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The Perfect Blend: Mixing Traditional Teaching with Technology

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Here are a few of my tips and favorite tools for mixing traditional teaching and technology.

Tip #1 - Find a great online learning environment (preferably a free one) - May I suggest Edmodo or Google Classroom.

Tip #2 - Use dry erase boards for student work and capture the work digitally with a camera.  The photos can be used to create digital student portfolios and shared through the online learning environment.

Tip #3 - Encourage students to collaborate in their learning.  Use a tool like Padlet to brainstorm together online.  Even the introverts will participate in this.

Tip #4 - Capitalize on the creativity of web 2.0 tools. Try Wordle for spelling practice and practice with synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, etc.

Tip #5 - Use mobile devices and digital cameras to allow students to capture every day objects that meet certain criteria to demonstrate learning/understanding of a topic.  (For example: take pictures of items that attract to a magnet; have right angles; are red; have four sides; are liquids).  Pictures can be imported as a class project into a slideshow/movie maker program and students can narrate these.

Tip #6 - Use mobile devices capable of video capture to re-enact a scene from a book/story that the class is reading.

Tip #7 - Offer students a choice of tools and product to create.  Check out Voki and Glogster as alternatives to the traditional comic strip and poster type projects. (sample Glog)

Tip #8 - Use Google forms to create online quizzes, surveys, and polls.  You could also transform a worksheet using Google forms, giving students a choice between paper/pencil homework and submitting homework online.  With Google forms, students do not need to have a Google account.

Tip #9 - Connect with other classrooms by joining global online projects.  Some great starters include Mystery Skype, #GMTTC and Projects by Jen

Tip #10 - Help students with attention and focus issues by providing access to pre-recorded lessons online.  These same lessons can be reviewed later or used as pre-teaching for students who need multiple sessions to acquire new learning.  There are many ways to do this.  
I use an app that records audio from my phone to pre-record three different spelling tests each week.
Document cameras often have built-in screen capture that allows recording of a lesson as you teach it. This is great for students that were absent.
A slideshow can be narrated in Powerpoint and automatically playback for students.

Check back for more tips and tricks, along with student samples.


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