This is one in a series of posts about our year-old pilot with the STEM
Web site
learning.com. The site allows teachers to assign math, science,
and technology lessons or units to individual students, whole class, or
specified groups. Units are leveled by grades 3-5 and contain
interactive introductions, activities, games, quizzes, and journals
Check out my new article in T.H.E. Journal about why banning is not the answer when it comes to cell phones and other student-owned devices in school.
Here are some ways that teachers are using cell phones to support student engagement and achievement by using tools like Google Voice and Voki and functions like video.
At a summer conference several years ago, I was introduced to educational video gaming by nCASE (National Center for the Advancement of STEM Education).
Are kindergartners too young to learn with the
iPAD?
There is a plethora of cool tools for educators that are for free or a nominal cost but how do you choose?