Instructional+Tools

For posing questions and sharing information and thoughts about instructional tools for teachers. Also included here is the concept of the "standard" classroom setup.

Interactive Whiteboard (via Wikipedia) Classroom Performance Systems (aka Student Response Systems) (via Wikipedia)
 * Definitions**

Interactive Whiteboards: SMART Board Promethean Board
 * Possible Products and Resources**

Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate)

Projectors

Apple TV for wireless streaming?

Mic classes for video conferencing purposes?

Student Response Systems

Review of four student response systems

Virtual (web-based) student response systems []

STEVE RYAN AND CHRIS EFTYCHIOU TESTED SOCRATIVE. GOOD FOR EXIT CARDS, BUT LIMITED IN TERMS OF CREATING CUSTOMIZED FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS.

CIC- Cable in the Classroom


 * Notable Users and Best Practices**

MANY best practices and power users already in district with SMART Board.

Lippincott, R. (n.d). The More We Use It the More We Love It. //T.H.E. Journal //, //38 //(6), 43. The writers discuss the findings of an annual survey of K–12 public school teachers that charts their attitude toward media and technology that is supplied to them for classroom instruction. Some forms of digital media that teachers reported using for classroom instruction in 2010 include: interactive games, activities, lesson plans, and simulations. More than 80 percent of teachers use TV and video content, with 76 percent accessing this traditional content by streaming or downloading it directly from the Internet. These trends suggest that teachers are integrating media more comprehensively into content and instruction to introduce a topic or reinforce a concept or provide differentiated support for some students. Some high school teachers see merit in allowing students to use personal cell phones for classroom assignments or activities and acknowledge the potential of laptops, tablets, pad-like devices, and e-readers.


 * Other Notes**