by Choices Teaching Fellow Rita Jordan-Keller As an enthusiastic supporter of Choices curriculum, it has been my passion to introduce the many units of Choices to my students with new and innovative approaches. As a Choices Teaching Fellow, it has been exciting to include and expand the uses of technology in various ways to optimize […]
iPads as Collaborative Student Tools
The classroom is a dynamic space, and iPads can be powerful tools for students to interact with one another. In this video from EdTechTeacher, Greg Kulowiec shares six ways that students can use iPads to collaborate on projects. See his post on Edudemic for a breakdown of each way. In every Choices curriculum unit students work in […]
Technology Integration in the Classroom
Edutopia recently put together a short video of why the integration of technology in the classroom is so vital. Over the past several years we’ve been integrating more and more technology into our curriculum units and our Teaching with the News lessons. With Scholars Online Videos you can bring university scholars and policy experts into your […]
Apps for the Classroom: On this day…
A nice app for history class, On this day… tells you what important events happened on a particular day in history. (Reposted from Revolutionize Education.)
Using Prezi as a teaching tool
Prezi is an online presentation-maker that takes PowerPoint to the next level. Rather than going through a presentation slide by slide, Prezi lets you lay out your presentation on a visual canvas and then move, rotate, scale, and zoom through it. For some ideas on how you might use Prezi in your classroom, take a […]