Deeper Learning Through Technology

Using the Cloud to Individualize Instruction
Kenneth P. Halla - Fairfax County Public Schools
Deeper Learning Through Technology
February 2015 | 176 pages | Corwin
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Description

Use the Cloud to Individualize Your Instruction and Watch Your Students Thrive!

The advent of cloud-stored data that can be entered, changed, and accessed anywhere is a development full of potential for today’s classroom.

This book is the all-in-one resource you need to be sure your students reap the fullest rewards from cloud-based developments. Teacher and top ed-blogger Ken Halla explains:

  • Strategies for leveraging the cloud to create a self-paced, learner-centered classroom
  • How to take advantage of tech tools to facilitate learning
  • Real-life case studies and activities to ensure an enjoyable implementation experience.

Stay ahead of the curve with Ken Halla’s strategies, which you can implement the next morning.

"Halla's book, written from practitioner experience, provides practical and simple integration techniques that will assist both novice and experienced teachers incorporate technology to enhance student learning."
—Eric Sheninger, author of Digital Leadership, Changing Paradigms for Changing Times

“This is a must read--a detailed nuts and bolts guide to classroom tools in the cloud."
—Michael B. Horn, Co-Founder and Director, Christensen Institute
Author of Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns.

"Whether you are an ed tech veteran or just getting started, Halla's book will help you tailor learning to meet the needs of your students. This book will help you create the learner-focused classroom you want to build!  A must-have resource for today's teachers!" 
—Jaime Casap, Global Education Evangelist
Google

Contents

Part I: The Teacher as Leader of the Digital Classroom

  • 1. Our Changing Digital World
  • Touring the Internet
  • Becoming Responsible Digital Citizens
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Challenges
  • 2. Teacher Collaboration: Online Professional Learning Communities
  • Professional Learning Communities
  • Expanding Your PLCs to Social Media
  • Using Twitter to Build Your PLC
  • Using Google+ as a PLC Resource
  • Expand Your PLC by Following Bloggers
  • Bookmarking in the Cloud
  • Some Closing Thoughts on Online PLCs
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Challenges
  • 3. Storing and Sharing in the Cloud
  • Google Drive Techniques for the Classroom
  • Refining Google Drive Documents
  • Beyond Documents
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Challenges

Part II: The Self-Paced Student

  • 4. The Self Paced Anchor: Flipping the Classroom
  • What is Flipping?
  • What to Flip
  • Making Your Own Screencast
  • Creating a YouTube Playlist
  • Learning From a Flipped Video Lecture
  • The Flipped Classroom
  • Flipped Class Resources
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Challenges
  • 5. Interactive Assignments
  • Creating Interactive Assignments
  • Resources for Creating Interactive Assignments
  • Rubrics
  • What to Do when Technology Devices are Lacking in Your Schools
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Examples
  • 6. Student Collaboration: Engaging Students With Mobile Learning
  • Making the Case for the Smartphone in the Classroom
  • Engaging Your Students With Cooperative Groups
  • Other Tools to Engage Students
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Examples
  • 7. Formative and Summative Assessment of Student Learning
  • Formative and Summative Evaluations
  • Preparing for the Formative and Summative Evaluations
  • Online Tools for Conducting Formative Assessments
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Challenges
  • 8. Looking Forward Into the Present
  • Classroom Example: Morrisville, NC
  • Educator Challenges

Additional materials

Description

Use the Cloud to Individualize Your Instruction and Watch Your Students Thrive!

The advent of cloud-stored data that can be entered, changed, and accessed anywhere is a development full of potential for today’s classroom.

This book is the all-in-one resource you need to be sure your students reap the fullest rewards from cloud-based developments. Teacher and top ed-blogger Ken Halla explains:

  • Strategies for leveraging the cloud to create a self-paced, learner-centered classroom
  • How to take advantage of tech tools to facilitate learning
  • Real-life case studies and activities to ensure an enjoyable implementation experience.

Stay ahead of the curve with Ken Halla’s strategies, which you can implement the next morning.

"Halla's book, written from practitioner experience, provides practical and simple integration techniques that will assist both novice and experienced teachers incorporate technology to enhance student learning."
—Eric Sheninger, author of Digital Leadership, Changing Paradigms for Changing Times

“This is a must read--a detailed nuts and bolts guide to classroom tools in the cloud."
—Michael B. Horn, Co-Founder and Director, Christensen Institute
Author of Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns.

"Whether you are an ed tech veteran or just getting started, Halla's book will help you tailor learning to meet the needs of your students. This book will help you create the learner-focused classroom you want to build!  A must-have resource for today's teachers!" 
—Jaime Casap, Global Education Evangelist
Google

Contents

Part I: The Teacher as Leader of the Digital Classroom

  • 1. Our Changing Digital World
  • Touring the Internet
  • Becoming Responsible Digital Citizens
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Challenges
  • 2. Teacher Collaboration: Online Professional Learning Communities
  • Professional Learning Communities
  • Expanding Your PLCs to Social Media
  • Using Twitter to Build Your PLC
  • Using Google+ as a PLC Resource
  • Expand Your PLC by Following Bloggers
  • Bookmarking in the Cloud
  • Some Closing Thoughts on Online PLCs
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Challenges
  • 3. Storing and Sharing in the Cloud
  • Google Drive Techniques for the Classroom
  • Refining Google Drive Documents
  • Beyond Documents
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Challenges

