Technology in the Classroom
Video/Audio
These 25 short videos are based on visits to afterschool programs across the country identified through a rigorous process based on data suggesting their afterschool academic practices are positively impacting student learning. The videos provide real-life examples of successful afterschool instruction, and they support the goals of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers by illustrating fun and engaging ways to embed academics in afterschool.
This video episode depicts 11th- and 12th-grade students using digital cameras and Web page design software to document the process of specimen dissection for use by other students engaged in the study of anatomy and physiology. Originally recorded in 2002, the video may not demonstrate modern technologies that are now commonplace.
This video episode depicts high school students engaged in three group activities designed to apply algebraic concepts to authentic activities. Originally recorded in 2001, the video may not demonstrate modern technologies that are now commonplace.
This video episode depicts fourth graders creating creatures using geometric shapes, which are e-mailed to high school students who then use computer programs to create them. Originally recorded in 2001, the video may not demonstrate modern technologies that are now commonplace.
This classroom video episode depicts an interdisciplinary unit of study about the desert in a 2nd grade classroom. Originally recorded in 2000, the video may not demonstrate modern technologies that are now commonplace.
This classroom video episode shows 4th grade students, who are primarily native Spanish speakers, learning how to use graphs to represent data they collect. Originally recorded in 2000, the video may not demonstrate modern technologies that are now commonplace.
This classroom video episode depicts students engaged in several collaborative language arts activities, including writing and editing autobiographies, sharing book reviews, creating a myth, and writing free verse poems. Originally recorded in 2000, the video may not demonstrate modern technologies that are now commonplace.
This classroom video episode portrays small groups of students working on a project-based learning activity. Their task is to find pertinent information and create a travel brochure for selected Spanish speaking countries. Originally recorded in 2000, the video may not demonstrate modern technologies that are now commonplace.
These ten videos were designed as part of the Active Learning with Technology (ALT) professional development portfolio and provide examples of effective uses of technology in classroom instruction. Originally recorded from 1999-2004, the videos may not demonstrate modern technologies that are now commonplace.
This video portrays students, teachers, and principals from culturally diverse schools across the Southwest in the process of constructing learner-centered classrooms using technology. Originally recorded in 2000, the video may not demonstrate modern technologies that are now commonplace.
This classroom video episode portrays how first grade and fifth grade students learn together as they create an electronic alphabet book for the younger children in their school.
This video depicts K-12 classrooms in 16 schools throughout the Southwest where a variety of technologies are supporting student-centered approaches in the classroom. Originally recorded in 2000, the video may not demonstrate modern technologies that are now commonplace.
