Article Review Thinking about Technology

• After reading a current author's chapter for a book entitled: Transforming the K-12 Classroom, What Really Works, (Leneway, 2013)(found in the course content area. Please provide a couple of paragraphs on your opinion if K-12 classrooms can be transformed and if so what might they look like? Related to the transformation of the classroom question is the more basic question does educational technology really make a difference? If so, how do you know? Please post AR1 to both the discussion board and the drop book listed on Emerging Technology. Please review the article review expectations and rubric found at the end of this document before writing your first draft of the AR1 article review assignment. Please see Transforming K-12 Classrooms with

• Digital Technology:?in the file make sure but refrence

Lesson/Discussion (LD2) Tweeting about Technology

• LD 2 -Study the "how to" video on using twitter in education by Leslie Fisher who explains the basic use as well as tips and tricks for both new and veteran users of twitter in education.
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• How Twitter Can Be Used as a Powerful Educational Tool

Article Review (MP1) The Impact of Technology on Future of Education

• Discuss and write a mini-paper MP1, (see the mini paper grading rubric ) using the assigned articles. This week objective is to expose you to some of the many resources for staying current on emerging technologies.

After reading all of the content from the following links write a thoughtful concise 1-2 page essay (Mini Paper (MP 1) on the possible impact of emerging technology on the future of education using references for these reading to document your thinking. Please use personal reflections to also justify your vision on how you, your family and/or your classroom and students will be impacted.

1. Speak Up 2013 for Students, Teachers, Parents & School Leaders Selected National Findings

2. Technology in U.S Schools: Overview on Key Trends.

3. Top Technologies that will Make a Different in Education video

4. Adopt and Adapt - 21st-Century Schools Need 21st-Century Technology

5. Five Predictions for Higher Ed Technology in 2013