 members.
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