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=Build your Toolkit: Choosing the Right Tools= for Educational Technology Integration

toc Web 2.0 - Like Drinking Water from a Fire Hose talks about how one might go about developing their own Web 2.0 toolkit given all of the new Web 2.0 technology offerings that seem to come out almost daily. "Like real tools, your Web 2.0 “Tool Kit,” will get old, and better tools will come around, so always remember to go back through the process every once in a while to see if it’s time to re-tool. Also, by all means continue to add new tools and grow it as well!!"

**Remember...it's not about the tools, but how to choose the right tools for the right purpose. Here are some approaches you might take in choosing the right tools for your toolkit:**

By Cognitive Level
Using Bloom's Taxonomy in education is a highly effective way to scaffold learning for students. New Bloom's Taxonomy is an updated taxonomy reflecting relevance to 21st century work.

Bloomsapps helps you understand how to implement Bloom's in the classroom using the myriad of apps available.

Visit Kathy Schrock's Bloomin Apps - Apps to support each of the levels of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy.

Check out this visual on **Bloom's Taxonomy for the iPad**:

By Learning Style
100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Kind of Learner Instructional Tools for Learning Styles

By Learning Objective
[|iPad As...]. - Website that connects specific learning objectives to recommended apps and tools

By NETs
Web 2.0 to support the NETs. Links to tools that support the NETs standards.

By Curriculum Area
Visit the K-12 Tech Tools wiki for a great collection of web tools organized by curriculum area, standards, and grade level.

By Category
Which one of these cool Web 2.0 tools fits your curriculum objectives best? What do you want your students to do? What can they use to do it? For a TERRIFIC website that will help you determine the right tools for your objectives, visit Cool Tools for Schools, where tools are listed by category.

For a really nice visual directory to hundreds of Web 2.0 tools/applications, visit []. Mouse over a logo to get a brief description of the tool, and move through the pages one at a time to find all types of exciting new sites!

Apps by SAMR Model
SAMR offers a method of seeing how computer technology might impact teaching and learning. It also shows a progression that adopters of educational technology often follow as they progress through teaching and learning with technology.

Inquiry Learning with iPads
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=Toolkits by Subject= Digital learning resources and ideas for teachers in specific subject areas from the Alliance for Excellent Education



[|English Language Arts] [|Math] [|Science] [|Social Studies]

=Sample Student Toolkit=