Archive for April, 2009

Digital Engagement

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Striving Reader’s Tech Presentation

Principles of Employing Technology in the Classroom
1. Don’t wait for something better.
2. Accept the fact that it won’t always work.
3. Think short term versus long term.
4. They need less guidance than you think.

Thinking of technology differently:
We are largely using it as simply a means of retrieving information.
- Publishing writing
- Communication
- Role Playing
- Digital Storytelling
- Digital poetry
- Interaction

Web Ideas:
- wikis / AVWriting Bird Walk
- bulletin boards / Role Playing
- bubbl.us / Sample bubbl.us
- found poetry / Wordle.net
- Digital Reader’s Theatre
- voice thread / Try it here.
- google docs
-Moodle