Pedagogy for the 21st Century
Last week I posted about Digital Dialects and their Language Learning Games. After looking around their site a little more I found a link to some Geography Games that are just as good. There are games mainly for Europe, Asia, and the United States. However, they do also have a great game about [...]
If you do need free SMART board activities keep reading. SMART board resources are always a hot topic on this site. I’ve written about free SMART board activities/lessons in the past (here, here, here, and here to be exact).
This time I have a new one; it comes from the Longwood Central [...]
In the past we have reviewed sites that have educational games on them (here and here). Academic Skills Builders is different though, among all the games and actvitites they have for language arts, math, and geography there is one thing that sets them apart from the rest: You can play them with the Nintendo Wii! [...]
After much time our TIC Technology In Class website is up and running. We are proud of the product, but it is in no way complete. I hope it never is because as education and technology changes we will too.
TIC is a site for us, teachers. All of us. So spread the word.
Among the [...]
Penn Medicine has a free page dedicated to medical animations. These are great for a health class, science class, or physical education. To be honest I just like watching them because they describe and animate the topics really well. They are a good source of information for all of us. Health is important [...]
Crossword puzzles are educational technology. What are some ways to integrate them into your classroom? Here are two:
Try creating puzzles for vocabulary words students are studying.
Include students in the creative process; have them create puzzles as a review activity for an assessment. While they are creating they will be learning.
Just Crosswords lets you use puzzles that [...]
SchoolTube is a safe and free online location where students can upload classroom video assignments and share them with anyone, including parents, classmates, and other schools . SchoolTube says, “All student created materials on SchoolTube must be approved by registered teachers, follow local school guidelines, and adhere to our high standards.”
Students not only have a [...]
Games have their place in a classroom. We’ve written in the past here and here about video games as educational technology. This time we are talking about a different sort of game. These games are not for Playstation, Nintendo Wii, or Xbox. PurposeGames offers some good games for free. There are several categories you can [...]
