The idea of finding out how to integrate technology into your classroom, when you have never done it before, can be very overwhelming. Often administrators advise us that we need to start doing it, without giving us much support on the "how". Teachers can be nervous about venturing out to research on their own. CITEd offers an opportunity to gather an interesting, limited group of articles and websites from reliable sources to send to teachers who would like to know more.
As a teacher educator, I can have a variety of toolkits for varying levels of ability, familiarity, and interest among the staff. Even a teacher who had no interest in pursuing technology could like at resources about the Cultural Divide, for example, and perhaps find an interesting entry point into technology.
I love the organizational factor of this website and wide variety of resources that it provides! My plan is to share the small toolkit I created with the people registered for my next tech class, before the class meets. That way teachers can gain an understanding of some of the salient points and prepare questions so that the class can be more geared towards their needs. Below, take a look at the list of resources I chose to include. I picked only 7 because I don't want to overwhelm anyone and I wanted to gear the class towards using Web 2.0 technologies in literacy related classes and topics. Hopefully these resources provide a good springboard to get into some specifics!
Resources in this Kit
- 4Teachers.org Remove
- Classroom 2.0 Wiki Remove
- Classroom Technology Management Remove
- Digital Divide and EdTech Remove
- Online Technology Tutorials Remove
- Reading Matrix Remove
- Route 21 Remove
Hi Kash.
ReplyDeleteI loved 4teachers.org because on the right hand side there are so many different tools to use in the classroom. I will have to borrow these. I must have missed this when I was looking through the list. Thanks.
Kash,
ReplyDeleteYou made a good toolkit. I like how you said you made several for the different teachers you educate. That is a good way to differentiate.
I visited 4Teachers and I like some of the resources they offered I will definitely make use of that in the future. On Line Tech Tutorials and Classroom Tech Management say that the site cannot be found when you click on them. Check this again before you send it to peers or students. It has been fun working with you this semester.
Stacy