In doing a little research for my blog I made a list of
twitter feeds that you might want to look at to get some insight into all thing
Educational
Technologies. Through the process of making this list I realized that
there were a whole lot of educators that were on twitter. I also found that most of them were as
interested in integrating technology into their lessons as I am. In
compiling this list there was a few things that I was looking for. First,
they had to be educational feeds geared towards teaching students in secondary
schools. Many of them are geared directly to math education but they are
tools that can be used in most any subject. Second, they had also be
geared towards the use of technology and technology integration. I was
looking for resources, tips, and strategies that would help someone integrate
technology into the classroom. Finally, I looked to see that the feeds
were most professional and not personal in nature. I wanted posts made on
your feed, if you were following any of these, to not be about where they were
eating or family vacation photos but about educational technologies. One
of my favorite feeds that I included in the list is Mathalicious (@Mathalicious
is transforming the way math is taught by providing teachers with real-world
math lessons that help them engage their students). I
found many neat lessons and strategies from visiting their website on fun ways
to both engage students and to get them using new technologies. I also got a lot of good information from
Jeff Utecht (@jutecht Technology & Learning Coordinator International
School Bangkok, Education, Technology, Consultant, Presenter, Author).
In visiting his website I found a couple of articles on 1:1 programs and
different ways that it can be done. I
think that he has some really great ideas in the area of educational
technologies that make a whole lot of sense.
So who is this list for? Anyone
with an interest in educational technologies, specifically math educational
technologies, will be able to get many things from these feeds. They will be able to get many educational
technology tools and resources geared to teaching at the secondary level. Someone following this list will get
information on how to better integrate these and other technologies into their
lessons. You will also get the latest
news and information on things and events happening in the world of educational
technology. See my list by clicking here
I like the potential with Twitter also. Math technology is sort of a new concept in our classrooms and certainly different from the way we were taught math. Twitter lists and social bookmarking can help us to link up with other math teachers that may already be integrating technology into their classrooms. I think it is amazing that we can even examine what other countries are doing in their classrooms. With our decreasing math scores in the U.S., this is something we should probably be doing more often.
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