20 Tools for Reaching the Digital Generation

by Lori Elliott, Ed.D.

(K-12)

"The Accidental Techie"

Searching for meaningful ways to integrate technology into your teaching? You can meet the digital natives on their own turf with this step-by-step guide to educational technology. Podcasts? Prezi? SMART Boards? Blogs? No problem, with veteran teacher and "Accidental Techie" Lori Elliott as your guide. Lori focuses not on bells and whistles but on simple applications that can immediately bring new relevance, energy, and enthusiasm to your classroom. Note: This book includes extensive step-by-step illustrations. To take full advantage of those graphics, we recommend viewing on a large screen. (File size: approx. 27 MB.)

Click here to download a sample.

To view the sample you will need Adobe Reader, available as a free download. It may take several seconds for the sample to open. Once it is open, please click on File (top left-hand corner of screen) and then click on Save As. On the next screen, click on the Save button to download a permanent copy of the sample and save it on your computer.

The full e-book includes:

• Animoto
• authorSTREAM
• Blogs
• Digital Video Camera
• Document Camera
• Edmodo
• Glogster
• Google Earth
• iPad
• Live Binders
• Newseum
• Podcasts
• PowerPoint
• Prezi
• Skype
• SMART Board™
• Tagxedo
• Wallwisher
• Yodio
• YouTube™

192 pp.

Useful Links:

• National Education Technology Standards for Students (NETS-S) addressed
• Research Base
• About Lori Elliott
• Bring Lori Elliott to your school