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Grants for Teachers
Edutopia provides a nice list of grants that teachers can apply for, in order to use for technology or other things in their classrooms. With low school budgets, this is a great resource for a lot of teachers
Technology Grants for Education
Technology is a great addition to any classroom, but some schools just don’t have the necessary resources available to teachers. Positive Learning outlines 7 ways to get funding and grants for technology in your classroom. It is a very great resource for teachers who want to use technology but don’t have the means to. Make sure to check it out!
Visuals in History
Using visuals to teach history can have a big impact on how students view certain issues. Learning about the Holocaust with visuals can be very hard to handle, but the use of images really help to portray the horrors faced by people during that time. A lot of students are visual learners, so seeing pictures of people during the Holocaust and the treatment of these people can really get students engaged in learning about such an important time period in history.
This is a picture of the shoes of the dead and can be used to really show students how many people lost their lives during the Holocaust.
This visual can help students to see the poor treatment and health of the victims of the Holocaust.
Visuals for Writing Prompts
In English Language Arts students are sometimes given the opportunity to write creatively. One fun way to do that is through Visual writing prompts where students are given a picture, sometimes with a questions, and they have to write a story related to the picture. Below are two examples, one with a question posed, and the other with just a picture so the students have the ability to use their imaginations even more.
Distance Learning
This article about Distance Learning, by Scott Steinberg, outlines a dozen different resources that teachers can use in their classrooms in order to move towards the distance learning method of teaching. Some of the resources are free and others do cost money, but they are some of the best tools out there for Distance Learning.
With students having access to the internet, it is the best time to start to pilot some of the distance learning methods into our teaching in order to bring it to the 21st Century level of teaching. On a scale of 1-7 [1 = very limited; 7 = extensive] the United States schools stand at a good level of access to the Internet, with an average score of 5.8 (2011). With internet access readily available to many in the United States, it is time that schools start to incorporate this technology use of distance learning into the classrooms more.
Link to the graph: Compares a few countries to see the available internet access. United states has a great score for internet access availability at 5.8 out of 7.
Learning Management Systems- Canvas
Learning management systems are making it more and more easy to create the model of a distance learning experience in the high school setting. In fact, more and more high schools are moving to turn the old-school high school classroom into more of a distance learning environment where students don’t have to show up five days a week. The school that I teach at is trying to move closer to this distance learning experience. We have used Blackboard and Google Classroom, but this coming school year we are moving to Canvas, which will open up more opportunities for a successful distance learning experience compared to Google Classroom, as it has more easy-to-use features. Canvas has several features that allow for teachers to move even closer to distance learning classrooms. This does cost the district money, but has great reviews and I hope to be able to incorporate this system into my classroom throughout this school year.
Statistics on Canvas use in the classroom can be found at: https://www.canvaslms.com/downloads/k12-Technology-Changing-the-Classroom.pdf
Student Activity Use by Device (taken from the above article):
Cyberbullying PSA Assignment
One great way to have students explore cyberbullying and its effects, is to have them create their own PSA on cyberbullying. When doing some research online, I came across a website that outlines a PSA assignment that you could have your students complete. I think that this assignment could be a great way to have students really understand and reflect on the effects of cyberbullying.
Cyberbully Movie Saddest Scene
This is a short clip from the movie Cyberbully, but I think it could be extremely powerful to show to students because it shows a glimpse into to effects that cyberbullying can have on people. Just get your tissues ready!
THE CYBER BULLYING VIRUS
This is a great video to show students to help them understand the effects of cyberbullying. Definitely worth the watch!
Stop Bullying
Stopbullying.gov is an awesome site that gives information on types of bullying, prevention tips, how to respond to bullying, and several other helpful tips for people who are being bullied or witness bullying. There is a specific section on cyberbullying, which outlines what it is, how to prevent it, and how to report it. I think that this site is beneficial for teachers, but could also be beneficial to show students as well.
Teachers, principals and schools are now on social media in Palm Beach County, and they're using it to connect outsiders to the classroom.
How one teacher uses social media to connect to parents and students. Check it out!
Instagram in the Classroom
Nicole Long, a middle school teacher, explains how she uses the popular social media app, Instagram, in order to aid in communication with students and parents. She shares 4 ways that teachers can use Instagram in their classrooms, and also explains how teachers can also connect their Instagram to their Twitter page so messages appear on both sites. In addition to Long’s ideas, I think that Instagram could be incorporated into certain projects as well. For example, if students are reading a particular work of literature, then the teacher could assign them to create an Instagram account for a main character. Beyond those ideas, I’m sure there are many more uses of this popular app, and I can’t wait to explore the use of Instagram in the classroom even further, as I feel it will help to better engage my students.
Snapchat in the Classroom
I’m sure that in my past two years of teaching I have managed to make hundreds, if not thousands of Snapchat stories, pictures, and videos. I can barely make it through the first five minutes of class without seeing a student use the Snapchat app, and when I decide to do silly things like speak in accents in order to get my students’ attention, I see at least five students pull out their phone and get on Snapchat. That got me to thinking... what if I could use this app that they love in order to get them to be more engaged in my classroom. This is a challenge because I don’t want them to start hating the technology that they always use, but rather, I want to find a way to really get their attention and excitement. So, I did some research and found this really awesome article with 15 ways to use Snapchat in the classroom. Be sure to check it out! I plan on trying some of these ideas as I head into the next school year... here’s to hoping it works!
Possible use for review of vocabulary:
I found this video by Laura Wheeler to be extremely helpful. Laura is a teacher at Ridgemont High School in Canada. In this video she outlines how to make a BYOD (bring your own device) classroom work. Since not all schools are going 1:1 with digital devices, I thought that this would be helpful in explaining what some teachers could do if students don’t have devices. This video is also helpful for any teachers who use digital devices in their classrooms, as Wheeler explains some tips and techniques for how to properly manage a classroom where students are using digital devices. My favorite one was her idea about making students put screens down when they are not needed because that helps you to see who is on track and it helps the students to not get distracted by incoming messages they may be receiving on their phones. Definitely worth the watch!
10 Rules for Success in a 1:1 Classroom
We are Teachers is a wonderful website for teachers to visit for just about anything related to teaching. One particularly useful article I found on the site is about how to successfully run a classroom that has moved to the 1:1 model. Often times when a school moves to this model, teachers are either really excited or really nervous about how they are going to make it all work. This article is great for both groups of teachers, but especially the anxious ones because it gives helpful tips on how to slowly but successfully incorporate the technology into the classroom. Check it out!
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