Technology Trends in Education

Flipped Classroom Model: This article provides an overview of what a flipped classroom is, how to flip your classroom, and learning resources. A flipped classroom allows teachers to spend class time differently. Instead of presenting the information to students, teachers are able to to allow students to apply their information.

Flipped Classroom Technology: This article provides four content-creation tools that can be used to support a flipped classroom--screen casting, tablets, document cameras, and video cameras.

Social Media in the Classroom: Steps on how to create a classroom Twitter account, tips on using Twitter in the classroom, and examples of how Twitter can be used in the classroom (create a hashtag, tweet using character voice, tweet main idea as you are watching a video)

Social Media in Education: Tips for teachers who might be interested in using Twitter in their elementary classrooms, but haven’t implemented yet.

Social Media in Education: This article gives three age-appropriate examples of introducing social media to children in the lower elementary grades (extend the classroom, connect & empower learners, and developing voice)

Podcasts in the Classroom: Provides examples of tools to use to record audio, places to upload your podcast, and how to integrate podcasts into the classroom.

Podcasting in the Classroom: This article describes the benefits of podcasting, how to get started, and a list of problems that might arise It stimulates learning through creative means and open lines of communication.

Podcasting in the Classroom: 10 podcasting projects teachers can try in the classroom. Each example links to a lesson plan.

Podcasting in the Classroom: This video provided suggestions on how to use podcasts in the classroom (unexpected teacher absence, school news, school closings, class projects, bell ringers)

Social Media in Education: 5 different pros and cons schools should consider when deciding whether or not to use social media in the classroom to enrich education

Social Media in Education: Twitter in the Elementary Classroom. Twitter is always avaliable. Ideas on how to use Twitter: contact the author of a book, write tweets as if you are the character in a fairy tale, tweet clues about shapes. Advice: inform parents you are using Twitter, never use a child's last name, teacher must approve a tweet before sending it out.