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Eclectic Technology
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Tech tools that assist all students to be independent learners & teachers to become better teachers
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Beth Dichter
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A look at how PBS LearningMedia's "vast selection of rich digital media resources provides a great opportunity for blended learning that can engage students with compelling content, and directly align curriclum to the new standars." This post looks at the four central components in the Common Core State Standards (English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects) and suggests examples of media found in the PBS Learning Media materials that may be used to address the standards. Specifically it addresses the following: * Emphasisis on informational text * The focus on argument * The push for media literacy * Encouraging online collaboration and exchange of ideas Many great suggestions are provided within each of the areas listed above. 
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"The Fred Rogers Center Early Learning Environment (Ele) is an innovative online space where early educators, families, and others who care for young children can come together in a safe environment to find and share digital resources that support early learning and development in children from birth to age 5. By focusing on Early Literacy and Digital Media Literacy, the information, media-based activities, and social networking opportunities within Ele are intended to advance learning, healthy child development, and school success..."
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Discover how the Library of Congress' vast resources — both print and digital — can help educators boost their lesson plans.
Beth Dichter's insight:
The Library of Congress has amazing resources, and this infographic provides an overview of what is available!
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"Everyone is talking about a digital curriculum free of those hard copy textbooks that have been a part of schooling since the advent of the one room schoolhouse. This is the first post in a series devoted to investigating resources that can open up a world of digital curricula. In the next post I will bring seven more amazing digital resources that just might replace what we know as the textbook...." This article looks at the CK-12 Foudation, a non-profit organization who is helping to build open-content, web-based collaborative books. Currently most of their books are in the area of STEM but the goal is to encompass all subject K-12. Read this article to learn more about CK-12 and to find additional resources.
Marta Braylan's curator insight,
June 3, 2013 7:06 PM
Digital Curriculum, open source, flexibility, digital textbooks.
Marta Braylan's comment,
June 3, 2013 7:12 PM
Sounds good Begoña! We are also writing our own CLIL inquiry units.( I am not able to read or access your wiki) Perhaps we could do something together!
Begoña Iturgaitz's comment,
June 4, 2013 8:36 AM
Dear marta. try google-ing b08hirueletasuna. My e-mail is b08lehen1@gmail.com
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Today's students are technology savvy and spend hours a day online. Why are we still trying to teach them with textbooks when we have a wealth of digital options? These are teachers responses after being asked to guage the effectiveness of various forms of educational materials.
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I came across an article in THE Journal called 6 Ways to Engage Every Learner Using UDL. This sent me to the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation where I found a range of excellent materials on Universal Design for Learning (UDL). The link provided here will take you to a page where they have three toolkits:
* Action and Expression Digital Resources
* Engagement Digital Resources
* Representation Digital Resources
Each toolkit is 6 - 7 pages long and shares digital tools that will help you each of the three areas.
For example, when you open up the Action and Expression Digital resources you will find the following categories:
- Options in the mode of physical action
- Options in the means of navigation
- Options for accessing tools and assistive technologies
- Options in the media for communication
- Options in the tools for composition and problem solving
- Options in the scaffolds for practice and performance
- Options that provide effective goal-setting
- Options that support planning and strategy development
- Options that facilitate managing information and resources
- Options that enhance capacity for monitoring progress
You can download each file as a pdf and there is a hot link to each suggested tool.
The site also provides additional information on UDL, including links to a number of other resources that provide an excellent overview and includes videos as well as text based materials.
You may also find the original article (linked to above) of interest. Here is one quote:
"Just like a worksheet can be a barrier and a print text can be a barrier, technology can be a barrier for some students as well. UDL is not about technology but it is about using technology in an intentional way.”