Bill Ferriter
Bill is a National Board-certified teacher of sixth-grade language arts and social studies in a professional learning community near Raleigh, North Carolina. Bill has designed technology-based professional development courses for educators nationwide. His trainings include how to use blogs, wikis, and podcasts in the classroom; the role of iTunes in teaching and learning; and the power of digital moviemaking. Bill has also developed schoolwide technology rubrics and surveys that identify student and staff digital proficiency at the building level.
Bill writes extensively about technology integration on his nationally recognized blog, The Tempered Radical, and in monthly columns in Educational Leadership. His first book on technology integration — titled Teaching the iGeneration: Five Easy Steps to Introduce Essential Skills with Web 2.0 Tools — will be published by Solution Tree in June 2010.
Resources created by Bill Ferriter
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- Asynchronous conversation matters: Part I
- Tap into your students' ease for using digital communities by structuring meaningful online conversations using free tools for asynchronous discussion that center around classroom learning.
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- By Bill Ferriter.
- Asynchronous conversation matters: Part II
- Meaningful online asynchronous discussion requires careful planning. Using the tips from this article, teachers can create questions that will generate enthusiasm for a topic and motivate students to think critically and practice skills of collaborative dialogue.
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- By Bill Ferriter.
- The interactive whiteboard in your classroom
- This article helps educators "think outside of the box" when using Interactive Whiteboards in their classrooms and provides innovative strategies that engage students and make them equal partners in the instructional process.
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- By Bill Ferriter.
- Keeping students digitally safe
- Interactive web applications offer a variety of ways for students to share their work with teachers, classmates, and the world. This article suggests best practices for keeping students' identities safe while using these tools.
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- By Bill Ferriter.
- Teaching students about the Creative Commons
- Technology makes stealing easy, but it makes sharing just as easy. The Creative Commons will let your students innovate in and out of the classroom without having to worry about copyright violations.
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- By Bill Ferriter.
- Twitter as a learning tool for teachers
- This article shows how Twitter can be a valuable tool in helping teachers build their professional learning networks.
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- By Bill Ferriter.
- Using student responders responsibly
- This article explores the use of responders, devices that collect and aggregate data to measure audience input. The author addresses the benefits of using responders in the classroom and offers several tips for implementing them effectively.
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- By Bill Ferriter.
- Using videoconferencing to connect your class to the world
- Videoconferencing in the classroom opens up all kinds of opportunities for students to become engaged in learning. This article explores the use of videoconferencing to build cultural understanding, learn from outside experts, and reach homebound students.
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- By Bill Ferriter.
- Using VoiceThread to communicate and collaborate
- VoiceThread is an excellent online tool that promotes meaningful conversation through the use of visual prompts such as video clips, images, graphs, and more. This article gives step-by-step instructions to help educators create VoiceThreads that will engage students and stimulate thoughtful dialogue and collaboration.
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- By Bill Ferriter.
