Melissa Jones-Bromenshenkel and Rebecca Cook,

Eastern Illinois University mljones2@eiu.edu Shawn Huisinga, Indiana State University

Teaching: Connect teachers to the tools, resources, experts and peers they need to be highly effective and supported. Learning: Change the learning process so it's more engaging and tailored to students' needs and interests.

Assessment: ??? InfrastructureProductivity: Use technology to help schools

become more productive and accelerate student achievement while managing costs.

ISTE Standards (2008)• Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity• Design and develop digital age learning experiences

and assessments• Model digital age work and learning• Promote and model digital citizenship and

responsibility• Engage in professional growth and leadership

English Language Arts Standards• Use technology and digital media strategically and capably.

• Writing - Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others…

Math• Are able to use technological tools to explore and deepen their

understanding of concepts

21st Century Skills• Communication• Collaboration• Critical Thinking• Creativity

Diigo* Delicious* PortaPortal* Symbaloo* LiveBinder* Lino* Popplet* Flockdraw* Padlet* Voicethread*

Doodle* StudyBlue* Blogs (Kidblog) and Wikis

(Wikispaces)*

Social Media– Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest

GoogleDocs

Diigo PortaPortalhttp://guest.portaportal.com/sample https://www.diigo.com/index

Symbaloohttp://www.symbaloo.com/home/mix/reading-spellingsymbaloo?quickstart=1

Resources/Organization Presentations ePortfolios

https://prezi.com/iktcgrafakdd/why-use-livebinders-with-your-students/#

http://blog.popplet.com/english-lesson-plan-ideas-with-popplet/

https://voicethread.com/share/5085661/

https://voicethread.com/share/4295016/

Discussion board and platform for collaboration.Free (if educational) and easy to set up and maintain.Create as many wikis as you desire.

Teacher creates a wiki for the students in the classroom. Teacher creates a wiki for all parents to inform them. Teacher creates a wiki with each parent individually

(private). Teacher creates a wiki for collaboration with other

teachers.

http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/edge.cfm Resources for Web 2.0 in the classroom

http://www.teachersfirst.com/spectopics/dats.cfm Apps to add to classroom Wiki

http://www.teachersfirst.com/tags/internet-safety/ Sample permission form for Wiki. Scroll down to Wiki Warranty.

Students can edit the wiki and learn from one another. To align with Common Core expectations, the teacher can pose

a problem and students can post how they will approach the problem. Students exposed to a variety of approaches.

Parents are informed of content, assignments, & expectations. Parents have a platform to ask questions for clarification. Teachers have access to resources they may miss without a

wiki. Teachers develop partnerships with children, families and

professionals.

http://udltechtoolkit.wikispaces.com/ http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/01/10-good-ipad-apps-

to-facilitate.html http://www.edudemic.com/6-ways-students-can-collaborate-with-ip

ads/

http://ditchthattextbook.com/2014/02/03/20-collaborative-google-apps-activities-for-schools/

http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/05/20-excellent-free-tools-for-interactive-collaboration-experiences-in-the-classroom/

http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/07/take-classroom-collaboration-to-new-level/

Visual Poetry Wordle Glogster Animoto My Game Builder Create a Graph Blabberize* Tellagami* Nutshell* Easel.ly*

Instagrok* Educreations* CAST Bookbuilder* Zooburst* Storybird* Scratch* Timeglider* Bubbl.us Mindomo Toondo Pixton

http://nutshell.prezi.com/index_en.html

Link

Link

Game

Epic You Tell Me Stories Scary Story Kit Dragon Dictation Tools4 Students Tools4 Students2 Trading Cards Prompts for Kids Sticky Words iWrite Words Kahoot Plickers

Newsela.com Readworks.org ReadWriteThink.org Commonlit.org ilWritingMatters.org https://www.oercommons.org/ http://

cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Writing+Tools

http://digitalsandbox.weebly.com/writing-tools.html

https://list.ly/list/Kkp-writing-tools-elementary

Motivate and engageDevelop transferable, “real life” skills“Tools” and platforms are familiar to

studentsEfficiency Organization