Thursday, May 3, 2012

Integrating Technology

Here is a list of some of the great tools using technology that may be integrated into classroom instruction and lesson planning:
  1. iTunesU.  If you don't check out what is added regularly, you may be missing an amazing resource.  Some of my favorites include:
    1. iTunes U: Texas Education: Fall of the Berlin Wall, November 1989 
    2. iTunes U: Texas Education: Challenger Explosion, January 1986 
    3. iTunes U: Texas Education: Panama Canal Treaty, September 1977 
    4. iTunes U: Texas Education: Little Rock Crisis 
    5. iTunes U: Texas Education: Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum: High Noon Talks 
    6. iTunes U: Texas Education: Voices of Texas History 
    7. iTunes: Maine Department of Education: AP4ALL - AP Calculus AB
    8. iTunes U: Texas Education: Lesson Launch - POWER ON TEXAS: Forensic Science Lesson, 8th Grade Science (a lesson plan created by Ms. Jarvie Stroupe at Arp Junior High School, Arp ISD, the "CSI and the Scientific Method" eighth grade lesson plan teaches the six basic steps of the scientific method, set against the backdrop of popular crime scene investigation television shows. To find the lesson plan or more about how Arp ISD joined the digital learning revolution, go to http://POWERONTEXAS.com 
    9. iTunes U: Texas Education: Lesson Launch - POWER ON TEXAS: Comprehension of Literacy Text/Fiction using "Lady or the Tiger," Junior High, ELA (8th grade teacher)    
  2. Wolfram.  I have been a fan of wolframalpha, but am in awe of:
    1. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/