I have discovered another great resource for teachers – CITED! http://www.cited.org/index.aspx
It is “a technical assistance center funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, is a cooperative effort of the American Institutes for Research (AIR), the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST), and the Education Development Center (EDC).”
The website offers an online course, “Differentiating Instruction Through Technology”. Along with the course you get a toolkit of tools, strategies, and resources that will help you differentiate planning, instruction, management and student assessment.
What I find really exciting is that the website contains a link to a ”powerful” tool called, the TechMatrix (www.techmatrix.org). This tool is designed to help educators and families find the best learning and assistive technology tools for students with special needs.
The website also contains a Learn Center, an Action Center, and a Research Center whose focus is on technology in education. It truly has a lot to offer.
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March 5, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Mark
These are some great sites. I like the link for 1001 uses for a digital camera in class. They have a suggestion for a creative writing lesson. Each student comes in with unique pictures that they took, or the teacher takes a bunch. Then the pictures get shuffled and each students receives about 6. The students can then make up a story using the pictures as the illustrations.
There are many other good ideas on these sites that I am going to utilize in my English class. Thanks for the post!
March 5, 2009 at 5:24 pm
mfred167
Your welcome Mark. I would love to make use of my digital camera in my curriculum development! As of yet, I have not had the chance.
I love that idea for a creative writing lesson – having the students bring in pictures that they took gives them ownership and a personal connection!
- M