Teacher Resources  

One of them Microsoft

Technology in the classroom is always a challenge.  One of the reasons for this blog is to provide information to help teachers integrate technology in the classroom .  It is a challenge because as teachers we just don't have the time, energy or resources to integrate technology within our lesson plans.  Perhaps we just do the same thing all the time, or we're just so busy teaching for the tests that are mandatory, disciplining or just classroom management that life pasts us by.  So I have some resources that can be helpful to help find our way to do one small step to bring some technological facet into the classroom.

Our students are already ahead of most of us in using the Internet, but do they know how to learn from it?  Or are they just using the social media part of it?  All of these questions are something we should know and learn to improve on.

The following website is really very helpful for Microsoft resources:
http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/Pages/index.aspx
They have a variety of links to help be better teachers like Teacher Resources, Teacher Guides, Lesson Plans and Product Know How-Tos

Microsoft is a wonderful resource for teachers:

http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/plans/Pages/road_trip.aspx

They have a section for Lesson Plans in which I have used the "Plan and take a road trip through your state"

The following website is really very helpful for Microsoft resources: 

http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/Pages/index.aspx

  If you should be so lucky to have a Microsoft store in your city, they have classes on how to work your computer and even many programs that are available. Here is a forum coming up July 31st to August 1 in Redmond, WA that sounds really helpful. 

Go to the Microsoft website for more information:
http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/Training/US-Forum/pages/default.aspx





Here is another website that I have found very helpful in trying to adapt my old lesson plans to technology.  It is available in Spanish as well.

Teach with Technology  http://www.4teachers.org/
This website has several subheadings on Professional development for onsite or online professional development, team knowledge management (understanding your team teachers or developing student teams) and educational games that are useful.

Prof. Development for Educators

ProfilerPRO: Knowledge Management

Educational games offer a powerful way to learn basic skills, this website has other links that are helpful.

• Use Policies and Safety

• Resources in Spanish: Aquí encontrará algunos de nuestros recursos que le ayudarán a integrar la tecnología en su currículo. También encontrará enlaces a historias escritas por educadores que han personalmente superado los retos que involucra dicha integración.

• Success Stories

• Technology Assessment