Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything
Find resources to help you implement project-based learning, comprehensive assessment, teacher development, integrated studies, and technology integration.
November Learning (articles by Alan November, technology leader)
Alan November is a popular author on topics related to the use of technology in classrooms and schools. The Library especially recommends the article "The Advanced Google Searches Every Student Should Know" -- a fine example of how helpful you will find Alan November's articles to be.
A Guidebook for Social Media in the Classroom by Vicki Davis, Edutopia
In this helpful guide to using social media in your classroom, Edutopia blogger Vicki Davis offers teachers 12 ways to use social media in your classroom and provides evidence for why you should be considering including this in your teaching.
The new Technology Enabled Learning section of EduGAINS features introductory information about coding for elementary teachers in Ontario.
Recommended article form TeachThought
In "The Padagogy Wheel -- It's Not About the Apps, It's About the Pedagogy" you will read why it is "the pedagogy that should determine our educational use of the apps" and how to think about integrating apps into your classroom in a coherent way that connects to your intended learning outcomes rather than the perhaps unconnected joy of playing with a particular app.
The EduGAINS 21st Century Teaching & Learning site for Ontario teachers.
Building School 2. 0 by
Ninety-five propositions for creating more relevant, more caring schools There is a growing desire to reexamine education and learning. Educators use the phrase "school 2.0" to think about what schools will look like in the future. Moving beyond a basic examination of using technology for classroom instruction, Building School 2.0: How to Create the Schools We Need is a larger discussion of how education, learning, and our physical school spaces can--and should--change because of the changing nature of our lives brought on by these technologies. Well known for their work in creating Science Leadership Academy (SLA), a technology-rich, collaborative, learner-centric school in Philadelphia, founding principal Chris Lehmann and former SLA teacher Zac Chase are uniquely qualified to write about changing how we educate. The best strategies, they contend, enable networked learning that allows research, creativity, communication, and collaboration to help prepare students to be functional citizens within a modern society. Their model includes discussions of the following key concepts: Technology must be ubiquitous, necessary, and invisible Classrooms must be learner-centric and use backwards design principles Good technology can be better than new technology Teachers must serve as mentors and bring real-world experiences to students Each section of Building School 2.0 presents a thesis designed to help educators and administrators to examine specific practices in their schools, and to then take their conclusions from theory to practice. Collectively, the theses represent a new vision of school, built off of the best of what has come before us, but with an eye toward a future we cannot fully imagine.
21st Century Learning Competencies. Foundation Document for Discussion. Ontario Ministry of Education, Winter, 2016.
Creating the Coding Generation in Primary Schools by
Creating the Coding Generation in Primary Schoolssets out the what, why and how of coding. Written by industry innovators and experts, it shows how you can bring the world of coding to your primary school practice. It is packed with a range of inspirational ideas for the cross-curricular teaching of coding, from demystifying algebra in maths, to teaching music, to designing digital storytelling, as well as an insight into the global movement of free coding clubs for young people such as CoderDojoand Girls Learning Code. Key topics explored include: what we mean by 'coding' understanding and teaching computational thinking building pupils' passion for and confidence with technologies artificial intelligence systems how gender impacts on coding STEM learning and Computer Science using Minecraft to improve pupil engagement fun projects using a Raspberry Pi. Designed to be read from cover to cover or dipped into for ideas and advice, Creating the Coding Generation in Primary Schools offers all teachers a deeper knowledge and understanding of coding that will help them support and inspire the coding generation. It is cool to code!