Lesson Planet
EdTech Tuesdays: Training Technology Coaches with AJ Phillips
With technology moving out of computer labs and into classrooms, schools must find ways to support this change. AJ Phillips, an instructional technology supervisor, discusses her work transitioning computer lab teachers into technology...
Crash Course
Educational Technology: Crash Course Computer Science #39
Every minute, users upload 400 hours of video to YouTube, which is how the resource became available. From MOOCs to AI driven intelligent tutoring systems, an engaging video explains how technology has changed the world of education. It...
Curated Video
EdTech Tuesdays: Teaching Today with Ann McMullan
Exactly how important is the use of technology in the modern classroom? According to Ann McMullan, an educational technology consultant in Los Angeles, it's indispensable. Follow along as she describes her experiences with helping...
Lesson Planet
EdTech Tuesdays: National Technology Plan
Learn the basics about the National Technology Plan, and how to find the plan in order to prepare yourself for what's to come as far as technology in the classroom goes. Jennifer and Rich walk through a few ways to get started on the...
Lesson Planet
EdTech Tuesdays: Writing Club & Technology with Linda Edwards
Linda Edwards reveals how she uses technology to support her grade school writing club. Club members use Pages, a production presentation program, to create a newsletter that is sent to parents and iMovie to create video newscasts.
Curated Video
EdTech Tuesdays: Integrating Technology in the Classroom with Erin Klein
Possibilities abound with technology in the classroom! Discover how one educator fostered an incredible learning experience for her students using a digital platform called Storybird for a collaborative writing project.
Lesson Planet
EdTech Tuesdays: Connecting with Students through Technology with Steve Miletto
Do mobile devices have a place in the classroom? Spark a discussion with colleagues using this great interview with experienced teacher and administrator Steve Miletto, who advocates the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policy and the...
New York State Education Department
TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 2
Flipped classrooms and online tools killed the chalkboard! An awesome, hands-on technology workshop asks teachers across all content areas. to examine model lessons, become familiar with research, and explore tech tools they can...
Kenan Fellows
Ready, Set, Save on Solar Energy Technology!
Does your class have a bright future in the solar energy industry? Science scholars take an in-depth look at what's new in solar technology. After completing research into the solar industry, participants create and market a product in...
Curated OER
President Technology Startup
Technology start-ups are growing every day in Silicon Valley and all around the country. The President of a start-up talks about his products, daily routines, education, and passion in the start-up world.
Lesson Planet
EdTech Tuesdays: Building EdTech PD from Scratch with Debra Jackson
EdTech developed by teams of educators is part of Superintendent Debra Jackson's goal for her school district. Find out how teachers are working to blend collaboration and inquiry into a successful educational technology program.
Lesson Planet
EdTech Tuesdays: Vision K-20 Survey and CODiE Awards with Karen Billings
The CODiE Awards program, showcasing the best software produced each year, and the Vision K-20 Survey, designed to permit schools to benchmark their progress in the use of educational technology to achieve their educational goals, are...
Curated OER
Physical Education: Video Snapshots
Physical education classes share the skills they have explored using photographs and videos. The projects can be filled with teacher-made films of learners engaged in different activities. Each picture or video should include a caption...
Lesson Planet
EdTech Tuesdays: Behind the Scenes of ISTE with Dr. Kecia Ray
Interesting in learning more about the International Society for Technology in Education? Go behind the scenes with Dr. Kecia Ray, the board chair of ISTE, as she explains what their organization is really about, and the standards and...
Lesson Planet
EdTech Tuesdays: Foundations of the SAMR Model with Dr. Ruben
Are you looking to integrate technology into your teaching, but unsure how to do it effectively? Sit down with Jennifer and Dr. Ruben Puentedura, as they discuss the SAMR model for using technology to enhance student learning.
Curated Video
EdTech Tuesdays: Making 1:1 Implementation Work with Kelly Clifford
Interested in 1:1 learning, but unclear about what it actually looks like in the classroom? Listen as technology coordinator Kelly Clifford describes the ways that teachers in her district are using technology to enhance student learning.
Lesson Planet
EdTech Tuesdays: Classroom Video Games with Mat Frenz
Curious about ways to use students' interest in video games to enhance their learning? Listen as Mat Frenz from GlassLab Games discusses the similarities between video game design and lesson design, and how educators and developers are...
Curated Video
EdTech Tuesdays: Be a Connected Educator with Billy Krakower
"Best advice would be, 'Get on Twitter!'" Consider the input of technology instructor Billy Krakower in an interview from the 2014 ISTE conference, who discusses the importance of brainstorming ideas with teachers around the world and...
PBS
Technology: Conveniences and Consequences
It's a delicate balance—using technology to improve our lives while still protecting the environment, and ourselves, from the hazards of technology use. Class members examine statistics about the increase in media use, complete a survey...
Curated OER
Space Age Technology Comes to Earth
Both GPS and GIS are now used regularly in agricultural careers. Explore the new technologies that require higher education for those interested in agri-science careers. Upper graders examine how agriculturalists use new technologies by...
Curated OER
Career & Technical Education: Grade 7
Educate your learners on the importance of using bio-diesel as an alternative transportation fuel. Provided here are several links to books (with reviews), a 24-page informational text in three reading levels, a corn activity, and...
Curated OER
Technology Resources for the Social Studies Classroom
Looking for ways to increase engagement by bringing technology into your elementary social studies class? Teachers are introduced to the technology resources available for social studies and then they show their students specific...
Curated OER
Physical Education Unit Plan: Soccer - Lesson 6
Here is the sixth in a 10-lesson series on soccer. It takes a look at the role of gender in the sport of soccer. In general, are boys’ sports and girls’ sports equal? Are men’s sports and women’s sports equal? Is there equality in...
NOAA
Technology II
Ping, ping, ping. The last installment of a 23-part NOAA Enrichment in Marine sciences and Oceanography (NEMO) program explores technology use in marine studies, such as sonar. Activity involves simulating sonar techniques to identify a...