Dr. Warren Gamas, Minot State University, conducted a workshop on a few of the latest innovations in technology that can enhance classroom education. He demonstrated in a renovated technology classroom that featured a Smart Board, projectors, and outlets for 50 laptops, iPads or other mobile hardware.
Smart Boards, computers, and projectors are becoming standard equipment in the modern classroom, but here are some web sites for exploration.
I love learning about new techy items so this workshop excited me. Dr. Gamas made the point that teachers must meet students in their world of visuals and gaming to engage them in concepts and subject matter.
Second Life allows creation of an avatar to explore many virtual worlds. Think opportunities for role-playing.
http://secondlife.com/
Scratch Projects was developed by Mass. Tech. Institute as a place for students to create and develop projects of all kinds.
http://scratch.mit.edu/
http://scratch.mit.edu/channel/featured
Khan Academy provides video tutoring on thousands of topics.
http://www.khanacademy.org/
Want a new way to take notes, check out Live Scribe at
http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/
This is paper based computing. Watch the videos to see how this computing pen works. It's amazing!
Be sure to click on k-12 education on the menu bar to see educational applications.
Here's a description of the notebook and the paper features that make this tool work.
http://www.amazon.com/Livescribe-Single-Subject-Notebook-ANA-00017/dp/B001AALJ1I/ref=pd_cp_e_1
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