1. Websites for Teachers Sharon Gray Instructional Technologist http://www.augie.edu/dept/edtech/

2. Why bother? Access to INFORMATION and RESOURCES Ability to ACCOMMODATE varied learning styles Opportunity to create ENGAGED learners

3. You’re teaching a “Gameboy” generation Technology is not a cure-all, but there will be an expectation of technology integration…

4. Two basic types of technology integration... Type I –“Make it easier, quicker, or otherwise more efficient to continue teaching the same things in the same ways we have always taught them.” (We’re aiming for “Type II”!) Type II –“Make available new and better ways of teaching.”

5. Technology can support learning by facilitating… EXPLORATIONEXPLORATION and ANALYSIS of informationANALYSIS SIMULATIONSIMULATION of events or processes VISUALIZATIONVISUALIZATION of abstract concepts MANIPULATION MANIPULATION of variables CONSTRUCTIONCONSTRUCTION of knowledge ** PRACTICEPRACTICE and drilling of skills

6. How do I know what’s out there and how to use it?

7. Professional development Professional DevelopmentWebsites: –Merlot http://www.merlot.org/Home.pohttp://www.merlot.org/Home.po –Educator’s Reference Desk http://www.eduref.org/http://www.eduref.org/ Conferences –T.I.E. http://www.tie.net/http://www.tie.net/ –Technology + Leadership + Learning http://www.nsba.org/t+l/http://www.nsba.org/t+l/ –Educause http://www.educause.edu/http://www.educause.edu/ Magazines and Journals: –T.H.E. http://www.thejournal.com/ FREE subscription!http://www.thejournal.com/ Instructor resource guides at educational websites –http://www.scholastic.com/http://www.scholastic.com/ –http://www.learner.org/jnorth/http://www.learner.org/jnorth/ –http://webquest.sdsu.edu/http://webquest.sdsu.edu/

8. Now let’s go on a virtual field trip to some fun (and educational) Websites…

9. (apps) (for kids) Sharon Gray’s Website The Biography Maker Paradigm Online Writing Assistant

10. But the Web is not all there is… Biomechanics software and digital video help PE students learn correct movementsBiomechanics software Digital microscope cameras allow entire classes to view the same microscopic imageDigital microscopecameras Electronic “smart boards” as projection screens allow teachers to run software demos and capture whiteboard imagesElectronic“smartboards”

11. Educational Software “Shall we teach with a game?”

12. Finally… While information does not equal knowledge and technology is not a “cure-all”, thoughtful, meaningful, and authentic integration of technology and information resources can enhance learning and lead to development of knowledge.

13. Webliography http://www.brainbashers.com/games.asp http://www.exploratorium.edu/ http://edc.usgs.gov/ http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/ http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/OChem/DEMOS/dihedral.html http://psylux.psych.tu- dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%20Material/www.illusionworks.com /html/hall_of_illusions.htmlhttp://psylux.psych.tu- dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%20Material/www.illusionworks.com /html/hall_of_illusions.html http://www.wikipedia.org/ http://www.licmef.com/mindwareBiomechanicsSystem.html http://www.scopetronix.com/microgall.htm http://www.smarttech.com/products/smartboard/index.asp