Technology Rich Classroom Program - Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's World

Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's World

The Technology Rich Classroom (TRC) Program in Kansas is a Title II-D initiative funded through the Kansas State Department of Education.

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Casey Wise replied to Melanie Farmer's discussion 'Week 3 - Tools for Collaboration, Communication, and Creation...and Some Others, Too!' in the group TRC Book Discussion '10

I have not had a chance to watch the full video, but the map is full of great information and research. I think it is important to note that there are some great positives to technology use as well as some negatives. As educators we must be vigilant…

16 hours ago

Casey Wise replied to Melanie Farmer's discussion 'Week 3 - Tools for Collaboration, Communication, and Creation...and Some Others, Too!' in the group TRC Book Discussion '10

Share some of the favorite virtual resources that teachers use in your school. AS many of you know we constantly battle to have things opened in our district for teacher use. We truly feel that there are some great resources on YouTube so we started…

16 hours ago

Melanie Farmer added a discussion to the group TRC Book Discussion '10

Week 4 - Instructional Strategies for T&L with Technology

Please read chapter 5 as well as relate and reflect to the chapter. You can respond to one of the prompts provided or add your own meaningful insights this week.1) Explain your position regarding the sue of digital textbooks and wiki textbooks.2) Sh…

17 hours ago

Melanie Farmer replied to Melanie Farmer's discussion 'Week 3 - Tools for Collaboration, Communication, and Creation...and Some Others, Too!' in the group TRC Book Discussion '10

I just did a Web 2.0 lesson with my undergrads and they showed me a GREAT language arts site called Zhura that provides an interface for single or group play development. You can check out the review on their blog.

17 hours ago

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Announcement!

Youtube Video Help from a TRC Facilitator

The WHIRL blog post this week is from Jenny Gridley. She is a TRC facilitator and technology integration specialist in Wichita. Jenny maintains a blog called the "Digital Equivalent" which she uses as a communication and sharing device for the teachers that she works with. Take a look at her most recent post where she shares a practical, TRC classroom example of the use of SafeShare.TV. This tool makes playing YouTube videos in the classroom safer and cleaner for teachers!

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NEW to TRC Celebration this Year: TRC Awards!

This year we are implementing program-wide awards and we need TRC team members to make the nominations!