Teaching with Technology - Directory of Online Resources

This website is a great place to go if you're looking for technology teaching resources. It is very extensive with links to a variety of resources. Check it out here! Hope it's helpful!

Tiny Chat TV

Hey all! I just discovered a cool new resource for teachers to use to upload videos to the web. It's called Tiny Chat TV and it can be used to create your own channel to stream videos to the web. I was thinking it would be a good idea to use in a classroom because you could create a separate channel for each class so your students are only viewing videos uploaded by you or their fellow students. It seems like it would be a little safer than youtube. Here's the link if you want to check it out: Tiny Chat TV.

Personal Technology Project - MindMeister.com

I've decided to do my personal technology project on using the web mapping tools on MindMeister.com. I'm excited to learn how to use this tool better because I think it will be really helpful to know in an English class. I can use web mapping and brainstorming maps as part of pre-writing activities to generate ideas before students begin drafting. I'm excited to learn this new technology tool!

Technology Teaching Idea - Google Earth

Last winter semester I took TMA 457 about teaching using the media. It was really interesting and I learned a lot of useful technological tools that can be used to enhance a lesson. One thing someone in my class presented on was Google Earth. She showed how you could use Google Earth to make a lesson more interesting (especially if the lesson has historical aspects) by showing on a Google Earth map where a certain thing took place.

For English majors this could be used to show where an author was born, lived, died, wrote certain novels, etc.

For theater arts and performing majors, this could be used to show where a certain ballet or play was written and first produced and where it has since been performed.

There's a way on Google Earth that you can create your own pinpoint destinations with details about the locations you've selected. Using this tool you could have all the locations pinpointed and project them as part of a powerpoint presentation. It would be a great way to interest students in what you have to say a little more and to help them understand more about the locations behind what you're teaching them.

Click here to download Google Earth and get more teaching ideas!