Thursday, March 25, 2010

Teaching with Technology website

Hi, tekkies.  Good meeting today.  The teacher I mentioned is Tom Daccord, who co-produces the website edtechteacher.org. The home page has links to material from the NERC conference I mentioned, with some interesting PDFs of pedagogical interest, but his more useful material is on the "About" page, under "Ideas for Teaching with Technology".  For example, there is some good, practical advice for keeping PowerPoints simple, under "Teaching with Multimedia".  The "Tools for Teaching with Technology" is an excellent list.  If you see something you like that you haven't used, Erin and I will work with you one-on-one so you can see if you want to use it with students.  The classroom management section is loaded with hints, and has links to a variety of lesson ideas.  The Great Debate of 2008 wiki is there.  You will see how he managed this project, and how the students were required to produce neutral, informative content. It's obvious that these people also run workshops and speak at conferences.  There is a for-profit component, with  interesting workshops for the coming summer.  Their credentials are good and the content is exciting.  See what you think.  Blog back! 
Sarah

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