Our classroom has 11 desktop computers … they take up a lot of space. I wish that four years ago someone would have had the foresight to have seen the future of mobile computing.
The solution … ask kids to bring in their own. So many parents are one their second, third or fourth laptop. [...]
… when you see it? Kids will believe anything just because it’s on the web. Here is a website for kids to research … it’s all about the Northwest Tree Octopus. It is so cool … BUT … it’s all fake. You can really use it as a research assignment and have kids find more [...]
In the article, The Digital Learning Environment: What the Research Tells Us, written by Kate Kemker written in 2005, she highlights some research about learning environments. I would like to highlight some of the findings and comment on them.
THE DIGITAL CLASSROOM
Technology is a tool to be employed by the students in all curriculum areas to [...]
Occasionally I come across people who wonder “How kids can do that?” They see them working five windows of MSN, texting on the mobile phone, and homework at the same time. I know people wonder because I look at my own daughter in amazement. “How does she do that?”
Marc Prensky wrote an article in 2001 [...]
I have a wireless keyboard/mouse in my room. When we begin to brainstorm ideas I give the my TWiT (technology worker in training) the keyboard and another the mouse. Immediate ownership – whenever someone gives an idea I add their name or initials to the idea. That really catches them. Then as a class, [...]
VoiceThread is a highly-praised Web-based tool which enables students and teachers to add text and audio commentary to digital images and create unique interactive presentations. Educators can apply for a free VoiceThread Pro account by signing in, clicking the Create tab – ‘Go Pro’ – ‘K-12 classroom educators’.
What’s a VoiceThread, Anyway?
VoiceThread founders Ben Papell [...]
The ability to record and insert audio files in electronic graphic organizers is highly useful for ELL students and beginning readers. Teachers can easily record and insert directions as audio files within diagrams.
To record and insert an audio file in Kidspiration™:
Enable the sound recording feature by going to the Teacher menu, selecting Enable Teacher Menu [...]
Setting Up a Microphone for VoiceThread (Windows and Mac)
To use VoiceThread’s audio recording capabilities, you need a computer with either an external or internal (built-in) microphone. Here are two multimedia tutorials showing how to set up your microphone.
Windows tutorial: http://voicethread.com/share/415/
Mac tutorial: http://voicethread.com/share/416/
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VoiceThread is a highly-praised Web-based tool which enables students and teachers to add text and audio commentary to digital images and create unique interactive presentations. Educators can apply for a free VoiceThread Pro account by signing in, clicking the Create tab – ‘Go Pro’ – ‘K-12 classroom educators’.
What’s a VoiceThread, Anyway?
VoiceThread founders Ben Papell [...]
