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Teachers find the most success integrating technology into the classroom when they have clear instructional goals. 
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Gleeson shares three scenarios that may happen in your classroom (they did in his) and in each case the result was that the students were not able to use the Internet. When we work with technology things often happen, and the end result may be the lesson plan that you had goes out the window. This post asks us if we are prepared for these types of scenarios and raises some other questions that may be considered. http://mgleeson.edublogs.org/2012/07/05/web-2-0-for-the-under-13s-crowd/. (It is also in this Scoop.it).
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Beth Dichter's insight:
This report from Pew Internet and American Life looks at how teachers use technology both at home and in their classroom, with a focus on teachers of middle and high school students. The survey was taken by 2,462 teachers who teach either Advanced Placement (AP) courses (1,750) or work with the National Writing Project (NWP) (712 teachers). A few of the finding are listed below. * 92% of these teachers say the internet has a “major impact” on their ability to access content, resources, and materials for their teaching * 73% of AP and NWP teachers saying that they and/or their students use their cell phones in the classroom or to complete assignments * Teachers of low income students, however, are much less likely than teachers of the highest income students to use tablet computers (37% v. 56%) or e-readers (41% v. 55%) in their classrooms and assignments There are many other findings. This report is available online through the Pew website. The link goes to the Summary of the Findings but and you may acccess the full report from this page.
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Do you carefully read the rules for using online tools? Many are not to be used by students under the age of 13. Mr. G has taken time to comple a list of tools "that can and can't be used by chilren under 13." He has created a table that lists tools that are Available to Under 13s - Free; Available to Under 13s - Paid; and Restricted to 13 and Over. Many thanks for doing all this work!
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How many times have you watched a PowerPoint slide show that had lots of flash, but little content? All too often teachers may try to design a lesson around a specific tool, rather than focusing on the skills we want our students to gain, and then finding a tool that will provide the opportunity for the skills to come forth.
This post shares information:
* Look past the flash
* Present an objective, not a recipe
* Let them figure it out
* Encourage collaboration
Within the post you will also find suggestions from some teachers as well as some additional links.