The Teaching Channel

The Teaching Channel is a video showcase—on the Internet and TV—of inspiring and effective teaching practices in America's schools. It is a rapidly growing community of registered members who trade ideas and share inspiration with each other.

With the help of the Tch community, their mission is to revolutionize how teachers learn, connect, and inspire each other to improve the outcomes for all K-12 students across America.

Click on the Teaching Channel link: https://www.teachingchannel.org/  Search for a video that would be relevant to your practice, view it, then write a short summary (include the video’s title and its author) including a critique of that video, be sure to add a sentence or two about how you might apply the video's content to what you might do in the future in your classroom. Post your critique in the comment section of this blog.

2020 Stats: Rising Tablets

 

Link for Rising Tablets Infographic

Study this Infographic from the Summer 2013 issue of Scholastic Administrator magazine. What did you learn from it? What did you think was the most interesting fact/observation in the Infographic? Do you think Infograhics are a good way to present information? Why or why not? Would you ever consider creating an Infographic to present information to your students?

The Future of Technology is Here - An Interview with Teacher Julie Garcia, Apple Distinguished Educator

Click on this link to read the article:

The Future of Technology is Here - An Interview with Teacher Julie Garcia, Apple Distinguished Educator 

Do you think Julia Garcia's approach to the integration of technology in her classroom by making her students the producers, rather than the consumers of their own knowledge is a good one? Do you feel this is a valid approach for today's teachers and one that you might use in the future? Why or why not?

Technology Integration In K12 Education/Adaptive Technology in Special Education

Use this link to find an article about adaptive technology for students with special needs: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Technology_Integration_In_K12_Education/Adaptive_Technology_in_Special_Education
This article will be helpful when integrating adaptive and assistive technology tools into planning for instruction in inclusive classrooms. What tools do you think you would use and how would you integrate them into your lesson plans and into your daily practice if you had a student with special needs?

19 Bold (Not Old) Ideas for Change

Will Richardson has some radical ideas about how we should be educating our students. Watch this video http://vimeo.com/45152953 to see his ideas for change. Do you agree with him? Which idea do you like best? How do you think you can make this idea work in your classroom or future classroom?

Lecture As Content Delivery Is Dead

Visit The Think Stick! Jeff Utecht's blog
http://www.thethinkingstick.com/lecture-as-content-delivery-is-dead/
Do you agree with the author? Do you think the other ways that Jeff discusses using lectures are more effective? Why or why not? How do or would you use lecture in your classroom?

Introducing ... The Common Core: ELA

http://prezi.com/shv1e-ig9oqr/introducing-the-common-core-ela/

Watch this Prezi created by Kevin Hodgson for a presentation at a workshop to Massachusetts teachers. It presents an overview of the ELA Common Core and explains the initiate's purpose
Introducing .. The ELA Common Core
Did the Prezi help you understand why we need the Common Core? Do you think the Common Core will change the way we educate our students? How do you think classroom instruction, homework, teaching, and learning will change? Can you embrace these changes?  Will your students and their parents embrace them?