Digital Footsteps into 21st Century Classroom

Creating visuals for use with the SMART Board (or any interactive whiteboard) is invaluable to all students, especially those with learning challenges or our ESL students. Many free quality pre-created visuals are available for you to download when you Google: Jack Hartmann Power Points. The book, Digital Footsteps also give many more tips for using and developing visuals for the elementary classroom. Songforteaching.com is a great website for discovering a variety of music, books, and more teaching stuff! They will be selling Digital Footsteps, in e-book format soon!

Thanks to all who attended any of my 4 sessions at the Riviera! It was a joy to share my passion for the implementation of the: SMART Board, document camera (ELMO), iPod, & the uses for digital photography in the elementary classroom. What a blessing it was to see so many educators & administrators desiring to step into the 21st Century with technology. This is a must in order to more effectively reach this Net Gen of young people. I would love to come share with your staff. Call (863) 370-9279 for details.

A Day in the Classroom without an iPod is Like a Teacher’s Day Without Chocolate!

Page 48 of Digital Footsteps into the 21st Century Classroom, lists 28 suggested MP3 playlists for classroom use. Organizing your music into playlists allows you to integrate more music into the school day! What an effective tool for time management! One way to a kid’s heart in through fun music. Right Jack Hartmann? In case you don’t know who Jack is, he is the BEST educational children’s musician out there! His link is on my website!

Digital Footsteps into the 21st Century Classroom is an inspirational reading  encouraging educators to step into a child’s world … the world of technology & music.  This unique book shares techniques which make learning interactive through the  integration of the iPod, SMART Board, document camera, digital photography, & videography. Classroom Management tips & numerous interactive websites are listed for today’s classroom. “As educational role models let us wake up and smell the Starbucks as we become enthusiastically willing to enter the world of a child through technology & music” The Net Generation of young people are born with an iPod in their ears and a cell phone in their pockets. The old saying, “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em holds true! We must refrain from “educational stagnation”. If we embrace students interests versus outlawing them, levels of achievement will increase! Are you aware that some universities are now requiring students to own an iPod Touch.

To truly reach a child we must be willing to step into his or her world… or we haven’t a chance!

Author Jerrilyn Stover

Together let us wake up and smell the Starbucks®
as we become enthusiastically willing to enter
the world of a child through technology and music.