Posted on : 30-04-2010 | By : InteractiveEducator | In : General
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After a two month break, The Interactive Content Corner is back with a renewed commitment to sharing quality online resources coupled with realistic ways to integrate them into your instruction.
Before we continue to feature free online content, we’d like to take a moment to acknowledge the fact that not all of the content you need for your classroom is free.
Before you attempt to navigate the rapidly increasing number of paid content choices, check out this post from Interactive Whiteboard Insights titled: Ten Questions You Should Ask Before Purchasing Interactive Whiteboard Content
Then download the Interactive Content Evaluation Checklist (122) to assist you in choosing the right content for your classroom.
Posted on : 03-11-2009 | By : InteractiveEducator | In : General
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The websites:
These two websites have many versatile uses sure to spice up your next classroom project. Voki.com allows students to create their own character and then record a message for the character to deliver. Blabberize.com allows students to upload a photo, outline the mouth, and then record a message so it appears as if the photo is speaking.
Classroom applications:
1. Oral reports and presentations are the two most obvious uses for these websites. If you have assigned reports on historical figures, consider having your students find a picture of their subject and record their report so the historical figure can tell the class about himself/herself.
Posted on : 01-10-2009 | By : InteractiveEducator | In : General
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Inevitably, when I am speaking with someone about using technology in the classroom, I will be confronted with the question, “What is wrong with using books and paper and pencils to teach reading and writing and math like we always have?” To which I respond, “Nothing.” I firmly believe that traditional teaching methods should not be thrown out the door completely in lieu of teaching with technology. However, I also believe that technology is the language of today’s students and that a blend of old and new instructional methods will reach a wider range of learners with unique skills, needs, and interests.
Posted on : 13-07-2009 | By : InteractiveEducator | In : General
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The first in a series of helpful ebooks was published today on the Interactive
Content Corner! Visit our ebooks page to download your personal copy!
Developing Beginning Fractions Concepts with Online Interactive Content is packed with ideas for teaching fractions concepts with interactive online resources.
Feel free to pass it on to your colleagues & friends, tell them about the Interactive Content Corner, and let us know what you think!
More ebooks are coming soon. . .
Posted on : 08-06-2009 | By : InteractiveEducator | In : General
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In this age of accountability, it is more important than ever to be able to justify the tools and techniques we use in our classrooms with solid research. So, not only am I an advocate of teaching with online interactive content because I saw the positive effects it had in my classroom but also because it is supported by a myriad of research studies. Here is a sampling of that research:
Research by Middleton & Murray shows:
· Students whose teachers were high level users of technology in the classroom scored significantly better than did students whose teachers were low level users of technology in the classroom. (Teachers who were high level users were differentiated from teachers who were low level users in terms of frequency and extent of use of computers with students, instructional methods used with technology, attitude toward the value of technology for learning, variety of uses of technology, and perception of influence of technology on student learning and behavior.)
