Archive for the learning with technology Tag

Experimentation and Reflection

I’ve experimented with my teaching strategies a lot this year.  In fact, I’ve experimented more this year than I’ve ever experimented before.  This could be because I’m tired of teaching certain things the way I’ve always taught them, but I think it has more to do with my PLN.  I’ve gotten a lot of really great ideas and learned so
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Edmodo Trick: Planning Ahead

I’ve started using Edmodo this year and so far it’s working out pretty well.  My students really seemed interested in using it and were all signed up within minutes.  They really liked how it looked like “the old Facebook.”  It opens up a lot of new options for homework, class work, a place for students to hand in assignments, and
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Three Easy Ways to Hear Your Students: Google Voice, Vocaroo, and Voki

     As a foreign language teacher, I’ve always struggled with evaluating my students’ pronunciation.  Not so much the evaluating part, but more with the logistics of it all.  That is, until I learned about the tools I’ll talk about in this post.  Before that, one option was to have each student talk in front of the class and I
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Intro / Technological Inequality

First off, thank you very much for taking a look at my new blog.  I’m not an expert on educational technology or blogging by any means.  I’m a teacher reflecting on his classroom practices and sharing any useful information gleaned from those reflections.  I hope to find and share ways to integrate technology into curriculum that are straightforward and versatile.
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