Integrating technology in the classroom
I’m a little late on this one..I took a few days to lay low and really be off the grid as an early present to myself. This holiday season I wish you all the joy of family, the happiness of friends and a new year of inspiration and love. Sending you all a warm, heartfelt thank you for being a part of making iLearn Technology such a success. I look forward to connecting with you all in 2012!
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As 2010 winds down, I thought I would do a quick recap of the top 10 most popular posts on iLearn Technology this year (because who doesn’t love a good top 10 list?):
10. My Macmillan McGraw Hill Treasures reading curriculum supplements for 1st-5th grades.
9. My iLearn Mac in education ezines
8. 31 of My Favorite Digital Storytelling Sites
7. Interactive Advent Calendars
6. 16 of the Best Internet Safety Sites for Kids
5. My Promethean Quick Tips (page)
4. My Um-Bloom-ra Blooms Taxonomy Umbrella
3. 14 Online Interactive Advent Calendars (including my Web 2.0 Advent Calendar)
2. My Bloom’s Taxonomy Bloomin’ Pinwheel
1. My Bloom’s Taxonomy Bloomin’ Peacock
As it turns out, your favorite posts are my lists and content that I created…nice!
Remember you can buy a pack of all of my Bloom’s posters here ($.99). Or get the Bloomin’ Peacock on a variety of items. All sales in the month of December will be donated to a Donor’s Choose project. ***UPDATE: Bloom’s Posters are now only available through my Kickstarter project!
I wish you all a very Happy Christmas and holiday season; I hope it is filled with family, good memories, love, and of course…technology! 😉
Happy 2009! Just wanted to jot a quick note to you my readers. Thank you for your continued support and encouraging words, they truly keep me going! When I started teaching technology, I had a hard time finding a comprehensive website for free technology resources in the classroom. I knew there were great free resources out there because I stumbled upon them all the time. What I really hoped for was a place that didn’t just give me a list of links to great websites for the classroom, but a place that gave me a snapshot of the site, and some useful tips for using that site with students. I started collecting all of the sites that I was finding in my Google notebook. One day my husband suggested that I start a blog so that other teachers could have access to the sites I was finding and notes I was taking on them. That was the beginning of iLearn Technology. Now, two years later, I have readers on almost every continent and I hear encouraging stories from you about how you integrate technology into your classrooms. You are an inspiration to me, I hope that iLearn Technology continues to be a valuable resource for you! Keep sharing your success stories and ideas, I love to hear them!
This year I have a few new resources in the works. I am currently developing curriculum, specifically for Mac schools (woot!) but it could be adapted for any computer classroom. I will be selling the curriculum bundled or as individual lessons. Even if you aren’t a computer teacher, some of the lessons will be perfect for technology integration in the classroom. I also hope to come out with my second issue of the iLearn ezine focused on Macs in education sometime in January. In this issue I focus on using iPods in education and project based learning. As always I will be posting new ideas for free technology integration daily right here. 🙂
I wish you all a blessed New Year!