Deb Norton Tech

If you are finding yourself teaching the same lesson year after year with the same materials and teaching style; then it's time to add some new technology and spice up that boring lesson.  It's refreshing and motivating for students to see a teacher using new instructional strategies and materials in a lesson. Here are a bunch of ideas: 1)  Involve the students - Use an online poll or backchannel to interact with your students during your lesson. This gives every student a voice and builds character and understanding amongst peers.  a.   Poll Everywhere b.   Tally.tl - Click here for my blog post. c.   Today's Meet d.   Padlet e.   Geddit - Click here for my blog post. 2)  Student Choice - Allow your students to show their learning with these choices. Giving students a say in how they show their knowledge is empowering. a.  Mindmapping with Slatebox or Bubbl.us - Click here for my blog post b.  Creat...

Teachem is a new site that allows a person to capture YouTube videos, organize them and add discussion questions to the videos.   YouTube is blocked to our students at the elementary level, but this would be a wonderful digital tool for any Middle or High School teacher whose students have access to You Tube. Check out this video explaining Teachem : As I browsed through Teachem classes that have been made, I found a good one on how to make better looking Google Documents.  Perhaps I will find a purpose for Teachem in a future blog post or for sharing with others.  We'll see.