ILA "Plugged In" Column

In today’s world, the topic of using technology in the classroom can be intimidating. In this monthly column, join one teacher on a quest to discover the best way to meet the needs of her digital-age learners…moving beyond the technology tools to focusing on supporting each student’s learning. By Julie D. Ramsay

• June: Where Do We Begin? Taking a Sip from an Open Fire Hydrant
• July: One Book to Connect the World...the Global Read Aloud
• August: Is Every Student's Voice Heard? Giving every student a voice with Twitter
• September: Creating Curators of Content on Museum Box
• October: App, App, and Away...Creating a Class of Superheroes, Rock Stars, and Famous Athletes  
• November: Coming to You Live...Mentor Texts...LiveBinders
• December: Oh, the Places They Can Go: Sharing the Journey to Destinations Unknown...TripWow
• January: In the Nick of Time: Tools for Organizing Our Teaching Life... Notability, Confer, Teacher Assistant Pro 
• February: We're Crazy About Publishing: The Top Ten Tools We Love
• March: Can We Skip Lunch and Keep Writing? A (True) Classroom Fairy Tale
• April: Jumping Into Publishing...To Have and To Hold...StoryJumper
• May: Summer Learning...for Free!... discussion boards, Twitter, and webinars.
• June:Three's Company When Curating Content...Wikispaces, Livebinders, Edcanvas
• July: Reflections from the First #IRAchat
• September: Their Future is Now: 4 Ways to Prepare Our Students for Life in Their Digital World
• October: How Do We Know What They Know?...assessing and managing student data...Google Drive, TodaysMeet, Padlet, and PollEverywhere. 
• November/December: Where Do We Go from Here? Tools for Providing Timely, Personalized Feedback (KidBlog and Google Drive)
• January: The Right Tool at the Right Time.
• February: Behind the Mask: Providing Students with a Safe Online Presence
• March: Through the Pages: Digital Journeys, Connections, and Communities (International Dot Day, The Global Read Aloud, and blogging on KidBlog) 
• April (special edition) Are Some Books Better Than Others?  (putting the right book in the hands of the right child, Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
• April-May: Confessions of an Avid Conference Participant
• June: Just Because We Can, Should We? (evaluating the quality we bring into our classrooms)
• July: What Will You Do Differently? (Twitter, blogs, Instagram, Remind, Kahoot, Socrative...and more.)
• August-September: Are we so busy banning "pencils" we miss the bigger picture? Getting buy-in for social media in the classroom. 
• October-November:PBL Many Paths, One Destination
• December: New "Toys" for Your Students' Publishing Toolbox (Tackk, PowToon, Smore) 
• February:Collaboration: Setting the Stage for Success
• March: Celebrating Successes, Big and Small
• April: Build a Book Buffet (hosting a book tasting)
• May: Adventures Until the End: Publishing Choose Your Own Adventure  (Inklewriter)
• June: Living in the Land of "What If...?"
• October: Creating Student Advocates
• November: Is Leading Our Profession without Leaving the Classroom Possible?
• December: Fostering Change from the Classroom and Beyond
• January:Using Gaming Principles to Support Student Learning
• February: Getting to the True Value of Literacy