Cool Tech Tools for Lower Tech Teachers

20 Tactics for Every Classroom
William N. Bender - The Teacher's Workshop
Laura B. Waller
Cool Tech Tools for Lower Tech Teachers
November 2012 | 248 pages | Corwin
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Make the painless transition from low tech to tech friendly!

Are you struggling to embrace technology that advances at lightning speed? Or are you just plain perplexed? With new developments announced almost on a daily basis, many teachers don't know where to start. If you're one of those teachers making the transition to tech—willingly or not—Cool Tech Tools for Lower Tech Teachers is the resource for you. In understandable language, it describes how exactly you can use tools like webquests, wikis, social networking apps, and podcasts to enhance your lessons and keep kids engaged.

William Bender and Laura Waller put technology within your reach by:

  • Framing each tool in the context of what you need to know 
  • Defining the tool in easy-to-understand language; there's no tech-speak
  • Guiding you through implementation step by step
  • Providing sample lesson plans to get you started
  • Explaining how some tools can also be used for professional development

With Cool Tech Tools for Lower Tech Teachers, Bender and Waller prove that technology can be painless and productive. What's more, you'll even come to love it!

"This book provides a wealth of ideas for teachers who would like to use technology but do not know where to begin. Each chapter provides a lens into specific categories of use and associated websites."
—Bena Kallick, Educational Consultant

"This book is an excellent resource for both new and experienced educators looking to make the most of Web 2.0 resources for teaching and learning. It can be used individually, but I think it would be most beneficial (and fun!) to use in small groups of educators as they support and surprise one another with their explorations and discoveries."
—Chris Toy, Educational Consultant, Learning Capacity Unlimited
Graduate School Instructor, University of Southern Maine

Contents

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

Introduction

Introduction

Part I. Four Tools to Start With

  • Tech Tool 1: Web Access, Laptops, Mobile Devices
  • Tech Tool 2: Webquests
  • Tech Tool 3: Blogs
  • Tech Tool 4: Wikis

Part II. Tools for Student Engagement and Empowerment

  • Tech Tool 5: Cloud Computing
  • Tech Tool 6: The Flipped Classroom and Khan Academy
  • Tech Tool 7: Wiffiti
  • Tech Tool 8: Jing
  • Tech Tool 9: Gaming, ARGs, and Virtual World Instruction
  • Tech Tool 10: Diigo

Part III. Tech Tools for Student Creation and Collaboration

  • Tech Tool 11: Glogs
  • Tech Tool 12: Podcasts
  • Tech Tool 13: Scribd
  • Tech Tool 14: Comic Life
  • Tech Tool 15: Google Apps
  • Tech Tool 16: Vokis, Avatars, and Animation!
  • Tech Tool 17: Vlogs
  • Tech Tool 18: Animoto

Part IV. Tools for Social Learning and Networking

  • Tech Tool 19: Facebook
  • Tech Tool 20: Twitter

Part V. The Teaching Revolution and a Brave New World for the 21st Century

Part V. The Teaching Revolution and a Brave New World for the 21st Century

Index

Index

Additional materials

Description

Make the painless transition from low tech to tech friendly!

Are you struggling to embrace technology that advances at lightning speed? Or are you just plain perplexed? With new developments announced almost on a daily basis, many teachers don't know where to start. If you're one of those teachers making the transition to tech—willingly or not—Cool Tech Tools for Lower Tech Teachers is the resource for you. In understandable language, it describes how exactly you can use tools like webquests, wikis, social networking apps, and podcasts to enhance your lessons and keep kids engaged.

William Bender and Laura Waller put technology within your reach by:

  • Framing each tool in the context of what you need to know 
  • Defining the tool in easy-to-understand language; there's no tech-speak
  • Guiding you through implementation step by step
  • Providing sample lesson plans to get you started
  • Explaining how some tools can also be used for professional development

With Cool Tech Tools for Lower Tech Teachers, Bender and Waller prove that technology can be painless and productive. What's more, you'll even come to love it!

"This book provides a wealth of ideas for teachers who would like to use technology but do not know where to begin. Each chapter provides a lens into specific categories of use and associated websites."
—Bena Kallick, Educational Consultant

"This book is an excellent resource for both new and experienced educators looking to make the most of Web 2.0 resources for teaching and learning. It can be used individually, but I think it would be most beneficial (and fun!) to use in small groups of educators as they support and surprise one another with their explorations and discoveries."
—Chris Toy, Educational Consultant, Learning Capacity Unlimited
Graduate School Instructor, University of Southern Maine

Contents

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

Introduction

Introduction

Part I. Four Tools to Start With

  • Tech Tool 1: Web Access, Laptops, Mobile Devices
  • Tech Tool 2: Webquests
  • Tech Tool 3: Blogs
  • Tech Tool 4: Wikis

Part II. Tools for Student Engagement and Empowerment

  • Tech Tool 5: Cloud Computing
  • Tech Tool 6: The Flipped Classroom and Khan Academy
  • Tech Tool 7: Wiffiti
  • Tech Tool 8: Jing
  • Tech Tool 9: Gaming, ARGs, and Virtual World Instruction
  • Tech Tool 10: Diigo

