Educational Technology for Teachers Dr. Gregory M. Francom

Check out this podcast by Northern State University Student and South Dakota teacher, Brennan Goehring about Tizmos and the SAMR model. This podcast shares some excellent ideas for using Tizmos!

Check out this podcast by Northern State University Student and South Dakota teacher, Quintin Pease about Symbaloo and the SAMR model (with the help of a guest). This podcast shares some excellent ideas for using Symbaloo!

Check out this podcast by Northern State University Student and second grade teacher, Kaci Ulrich about twitter and the SAMR model. She shares some excellent ideas for using twitter, especially on the Modification and Redefinition levels.

Have you ever wondered if there are any opportunities out there where you can apply and be awarded money for technology items in your classroom. Of course it isn't easy or guaranteed to get money or technology for your classroom, but it can be well worth it. Here are links to the opportunities that I discuss in the podcast episode: Ed Tech Team Grants - https://www.edtechteam.com/grant/ Donors Choose - http://www.donorschoose.org/ Adopt a Classroom - http://www.adoptaclassroom.org/ Digital Wish - http://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/grant_awards - Receive additional support for a 1:1 classroom. Toshiba America Foundation - http://www.toshiba.com/taf/ Best Buy - ttps://corporate.bestbuy.com/community-grants-page/ RGK foundation - http://rgkfoundation.org/public/guidelines - Through principal/superintendent only.  Entertainment Software Association - http://www.esafoundation.org/challenge-grant.asp Teachers Count - http://www.teacherscount.org/grants/ - List of different grants available.  Also, don't forget about opportunities that may be available through your local school district and through your state department of education. 

Throughout our history, we have asked important questions, such as, "why is there air?" "How many people does it take to change a light bulb?" and "Did the chicken or the egg come first?" One age old question that teachers have asked is, "should I create a class website or a class blog?" In this podcast episode I help to answer this age old question  by discussing when you might want a blog or a website. I also discuss alternatives to both approaches and some of the tools that teachers use to create websites, blogs, online photo albums and text/email message blasters. Here are some of the tools I mention in this episode: Website creation tools: Weebly Wix Google Sites Blog creation tools: Blogger.com Kidblog.org Online photo albums: iCloud Picasa Web Albums General Classroom Management (with message/blog sharing): Class Dojo Text/Email Message Blaster: Remind.com

Have you been asked to integrate technology in your classroom, but you don't know where to start? In this episode, I share some ideas from Doug Johnson's book, The Classroom Teacher's Technology Survival Guide. First I share some ideas to change non-technology-based activities into technology-based ones. Then I share about some basic and easy activities and technologies that can be incorporated into classroom learning.