TechnologyTechnology in in EducationEducation

TechnologyTechnology in in EducationEducation

Deandra JonesDeandra Jones

Wise County Public SchoolsWise County Public Schools

Did You Know? Shift Happens!

Hardware

Interactive Whiteboards

• SmartBoards– SmartTech

• ActivBoards• InterWrite Boards

• Smart Table

Wireless Slates• Airliner• Mobi

Document Cameras

Student Response Systems

• Classroom Performance System• Quizdom• Turning Technologies

Software

Online Bookmarking• Portaportal

– www.portaportal.com– Example:

• www.guest.portaportal.com/ddjones

Visual Learners

• On Demand Video – United Streaming – www.teachertube.com– www.youtube.com

• online converters such as www.zamzar.com

• Digital Storytelling– PhotoStory 3

• Examples: – Macbeth Act I– http://www.digitales.us/index.php

• Free download: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

– MovieMaker

Auditory Learners

• Podcasts

– Audacity• Free download:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Kinesthetic Learners

• Wikis are collaborative websites.

• CHS English Wikispace Example: http://englishchs.wikispaces.com/

• Go to http://educexample.wikispaces.com/ to retrieve this PowerPoint and other information.

WebQuests• Examples

– http://webquest.org/

Virtual Field Trips

• Examples– http://www.uen.org/tours/fieldtrips2.sht

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Google Earth• Download Google Earth free at

http://earth.google.com/• Examples:

http://www.gelessons.com/lessons/

What if it is NOT on the test?