Posted on February 27th, 2008 by digitalsandbox
Most school curriculum models use a traditional format for learning in which individual subject matter is taught in isolation. Integrating the content creates a curriculum that is both challenging and meaningful to students. The process of developing cross curriculum interdisciplinary lessons using a Blog or Wiki as a learning resource medium has several stages, including [...]
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Posted on February 25th, 2008 by digitalsandbox
With the current push for computer technology in the classroom, many schools are facing a greater liability regarding technology and online learning. Schools can help defuse these problems by adopting an Acceptable Use Policy, or AUP, for the Internet. The Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is one of the most important documents a school will produce, [...]
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Posted on February 20th, 2008 by digitalsandbox
An important factor for retention of learned information in long-term memory is how knew knowledge is rehearsed which can provide for the transfer of learning in all three memory systems. In this article I will demonstrate the anatomy of a technology-based interactive lesson and how the uniqueness of lesson design affects retention of information in [...]
Filed under: Cognitive Science, Digital Lesson, Digital Tools, Education and Media, Information Processing, Learning, Professional Development, Schema Development, Sensory Memory, Technology Higher Order Thinking, Technology Integration, Technology Resources, Technology and Learning, Technology and Retention Rate, Technology and Teaching, Technology based Lesson Design | No Comments »
Posted on February 18th, 2008 by digitalsandbox
A Round Trip Ticket has been created as a training guide for both Google Earth and Google Sky. The 24 slide presentation includes all the major Google Earth tools with interactive video lessons. Viewers will learn how to create narratives, and imbed video hyperlinks within a place mark window as well as create thematic virtual [...]
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Posted on February 14th, 2008 by digitalsandbox
Strategies for Developing Technology-based Lessons
The methods for developing interactive lessons outlined in this presentation have the potential to become embedded in many everyday learning activities. For teachers, “Strategies for Developing Technology-based Lessons” will offer access to a broad array of combining interdisciplinary content into a complete seamless learning experience. No longer will content be segmented [...]
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Posted on February 12th, 2008 by digitalsandbox
The days for public school security have arrived, and we, as educators, must take every precaution to protect the health, security, and wellbeing of every member who enters the school’s environment. The Safe School Project is designed to inform and discuss school safety issues among teachers, parents and students.
The Safe School Project provides information on [...]
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Posted on February 11th, 2008 by digitalsandbox
As the 21st century dawns, Americans are once again experiencing a profound and rapid shift–from an Industrial Age to an Information Age. American schools are experiencing what historians of the future will call the Third Industrial Revolution, a transition to a knowledge-based universal substrate of knowledge based linking of the internet to co-collaboration websites of [...]
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Posted on February 7th, 2008 by digitalsandbox
For more than two centuries, schools have used printed paper materials, such as textbooks, dictionaries and encyclopedias, to educate students, but today learning resources are reaching a limitless realm. Virtual learning has introduced a plethora of new teaching opportunities for educators: multi-media presentations, computers, telecommunication resources and web-based lessons and units. With emerging technological resources, [...]
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Posted on February 7th, 2008 by digitalsandbox
Today, more than ever before, educators are faced with the idea that in order to improve instruction, they will need to create newer, faster and better systems to assess their schools strengths and weaknesses. Educators are now responsible for gathering an array of measures, including formative academic assessments, attendance rates, suspension rates, public opinion ratings, [...]
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Posted on February 4th, 2008 by digitalsandbox
Since many students also use the Internet at home, school officials should provide parents with information about cyber safety. A combined, concerted effort between parents and school employees can better protect students from cyber predators and dangers – on and off school grounds. Parents can best protect their families from online dangers by learning computer [...]
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