Educreations app: Interactive whiteboard on your ipad

Project your work or student thinking for the whole class to see using Educreations. Pay for the pro and make your audio and work available online for your students and parents.

Sock Puppets App on Ipads: Student Engagement

Use a graphic organizers to empower depth of knowledge and have your kids publish a book talk using Sock Puppets on your ipad. Project it using Apple TV.

Teaching with Technology

Simple guidelines for teaching with technology...

Study: Teachers Love EdTech, They Just Don’t Use It

Great article from Katie Lepi at Edudemic on why teachers don't use EdTech.

A bit later in our discussion, this particular person admitted that they thought that technology could help improve students’ learning, but that still didn’t make them interested in it. 

Let's discuss...what keeps you from using educational technology in your classroom? 

Fantastic infographic from the article is included after the jump...

Teaching Kids Internet Safety...

We have been working on internet safety at Holley School this past few weeks...  I would like to share a really neat resource with all of you...

Check out netsmartz.org

This has videos, downloadable resources, links to sites for kids, and you can even get a free Online Safety Education Kit for elementary or middle school.  There are also high school available resources and stuff for kids to do...

If you have kids or are working with kids this is a good place to start...