We just got Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 Wireless Premium and we are cautiously optimistic. We’re trying to figure out whether speech recognition software can make us more efficient, as well as how good it would be in the classroom. Right now, this post is being written using Dragon and Internet Explorer. (I did have to use […]
Integrating Technology into your Language Arts Public Speaking Lesson
We’ve been teaching our speech unit to Grade 7 and 8 students for several years, but this is the first year we’ve really had an opportunity to integrate different types of technologies into our English lesson. Let’s be honest. Most students hate doing speeches. They don’t like spending the time to write the speech, revise […]
Why we’re thinking about leaving Bluehost and finding a new home for our Classroom Blogs
We run several classroom blogs and professional sites, including this blog on using educational technology in the classroom. Mostly we use WordPress, but lately we’ve been experimenting with bulleting boards (phpBB) for our online literature circles. You can only go so far with free accounts, whether they’re with Blogger, WordPress.com, Edublogs, or Wikispaces. Eventually, you […]
Twitter in the Classroom
At the end of June, our Grade 8 Language Arts (English) class experimented with using Twitter in the classroom. What is Twitter? Why use Twitter in the classroom? Examining Twitter in the classroom to see how social media tools are changing the way the world communicates. Using Twitter in the Classroom as a collaboration tool […]
Classroom Technology – Where does the funding come from?
Classroom technology is great… but where do we get the money to fund the educational technology? I would like to have a class set of laptops for my Grade 7 and 8 students to use: 4 Reasons why I would like to have a class set of laptops How much will a class set of […]