Part I: The Teacher as Leader of the Digital Classroom 1. Our Changing Digital World Touring the Internet Becoming Responsible Digital Citizens Classroom Examples Educator Challenges 2. Teacher Collaboration: Online Professional Learning Communities Professional Learning Communities Expanding Your PLCs to Social Media Using Twitter to Build Your PLC Using Google+ as a PLC Resource Expand Your PLC by Following Bloggers Bookmarking in the Cloud Some Closing Thoughts on Online PLCs Classroom Examples Educator Challenges 3. Storing and Sharing in the Cloud Google Drive Techniques for the Classroom Refining Google Drive Documents Beyond Documents Classroom Examples Educator Challenges Part II: The Self-Paced Student 4. The Self Paced Anchor: Flipping the Classroom What is Flipping? What to Flip Making Your Own Screencast Creating a YouTube Playlist Learning From a Flipped Video Lecture The Flipped Classroom Flipped Class Resources Classroom Examples Educator Challenges 5. Interactive Assignments Creating Interactive Assignments Resources for Creating Interactive Assignments Rubrics What to Do when Technology Devices are Lacking in Your Schools Classroom Examples Educator Examples 6. Student Collaboration: Engaging Students With Mobile Learning Making the Case for the Smartphone in the Classroom Engaging Your Students With Cooperative Groups Other Tools to Engage Students Classroom Examples Educator Examples 7. Formative and Summative Assessment of Student Learning Formative and Summative Evaluations Preparing for the Formative and Summative Evaluations Online Tools for Conducting Formative Assessments Classroom Examples Educator Challenges 8. Looking Forward Into the Present Classroom Example: Morrisville, NC Educator Challenges
A teacher and top ed-blogger details techniques for leveraging cloud technology to create a self-paced, learner-centered classroom focusing on each student's unique learning pace, strengths, and interests.
Ken Halla has been a high school teacher social studies teacher, department chair and advanced placement coordinator for the past twenty-two years. Halla initiated a pilot for e-books which led to all 7-12th graders using e-books in social studies in Fairfax County, VA. Additionally he has been an online teacher and chair for the past nine years and has a popular blog technology and pedagogy blog which receives 65,000 pageviews a month. Halla also has led many in-services and offers a regular class for teachers looking to integrate technology into the classroom. Halla has a Ph.D., is a National Board Certified Teacher and an adjunct college professor You can visit his tech and social studies blogs: US Government Teachers' Blog, US History Teachers' Blog, World History Teachers' Blog or contact him at kenhalla@gmail.com.