Part II: The Self-Paced Student

  • 4. The Self Paced Anchor: Flipping the Classroom
  • What is Flipping?
  • What to Flip
  • Making Your Own Screencast
  • Creating a YouTube Playlist
  • Learning From a Flipped Video Lecture
  • The Flipped Classroom
  • Flipped Class Resources
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Challenges
  • 5. Interactive Assignments
  • Creating Interactive Assignments
  • Resources for Creating Interactive Assignments
  • Rubrics
  • What to Do when Technology Devices are Lacking in Your Schools
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Examples
  • 6. Student Collaboration: Engaging Students With Mobile Learning
  • Making the Case for the Smartphone in the Classroom
  • Engaging Your Students With Cooperative Groups
  • Other Tools to Engage Students
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Examples
  • 7. Formative and Summative Assessment of Student Learning
  • Formative and Summative Evaluations
  • Preparing for the Formative and Summative Evaluations
  • Online Tools for Conducting Formative Assessments
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Challenges
  • 8. Looking Forward Into the Present
  • Classroom Example: Morrisville, NC
  • Educator Challenges

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Deeper Learning Through Technology

Using the Cloud to Individualize Instruction


February 2015 | 176 pages | Corwin

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Use the Cloud to Individualize Your Instruction and Watch Your Students Thrive!

The advent of cloud-stored data that can be entered, changed, and accessed anywhere is a development full of potential for today’s classroom.

This book is the all-in-one resource you need to be sure your students reap the fullest rewards from cloud-based developments. Teacher and top ed-blogger Ken Halla explains:

  • Strategies for leveraging the cloud to create a self-paced, learner-centered classroom
  • How to take advantage of tech tools to facilitate learning
  • Real-life case studies and activities to ensure an enjoyable implementation experience.

Stay ahead of the curve with Ken Halla’s strategies, which you can implement the next morning.

"Halla's book, written from practitioner experience, provides practical and simple integration techniques that will assist both novice and experienced teachers incorporate technology to enhance student learning."
—Eric Sheninger, author of Digital Leadership, Changing Paradigms for Changing Times

“This is a must read--a detailed nuts and bolts guide to classroom tools in the cloud."
—Michael B. Horn, Co-Founder and Director, Christensen Institute
Author of Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns.

"Whether you are an ed tech veteran or just getting started, Halla's book will help you tailor learning to meet the needs of your students. This book will help you create the learner-focused classroom you want to build!  A must-have resource for today's teachers!" 
—Jaime Casap, Global Education Evangelist
Google


Table Of Contents:

  • Part I: The Teacher as Leader of the Digital Classroom
  • 1. Our Changing Digital World
  • Touring the Internet
  • Becoming Responsible Digital Citizens
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Challenges
  • 2. Teacher Collaboration: Online Professional Learning Communities
  • Professional Learning Communities
  • Expanding Your PLCs to Social Media
  • Using Twitter to Build Your PLC
  • Using Google+ as a PLC Resource
  • Expand Your PLC by Following Bloggers
  • Bookmarking in the Cloud
  • Some Closing Thoughts on Online PLCs
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Challenges
  • 3. Storing and Sharing in the Cloud
  • Google Drive Techniques for the Classroom
  • Refining Google Drive Documents
  • Beyond Documents
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Challenges
  • Part II: The Self-Paced Student
  • 4. The Self Paced Anchor: Flipping the Classroom
  • What is Flipping?
  • What to Flip
  • Making Your Own Screencast
  • Creating a YouTube Playlist
  • Learning From a Flipped Video Lecture
  • The Flipped Classroom
  • Flipped Class Resources
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Challenges
  • 5. Interactive Assignments
  • Creating Interactive Assignments
  • Resources for Creating Interactive Assignments
  • Rubrics
  • What to Do when Technology Devices are Lacking in Your Schools
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Examples
  • 6. Student Collaboration: Engaging Students With Mobile Learning
  • Making the Case for the Smartphone in the Classroom
  • Engaging Your Students With Cooperative Groups
  • Other Tools to Engage Students
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Examples
  • 7. Formative and Summative Assessment of Student Learning
  • Formative and Summative Evaluations
  • Preparing for the Formative and Summative Evaluations
  • Online Tools for Conducting Formative Assessments
  • Classroom Examples
  • Educator Challenges
  • 8. Looking Forward Into the Present
  • Classroom Example: Morrisville, NC
  • Educator Challenges

Recent Product Reviews:

"The author has made it easy for the teacher to work electronic devices into the classroom and prepare the students for a student-led classroom. The book is so organized that beginners can have success in a short amount of time. Students and teachers will love it."
Susan Harmon, Technology and Science Instructor, Neodesha Jr/Sr. High School, Neodesha, KS
"This book provides a focus that is missing from most integration related resources. It focuses on changing instruction. Teachers will not be intimidated by the rationale and ideas the author presents. The examples are realistic, applicable, and easily reproducible by teachers. "
John Lustig, Technology Director, Saint Peter Public Schools, St. Peter, MN
"I am not just reading. I am learning on the spot. I can go to my classroom tomorrow and use information I learned about while reading. Our students love to use technology. Why not motivate them by using what they enjoy so much? This book will provide powerful information on how to engage your students with technology."
Tamara Daugherty, Third Grade Teacher, Lakeville Elementary, Apopka, FL
"Need to help your students become a 21st Century Learner? Look no further! This book is all you need and you too will learn something new!"
Gina Powell, Instructional Technology Resource Teacher, Essex County Public Schools, Tappahannock, VA
"I am thrilled to have a copy of this book and want to get it into the hands of my principal, tech teacher, and colleagues. It is straight-forward, well-organized, and a smart approach to developing 21st century expertise in educators of every level. We need this book in my school system. If I had the power, I would order a copy for every employee and then set about forming PLNs for its use."
April Keck DeGennaro, Teacher, Peeples Elementary School, Fayetteville, GA

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