Part III. Tech Tools for Student Creation and Collaboration

  • Tech Tool 11: Glogs
  • Tech Tool 12: Podcasts
  • Tech Tool 13: Scribd
  • Tech Tool 14: Comic Life
  • Tech Tool 15: Google Apps
  • Tech Tool 16: Vokis, Avatars, and Animation!
  • Tech Tool 17: Vlogs
  • Tech Tool 18: Animoto

Part IV. Tools for Social Learning and Networking

  • Tech Tool 19: Facebook
  • Tech Tool 20: Twitter

Part V. The Teaching Revolution and a Brave New World for the 21st Century

Part V. The Teaching Revolution and a Brave New World for the 21st Century

Index

Index

Additional materials

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20 Tactics for Every Classroom

William N. Bender , Laura B. Waller
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Make the painless transition from low tech to tech friendly!

Are you struggling to embrace technology that advances at lightning speed? Or are you just plain perplexed? With new developments announced almost on a daily basis, many teachers don't know where to start. If you're one of those teachers making the transition to tech—willingly or not—Cool Tech Tools for Lower Tech Teachers is the resource for you. In understandable language, it describes how exactly you can use tools like webquests, wikis, social networking apps, and podcasts to enhance your lessons and keep kids engaged.

William Bender and Laura Waller put technology within your reach by:

  • Framing each tool in the context of what you need to know 
  • Defining the tool in easy-to-understand language; there's no tech-speak
  • Guiding you through implementation step by step
  • Providing sample lesson plans to get you started
  • Explaining how some tools can also be used for professional development

With Cool Tech Tools for Lower Tech Teachers, Bender and Waller prove that technology can be painless and productive. What's more, you'll even come to love it!

"This book provides a wealth of ideas for teachers who would like to use technology but do not know where to begin. Each chapter provides a lens into specific categories of use and associated websites."
—Bena Kallick, Educational Consultant

"This book is an excellent resource for both new and experienced educators looking to make the most of Web 2.0 resources for teaching and learning. It can be used individually, but I think it would be most beneficial (and fun!) to use in small groups of educators as they support and surprise one another with their explorations and discoveries."
—Chris Toy, Educational Consultant, Learning Capacity Unlimited
Graduate School Instructor, University of Southern Maine


Table Of Contents:

  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Four Tools to Start With
  • Tech Tool 1: Web Access, Laptops, Mobile Devices
  • Tech Tool 2: Webquests
  • Tech Tool 3: Blogs
  • Tech Tool 4: Wikis
  • Part II. Tools for Student Engagement and Empowerment
  • Tech Tool 5: Cloud Computing
  • Tech Tool 6: The Flipped Classroom and Khan Academy
  • Tech Tool 7: Wiffiti
  • Tech Tool 8: Jing
  • Tech Tool 9: Gaming, ARGs, and Virtual World Instruction
  • Tech Tool 10: Diigo
  • Part III. Tech Tools for Student Creation and Collaboration
  • Tech Tool 11: Glogs
  • Tech Tool 12: Podcasts
  • Tech Tool 13: Scribd
  • Tech Tool 14: Comic Life
  • Tech Tool 15: Google Apps
  • Tech Tool 16: Vokis, Avatars, and Animation!
  • Tech Tool 17: Vlogs
  • Tech Tool 18: Animoto
  • Part IV. Tools for Social Learning and Networking
  • Tech Tool 19: Facebook
  • Tech Tool 20: Twitter
  • Part V. The Teaching Revolution and a Brave New World for the 21st Century
  • Index

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"This book is an excellent resource for both new and experienced educators looking to make the most of Web 2.0 resources for teaching and learning. It can be used individually, but I think it would be most beneficial (and fun!) to use in small groups of educators as they support and surprise one another with their explorations and discoveries."
Chris Toy, Educational Consultant/Graduate School Instructor, Learning Capacity Unlimited/University of Southern Maine
"This is one of the most important tools that today’s teachers could have in their toolbox. There are great descriptions of the tools, and excellent ideas about how to easily put them to work."
David Callaway, 7th Grade Social Studies Teacher, Rocky Heights Middle School, Highlands Ranch, CO
"This book provides a wealth of ideas for teachers who would like to use technology but do not know where to begin. Each chapter provides a lens into specific categories of use and websites associated with the use. An encyclopedia of practical tools for the low-tech classroom!"
Bena Kallick, Educational Consultant
"Cool Tech Tools for the Lower-Tech Teacher is a great manual for all educators. Each of us can benefit from adding new technology tools in our classrooms, which speak to the instructional variety that our digital learners come to our classrooms with each day.Our digital revolution is now, this book should be one of your tools as you set about designing a creative, collaborative, social and self-directed classroom! "
Cheryl Oakes, Resource Room Teacher, Wells High School, Wells, ME
"Every educator interested in bringing their classroom into the 21st century should get this book. It not only tells what the new technology is and how to use it, but it creates an invaluable vision for the future of education in which students are not only consumers of information but creators. This resource could help revolutionize education as we know it, if every teacher implemented the tech tools in this book!"
Jolene Dockstader, 7th Grade Language Arts Teacher, Jerome Joint School District, West, Jerome, ID

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