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Times are rapidly changing and teachers are being bombarded with new technology all the time. For some, they believe it does not belong in the classroom, while others are finding ways to incorporate new technology into their classrooms. This page is intended to explore these issues; if you have thoughts about them or if you have a link to share about the issues, please share it here. Howard Reinhold speaks about living in the future.

IPADS are here!!! - Berthoud Elementary iPad Experience! Yes, and you can connect these interactive screen devices to an LCD projector......wait! .......Dont' buy that smartboard yet! Get another LCD projector and more some more ipads. There are more apps than you can figure out what to do with. Will we allow learners to bring their own ipads to school in the near future? How about kids with netbooks? Are we able to accomodate these personal learning tools in classrooms? Are we teaching responsibility and digital citizenship yet?

Ipods [] (interesting blog article that questions when do we give students the chance to use the technology in their pockets) [|IPOD Touch. Shaping Student Lives In The Classroom]

Cell Phones

[] (This news story explores how teachers are beginning to use Cell phones in classrooms to support learning.)

http://k12cellphoneprojects.wikispaces.com/ (actual teacher projects that require Cel phones) [] (iphone app for a high school)

Digital Gaming I'm starting to use a lot of games to teach. I find that it really engages the students, and sometimes it even helps to move their knowledge from abstract to acccessible. Here is a great site I just found with links to digital games: [|Educational Games] The only one I've tried so far was Darfur is Dying, and it was pretty good. [|Darfur is Dying] Here are the links to a few more I've used: 1. Against All Odds (a refugee simulation put out by the UN) [|Against All Odds] 2. Lord of the Flies (simulation and trivia) This is put out by the Nobel Association, and there are other games available as well, mostly relating to science. [| Lord of the Flies] 3. Hell's Kitchen (I use this with Food Studies) [|Hell's Kitchen]

Evaluation  [|A Thought Experiment Why grade? Why test? What if?] Teaching with Technology

[] (an article that is a rebuttal to those critical of using new technology in teaching - From Web: [] who can be found on Twitter at twitter.com/baded) [|100 ways to teach with twitter]

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