By: Paige Evans & Emily Rogers

 Apple  Mimio Boards  Angel  Smart Phones  Apps  Moodle  Laptops

What is good learning? That may be a subjective question. But it’s likely that many educators would give answers that fall in the same ballpark… …students collaborating and discussing ideas, possible solutions… …project-based learning, designed around real world contexts… …connecting with other students around the world, on topics of study… …immersing students in a learning experience that allows them to grapple with a problem, …gaining higher-order thinking skills from pursuing the solution -MIT

 Games and Simulations are used to teach doctors and military personnel.  They don’t want you to teach with technology just to utilize what’s there, but instead to use it to help reinforce the content.  The Educational Revolution  Social Reconstructionism

 Mr. Ross’s 7 th Grade Social Studies Class  Overview – Simulates the political and military conditions of Europe in the late 1800s early 1900s  Helps cover his content and describe why WWI occurred  Teaches the skills of negotiation  Solving problems with collaboration  Teaches students that their actions influence others.

 Texting  Finding the answers online  Plagiarism  Instant Messaging  Excuses

Mr. Ross, “Games don’t teach the content… it teaches students the conceptual knowledge and sets the environment for you to teach what you want.”

 Keep information gathered  Keeps class moving  Online discussions  Unlimited resources  Keeps students up to date with technology

 Cyber Bullying  Cheating  Slow Connection  Access to Internet at home?  No hard paper copy  Teacher training  Technology FAIL.

 “Finish students were among the fifth best in math and science in Their classrooms are bare of technology, the have less homework, start school a year later, and do less homework on average.”

3 rd Grade Classroom!

 Who was the 29 th President?  First person to get the right answer, get’s a chocolate bar!  Ready, Set, Text

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