Backchannels in the classroom

The document discusses discovery, discussion, and demonstration in education. It provides examples of tools that can be used for each including websites for discovering resources, interactive games for discussion, and polling tools for demonstrations. The document encourages thinking about how these three concepts can be incorporated into lessons to engage students in learning.

The power of technology to prepare students for... Slides from my opening presentation at the Literacy Promise Conference in Salt Lake City, 2014.

The fall 2013 version of my popular slideshow. This version was tailored to include more resources for accessibility, ELL, and elementary school. Learn more about these tools at FreeTech4Teachers.com

This document provides a list of the best websites for teachers in 2013 as selected by Richard Byrne. It includes short descriptions and links to websites for tools such as Socrative for formative assessments, Padlet for digital bulletin boards, Classtools for SMS polling, and Planet Nutshell for safe search videos. Contact information is provided for Richard Byrne to discuss the resources.

This document provides a summary of Richard Byrne's "Best of the Web 2013" resources for teachers. It lists over 15 different websites for creating things like picture books, storyboards, lesson plans, videos and games as well as polling and sharing tools for the classroom. The document encourages users to submit their favorite web tool on the Socrative website.

This document provides summaries of and links to various educational Android apps. It discusses apps for astronomy (Sky Map), nature identification (iNaturalist), maps and GPS (GPS Essentials), augmented reality (QR Droid), video editing (VidTrim, WeVideo for Android), photography (Camera Illusion, PicSay, Skitch for Android), audio recording (Sound Cloud, WAVE Recorder), note taking (Color Note, Evernote, Box for Android), writing (Write for Android), browsing (Dolphin HD, Feedly, Google Currents), ebooks (Google Books Play, Mantano Reader, iStoryBooks), math (Peter Pig’s Money Counter), collaboration (Infinite Kind - Sync

A personal learning network allows teachers to connect with other educators online to share resources and ideas, ask questions, and discover new tools and strategies. By collaborating daily in a personal learning network, teachers can make their professional development more effective and find answers to their questions beyond just searching online on their own. Connecting with other educators in a personal learning network enhances teaching and leads to continuous learning.

The document provides tips for setting up and participating in a personal learning network on social media. It recommends completing your profile, participating by posting messages, and adding 5 new friends to avoid having a boring profile. It also suggests using the site's search tool to find people discussing topics of interest, following people others interact with, and connecting with bloggers on social media. The document advises joining relevant conversations on Twitter under hashtags and finding reliable content to share, as well as setting up an RSS feed reader like Feedly and writing blog posts to share with others.

This document discusses how mobile devices can be used to enhance learning opportunities for students. It provides examples of apps that allow collaborative learning, connecting the physical world to digital content, and accessing information anywhere at any time. Specific apps mentioned include HistoryPin, GeoCaching, iNaturalist, and StudyBlue. The document argues that mobile learning aligns with Common Core standards by supporting skills like writing narratives, gathering information from multiple sources, and developing topics with well-chosen details and examples.

This document discusses how mobile apps can be used to enhance learning opportunities for students. It provides examples of apps that allow collaborative and on-demand learning, connect physical and digital worlds, facilitate communication through polling and texting, enable QR code and image scanning, support history and geography lessons through augmented reality, and help with studying and project planning. The document argues that mobile devices expand learning beyond the classroom and help develop skills outlined in the Common Core standards.

The document discusses how technology can be leveraged to make learning more collaborative. It describes several online tools and platforms that teachers can use to facilitate collaboration, including social networks, bookmarking sites, discussion forums, polling tools, texting platforms, and maps. The goal is to encourage participation, sharing, and interaction among students and teachers to enrich the learning experience.

This document provides a list of web tools for teachers along with their URLs. It includes tools for creating picture books, storyboards, and videos as well as interactive tools for polling students. The document also provides contact information for Richard Byrne, the author and creator of the "Free Technology for Teachers" website.

This document provides a list of the best web tools for teachers in 2012 as selected by Richard Byrne. It includes tools for polling students, creating picture books, making storyboards, interactive lessons, online safety videos, and games. Contact information is provided for Richard Byrne to discuss the tools further via email, Twitter, and Facebook.

This document provides a list of the best web tools for teachers in 2012 as selected by Richard Byrne. It includes tools for polling students, creating picture books, making storyboards, interactive lessons, online safety videos, and games. Contact information is provided for Richard Byrne to discuss the tools further via email, Twitter, and Facebook.

Richard Byrne discusses discovery, discussion, and demonstration of technology tools for teachers. He provides examples of tools for discovery like Twitter searches and RSS readers. Examples of tools to facilitate discussion include Diigo and Google Reader. He also demonstrates QR code and video tools that can be used in demonstrations.