Educational Technology Resources for Teachers
Articles
Technology in the Classroom
http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/techinclass/
This article reviews the importance of teaching with technology. The author offers a review of literature along with an application for integrating technology in the classroom. Explore more articles on this website at http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/.
Literacy, Instruction, and Technology
http://www.editlib.org/f/29277
The AACE Journal provides archived articles available for download on their website. This particular article focuses on technology in teacher education, finding that even new teachers in the millennial generation did not have the technology skills expected. The article examines the importance of using technology in literacy education. Explore more journals at http://www.editlib.org/journals/.
Podcasts
Scholastic Professional Podcasts
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/scholasticprofessional/authors/podcasts.htm
One Scholastic Professional resource for teachers is access to short podcasts designed to spark discussion about professional topics, such as teaching writing, reading for pleasure, and educational psychology. Teachers can listen to a podcast on the website or download it and save it to their computer.
NPR Education Podcast
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=17350298
NPR has a weekly education podcast that discuss hot topics in education. Listeners can subscribe to the 11am Wednesday podcast, or visit the website to download the latest episode.
Books
Supporting Learning With Technology
http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Supporting-Learning-with-Technology-Essentials-of-Classroom-Practice/9780131721180.page
This book gives a great foundational explanation of teaching with technology. It addresses creating authentic learning experiences for students that require critical thinking and are supported by the effective use of technology.
Teacher Websites and Other Resources
Discovery Education
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
Discovery Education offers resources from lesson plans to videos for teachers at all grade levels. With a passcode from the school district, teachers are able to search for videos to bring concepts to life in their classroom by showing how a tornado forms or how grizzly bears catch their food. There are free lesson plans and worksheets also available.
Assignment: Media Literacy
http://mediaeducationlab.com/assignment-media-literacy
Maryland’s Department of education has released curriculum for elementary, middle, and high school students to teach them necessary media literacy skills. Each age group contains 5 units, all of which include a video, teacher’s guide, and printable resources for students. This is a great resource for teachers looking to add media literacy lessons to their classrooms.
PBS Storywriting with Arthur
http://www.pbs.org/parents/arthur/lesson/storywriting/
One of the great resources provided by PBS is Story Writing with Arthur. This website provides many reading comprehension and pre-writing activities geared for students in grades 1-3. Each activity has a downloadable student printout to be used in the lesson. While the activities follow an Arthur theme, they are extremely flexible and could be used with any story. Also provided are links to online activities including sequencing and poetry.
SMART Exchange
http://exchange.smarttech.com
SMART Exchange is a website that allows teachers to search for SMART Board lessons. You can search by grade and/or subject level. Also, the website allows you to view a preview of the lesson before downloading it. This is a great resource to download a pre-made lesson that can be used in your class, get ideas to design your own, or combine, edit, and change lessons you download.
Mrs. Meacham’s Classroom Snapshots
http://www.jmeacham.com/
Mrs. Meacham is a first grade teacher who shares countless ideas on her website. She explains organization and management ideas, along with lessons and unit themes. Photographs and downloadable documents help teachers implement her ideas in their own classrooms.