DIGITAL LEARNING: PEDAGOGY & RESOURCES

Alliance for Excellent Education: Digital Learning

Richard Byrne: Free Technology for Teachers

Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles": Ted Talk about how the web is filtered. From a series "Our Digital Lives." These talks explore how the Internet and social media are shaping our relationships, personal lives and sense of self.

Committed Sardine Blog

Data: Ways to visualize and use data in Ted Talks: Making Sense of Too Much Data. "What We Learned from 5 Million Books." Try it yourself at NGRAM VIEWER by Google

Digital Learning Day: February 5, 2014

Edutopia

Leslie Fisher: Presentation Handouts

International Society for Technology in Education: NETS@ISTE and Computational Thinking

• Dan Meyer - Computational Thinking - Math Class Needs a Makeover: Ted Talk , Meyer's Blog, Meyer's Three Act Math Tasks (spreadsheet full of computational math lessons)
• Conrad Wolfram - Teaching Kids Real Math with Computers: Ted Talk

Manitoba, Canada assess student digital literacy: Parent Handbook

Marzano Research Laboratory

NCLearn: K-12 Teaching and Learning

Kathy Shrock: Homepage

State Educational Technology Directors Association: SETDA: “Technology literacy is the ability to responsibly use appropriate technology to communicate, solve problems, and access,manage, integrate, evaluate, and create information to improve learning in all subject areas and to acquire lifelong knowledge and skills in the 21st century”(2002) and National Educational Technology Trends 2012

Teach Thought - see especially their application choices for making infographics: 46 Tools to Make Infographics in the Classroom

Virginia: The Educational Technology Plan for Virginia: 2010-12

David Warlick: CoLearners

Tammy Worcester: Tammy's Technology Tips for Teachers

TEACHER TOOLS: WCPSS SUPPORTED

DISCOVERY EDUCATION: WCPSS has a contract with the DEN network and there are special logins for these services: Online Texts, Classroom Manager, Create Lessons and Quizzes, Professional Development - become a DE-STAR. You will need to edit/create your profile. See Mrs. Jennings or Mrs. Guilford for login information.

VOICETHREAD - WCPSS Login Page - VOICETHREAD WIKI with exemplars - LOGIN AND LICENSE INSTRUCTIONS

EDMODO - WCPSS Login Page - FREE ONLINE TUTORIAL - EDMODO HELP CENTER (with videos)- EDMODO RESOURCE CENTER - HOW TO MODERATE

WCPSS TECHNOLOGY WIKI - "Enhanced Education Through Technology" - links to variety of Wikis dedicated to integrating technology.

SMARTBOARD TRAINING VIDEO (1 hour, full nuts and bolts of using the board itself and creating lessons) - SMARTBOARD FOR BEGINNERS: PART1(9 Min) & PART 2 (8 min) - DOCUMENT EXPLAINING THE FREE COURSES OFFERED BY SMART
SMARTBOARD TOOLKIT VIDEO (6min) SMART TRAINING RESOURCES - SMART EXCHANGE - ADVANCED SMART TOOLS(short videos made by Holly Ridge Elementary)

INTERACTIVE GAMES AND DIAGRAMS for the Smartboard

BLACKBOARD: RELEASE 11 - New look and tools.

PAST RCMS WORKSHOPS

SYMBALOO - Use the "picture" links. Suggest new ones to place on the chart.

TECHNOLOGY PLAYGROUND LINKS:March 11th Technology Day
Playground 1
Playground 2
NCTIES -Symbaloo