Dear Teachers/Readers:
Thank you for visiting. I hope that you will find information and inspiration for your work. The main purpose of this BLOG is threefold: To provide educators and administrators with tools for their jobs and to let professional know what is trending in the field of education and technology so that they can anticipate and strategically prepare for change and to conduct their own professional development driven by their need. It is important in 21st century education to address the needs of digital learners and consumers to connect with such groups and not to create obstacles for them. Therefore, I try to provide you, the reader, with as many up-to-date resources as possible.
It is NOT my intent to invent new ideas or CREATE new content. By my selection of posted resources, I express my opinion about them. So, this BLOG is a resource sharing place where you, the reader, may add your own resources and opinions.
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I sincerely invite you to leave a comment and rating for other reader so they can assess the value of the resource for their own work. It is truly important to get YOUR feedback so that other educators can easier assess how useful a resource is. Remember when you shop and you look for reviews? Same idea!
Even better, leave additional resources, lesson plans, or ideas on the BLOG, expanding on my original source. This is where the resources are really coming to life. You can do so by adding a comment to existing postings. Click "Leave a comment".
Most of all, have fun, enjoy the resources, and try out some new things in class,
Dr. Christel Broady
In the article “Teaching with SmartPhones”, on Nov 21, 2012 in The How of 21st Century Teaching, Voices, Web Tools, Jennifer Carey provides a number of uses in classrooms that will make smartphones teacher helpers. Read one in this link
