Good Reminder from Tempered Radical - Technology is a Tool, Not a Learning Outcome

As we continue to use computers and laptops in our classrooms, we always need to remember what Bill reminds of in this post. "...until we start seeing technology as nothing MORE than a tool, we’ll keep wasting time and cash on products that do nothing to change learning in meaningful ways for our kids."

As he shared in his picture


I think our students are doing a lot of great learning with the computers, but we always need this reminder.  

Here is the link to the entire blog post (very short read)
http://blog.williamferriter.com/2013/07/11/technology-is-a-tool-not-a-learning-outcome/

Edutopia

http://www.edutopia.org/blogs

Edutopia is a favorite of mine. It covers a wide range of topics in education. I also read MindShift.

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/

Another good blog to check out!

Tech Chick Tips

This "Tech Chick Tips" blog will keep you up to date on all things cool in the world of educational technology. http://techchicktips.net/
(Silver Medal for posting second!)

This is a great blog about strategies and activities to promote critical thinking.

http://www.minds-in-bloom.com/

Blogs recommended at Blogger training

http://youngteacherlove.blogspot.com/

http://helloliteracy.blogspot.com/

http://www.teachingwithamountainview.com/

http://teach123-school.blogspot.com/

http://www.rundesroom.com/

1:1 6th Grade

Just to get a sense of how things are going with 1:1. Here is a 6th grade science class working on bird websites. 

 

See the student pages here.

Notice in the picture below, the student has two windows side by side in order to look at the requirements on the left and search for images on the right.