Evolution Web 1.0, Web 2.0 to Web 3.0

How do you use the web now both personally and professionally? How will you use web 3.0 in your classroom?

A Vision of the 21st Century Teacher

Are you a 21st century teacher? Watch this video to learn about the characteristics of today's teachers? How are today's teachers different than teachers of the past? What characteristics of a 21st century teacher do you value most? Why?

The iPad & Education

The iPad could revolutionize our classrooms. Read this article by Neil Offen from the Durham Herald-Sun (January 28, 2010) and weigh in on how you think you might envision a device like this being used in your classroom.

Schools tackle texts, not the book kind

Double click the image above to read the Newsday article. The statistics are startling. One day you may come upon a problem like the ones described in this Newsday article. As a teacher how would you handle the situation if you caught a student sending an inapropriate text in school? What do you, as a future teacher, need to think about to prepare for a situation like this. What can you do now to prepare to be a role model for your future students?

Using the SMART Board wisely in classrooms

Click on this link to read this is a testimonal article from a New York City special education teacher explaining the virtues and uses of the SMART Board in her classroom. This will give you some insight into its everyday classroom uses. Have you found any new ideas that you might try in your classroom (of the future)? How would/do you use it in your classroom?

Why let our students blog?

Watch this video. Did that convince you to let your students blog? Why or why not?

5 Back to School Must-Haves for Innovative Educators by Dana Lawit

Read through this article to see which "must-haves" you and your students might use this year in your classroom. Post a comment describing how you would use them.