Welcome to TEN!

Resources for bringing technology into your classroom

Every month Golden Apple Fellows provide free professional development resources for teachers on the Golden Apple website. This month, 2008 Fellow Carol Broos shares her wide wealth of resources for bringing technology into all classrooms. Carol explains, “When teachers explore the Internet through educational links, they can connect with each other and discover a Web 2.0 world that will enhance their teaching and increase their students’ knowledge of 21st century skills.”

“Let’s Communicate”: Resources for all teachers”
This presentation outline gives an overview of a wide range of online tools that teachers can use. Tips for online communication, interesting videos, links to the best sites for blogging, and much more.

MIDI Lab: Resources for music teachers”
This flyer outlines the process of setting up a high-tech music lab and describes the evolution of the music lab over a five-year period, along with helpful resources for starting your own lab.  A companion website give an overview of Carol’s music technology curriculum and many more resources.

Click here to find all the free resources from Golden Apple Fellows

Carol Broos is a 2008 Fellow and a born teacher. She has been teaching 4th-8th grade music at Sunset Ridge School in Northfield, Illinois for over twenty years. Her website www.carolbroos.com has won national awards; her blog www.beatechie.com is one of the top 100 Music Education blogs. She frequently presents at state and national conventions both in technology and music. She is a 2006 Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher, a Finalist in TechLearning’s 2007 Leader of the Year, the 2008 IL Music Teacher of the Year, a 2008 Google Teacher Academy, and a 2009 Apple Distinguished Educator.

Continue reading »