Adventures in Learning:

Through the Eyes of a Teacher

Technology in the Florida Classroom...

Florida teachers are masters at integrating technology into their classrooms whether it's in Kindergarten or 12th grade!

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"To the Core" podcast on iTunes featuring different types of assistive technology that Florida teachers can use with their ESE students.  Choose to view Episode 10.


Click below to watch the latest "To the Core" podcast on iTunes featuring Dr. Tara Huls of FLDOE's VPK program discuss the purpose, goals and future of the program.  Choose to view episode 9.



Here are some wonderful ways Florida Teachers are using technology in their classrooms.

 Seminole County - What a haven for technology use!  Students, teachers and administrators work together with the latest gadgets, software and online programs to create a very tech-friendly classroom!  Well done, Seminole County!! 

Goldsboro Elementary School - a NASA Exploratory Elementary School - all students have access to the NASA simulator at least twice a week!!




Sanford Middle School - teachers were excited to be able to teach a multitude of electives opening the world of possiblities up to their students!  Below, students can take Flight 1, 2 and 3...earning their pilots license by the end of their eighth grade year.  Amazing.....three flight simulators in one classroom!



      


Below, Croom's High School - one of our nation's best high schools according to Newsweek magazine.  They have a yearly TECH fest (March 17, 2011) with amazing sponsors from the community!  This school has one-to-one laptops and offers electives such as Gaming, Social Networking and Programming.  Students can graduate Cisco certified!  Check out the pictures from their Digital Music course.  This campus is amazingly innovative.







(Students at Croomis have the opportunity to learn computer networking, as well.)



The links below have proven to be very useful in my own classroom.  Check them out!  They may be useful to you as well...



Wordle:  http://www.wordle.net/  (love this site for ANY project...limitless)

Animoto for Educators: 
http://animoto.com/education/  (create book reports, trailers, class reports, absolutely anything)

Prezi: 
http://prezi.com/

Tagxedo:  http://www.tagxedo.com/

Rubistar:  http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php  (online rubrics)

http://www.theweekinrap.com/

 

 

Kerpoof for Kids:  http://www.kerpoof.com/  (create your own art, storybooks, etc)

Glogster for Education:   http://edu.glogster.com/

Informational Sites


4Teachers:  http://4teachers.org/  (this is an incredible reference for using technology)

Edutopia:  http://www.edutopia.org/  (the gurus of technology...thank you George Lucas!)

Kerpoof for teachers:  http://www.kerpoof.com/teach


I have heard some great thinkgs about Twiducate....have you used it?  Email me and let me know what you think.....

 

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