Active Learning with Technology Video Series

These ten videos were originally designed as part of the Active Learning with Technology (ALT) professional development portfolio to provide educators with examples of effective uses of technology in classroom instruction. They are now available online.

Note: While the concepts demonstrated in the videos remain valid, the videos were created from 1999-2004 and may use obsolete technologies such as diskettes. In addition, the videos may not demonstrate modern technologies that are now commonplace.

The first two episodes in this series provide an overview of the role of technology in supporting student-centered learning. The other eight classroom episodes depict students and educators engaged with technology as part of innovative project-based activities. The technologies and instructional strategies employed are highly adaptable to other content areas and grades.

• Engaged Discoverers: Kids Constructing Knowledge with Technology (sample video online)
• Classrooms Under Construction: Integrating Student Centered Learning with Technology (sample video online)
• Reading Buddies: 1st and 5th Graders Learning Together (sample video online)
• 2nd Grade Classroom Episode: The Desert (sample video online)
• 4th Grade Bilingual Classroom Episode: Graphing (sample video online)
• 6th Grade Classroom Episode: Collaborative Language Arts (sample video online)
• 9th Grade Classroom Episode: Spanish Travelers (sample video online)
• Authentic Algebra: Conics, Ellipses, and Parabolas
• Creative Geometry: Cross Grade Collaboration
• Digital Anatomy: Students Creating Online Resources