Assessing Technology for Teaching
When paired appropriately with content and pedagogy, technology can facilitate students' development of critical thinking, problem-solving, and performance skills. Below you will find my assessment of select tools for application in English and Language Arts classrooms.
Digital Storytelling with Pixton
Technology Tutorial
In this video, I dive deep into the web-based platform Pixton to highlight student and teacher features. Pixton presents both advantages and disadvantages for teachers and students, but overall the site offers an array of opportunities to incorporate technology into curricula to engage and motivate students effectively.
Animoto
Watch my brief review of Animoto.com, a website-based platform that has been recommended by others as one way for students to demonstrate understanding of content. I express my review using Animoto's own software.