Integrating Technology into the Classroom: Summer Workshop

       Welcome to our workshop! Participants will be introduced to a wide variety of methods for introducing technology into the classroom and given a wide variety of suggestions on how to integrate technology into current lesson plans. Items to be covered will include the following: 

-Educational Websites that enhance high level and creative thinking 

-How to create an effective classroom or student blog 

-Strategies for reaching the “iGeneration” 

-How technology can help you teach the Common Core  

Agenda

 1. Introduction to Project Based Learning & the Common Core  
     Project Based Learning for the 21st Century 
     High School High Project Example

2. Holding out for a Hero: Blue Team's Humanities Project
    a. Overview of Project
    b. Survey Monkey
    c. Blogging in the Classroom Kidblog.org 

3. Websites
     Lori's Latest Links 
     Wordle 
     Tagxedo 
     ReadWriteThink 
     Schooltube 
     Popplet 
     Voki 
     Animoto 
     Storybird 
     Pics4learning 
     Yodio 
     TweenTribune 
     GoAnimate
 
4. Your Turn!
Choose one or more of the resources listed above and integrate it into an old lesson plan or come up with a brand-new one! Write up a quick lesson plan or summary that addresses your standards, objectives and methodology. Feel free to printout any screenshots of the work you did.

5. Presentations
When we reconvene, share your lesson plan or summary! You can use our Smartboard to present your plan.

     Thank you so much for joining us today. We hope you learned a lot and will use some of these tools this year. :-)

~ Anne & Marissa