Presentation from the Pima County Tech Camp - July 18, 2011

1. Ten Common
Challenges Facing
Educators
Richard Byrne
FreeTech4Teachers.com

2. FreeTech4Teachers.com
Twitter.com/rmbyrne
richardbyrne@
freetech4teachers.com
Image Credit: Sarah Sutter

3. Challenge #1

4. Image Credit: Flickr User Sally06

5. Research
Students
Parents
Attitude

6. http://bit.ly/messingaround
http://bit.ly/messingaround

7. http://bit.ly/digitalyouth
http://spotlight.macfound.org

8. http://unmaskdigitaltruth.pbworks.com

9. *More Hawkeye
*Less Burns

11. A Supportive
Friend Helps

12. Challenge #2
Selecting Appropriate Tech Tools

17. Classroom20.com

18. Search.twitter.com

19. Reader.google.com

20. Challenge #3
Providing Differentiated
Reference Materials

22. 47 Alternatives to YouTube
http://bit.ly/47alternatives

28. Twurdy.com

29. Challenge #4
Helping Students Research
and Organize Their Findings

31. Wikisummarizer.com

33. Goofram.com

35. Apture.com

37. Challenge #5
Giving Every Student a Voice

41. Challenge #6
What to do about cell phones?

43. Mobile.google.com

45. Textthemob.com

46. Polleverywhere.com

48. QR Code Hunts

49. QR Code Readers
Android Iphone
QRDroid.com Neoreader
Black Berry Other Phones
QR Code Scanner Pro Reader.kaywa.com

50. Challenge #7
Creating Engaging
Projects for Multiple
Learning Styles

51. Image Credit: BrokenSphere

60. Vocaroo.com

61. Don't Forget About
Writers

66. Challenge #8
Improving Communication
With Parents & Students

69. Voice.google.com

71. Challenge #9
Access to Meaningful
Professional Development

72. Classroom20.com

73. Futureofeducation.com

74. k12onlineconference.org

75. reformsymposium.com

76. Challenge #10
How and where to start?

77. It’s Not About Technology
It’s About the Challenges
Technology Allows Us to
Face!

78. FreeTech4Teachers.com
Twitter.com/rmbyrne
richardbyrne@
freetech4teachers.com
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