Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Great Resource: Under Ten Minutes

This is one of the Educational Technology blogs I follow. I love it because it always has a short, instructional videos for using a current website. I especially enjoy the "Interesting uses for..." section of videos. Check it out!
http://www.undertenminutes.com/

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Formative Assessment Tool: Socrative

If you are interested in using other tools for formative assessment in your classroom, this one is fantastic: www.socrative.com. "Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets." Take a few minutes to view the following video:

New Teaching Trends


70 Interesting Ways to Use an iPad in the Classroom

For those of you who are interested in putting a personal or school purchased iPad to use with your students, view this presentation. There are some really neat ideas to integrate anywhere from 1 to multiple iPads to work!