Harnessing new technologies for effective learning Here are some examples and ideas to foster creativity, motivation, effective learning, divergent thinking,

Harnessing new technologies for effective learningHere are some examples and ideas to

foster creativity, motivation, effective learning, divergent thinking, connectivity, and project-based learning.

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Wallwisher

Wallwisher - allows people to express their thoughts on a common topic easily. Use Wallwisher for:

Expressing opinionsPersonal note takingTo-do listsBrainstormingFeedback CollectionWishing people on occasions, like

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Collect ideas for exploration

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Book Reviews

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More Wallwisher ideas

Suggestion box Environmental pledges What languages do your parents

know? Thank you wall Summarizing material Expressing opinions

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Examples of Online ProjectsRemaining YoungWe are trying to provide kids

strategies, refusal skills, alternatives to engaging in physical relationships and skills for coping with peer pressure. 

Collaborating around the worldCollaborating Around the WorldSarah's second graders do a culture

exchange in the spring with classes in Australia. She and fellow GCT Laurie Wales send mascots to each other and post pictures so that the children could learn about the other country and other school based on where the mascot was in the picture. 

Fictitious Worlds

Fictitious WorldsChris' 8th graders put together Google

sites on fictitious countries, museums or businesses.

This I Believe

Students composed essays that explored their values and reflected on the events that shaped these beliefs. Students composed essays in Docs, then recorded a podcast using Aviary. 

Blogs eg. edublogs

A blog is a website for which an individual or a group frequently generates text, photographs, video or audio files, and/or links, typically (but not always) on a daily basis. The term is a shortened form of weblog. Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to

an existing blog is called "blogging". Individual articles on a blog are called "blog posts," "posts,"

or "entries". The person who posts these entries is called a "blogger".

Webquests

Go to http://webquest.sdsu.edu/ Click “TrainingMaterials” Under “Overview and Underpinnings,

”click A Webquest about Webquests MIDDLE AND SCHOOL (75minutes)

Create groups of four and follow instructions

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WebQuests A WebQuest for K-12 Teachers utilizing the WebGuide Template -

Internet4Classrooms version - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lesson_plan_quest.htm

WebQuest Template - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lesson-template.htm

San Diego State University Educational Technology Department WebQuests Page - http://webquest.sdsu.edu/

Best WebQuests - http://bestwebquests.com/ WebQuest Templates SDSU - http://webquest.sdsu.edu/LessonTemplate.html Teachnology WebQuest Generator -

http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/web_quest/ Differentiated Instruction WebQuests -

http://www.lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/Differentiation/nine.htm Using the Understanding By Design Model to create WebQuests -

http://www.bclacts.org/Using%20Ubd%20to%20design%20a%20webquest.pdf

Examples of elementary school digital storytelling

Edmodo

Examples of Edmodo Ways to use Edmodo

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Wikis

Using Wikis in the classroom

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Zooburst

ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books. Using ZooBurst, storytellers of any age can create their own rich worlds in which their stories can come to life.

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Hot Potatoes

Hot Potatoes enables you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web.

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Many more Web tools

http://www.boxoftricks.net/internet-resouces-for-education/

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