Monday, July 23, 2012

and 3 more

DreamBox

DreamBox Learning uses unique intelligent adaptive learning technology that goes beyond engagement for students in kindergarten through 4th grade.  The program provides millions of different paths through curriculums, based on a child's needs.  You can adapt the level of difficulty, sequencing, pacing, and much more to support every student from struggling to advanced.  

The Education Arcade

The Education Arcade uses interactive and engaging games to promote learning.  It seems to be geared towards students in middle school and high school.  For example, there is a project called iCue, in which MIT and NBC News have worked together to create in order to support teaching and learning in AP U.S. History, Government, and Politics.  The project reinforces students' classroom learning by linking the media to those classes.  Games and social networking activities are created based on these stories for teachers and students to access and use in unconventional ways.

Arizona K12 Center

This site offers quality professional development for educators using what they refer to as the "Arizona Technology Integration Matrix."  It includes 5 interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments and associates it with 5 levels of technology integration, creating a matrix of 25 cells.  In each cell, a video and 2 lesson plans are provided.  Though this matrix is based off the Arizona standards, many can be applied to Virginia's as well.

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