Inspire, Captivate, Motivate
connect
Diana Fingal says in her article on page 12, “Great teachers don’t just teach. They
inspire, they captivate, and
they motivate their stu-dents.…” In this issue, we
celebrate ISTE’s 2012 award
winners and other excellent educators who inspire,
captivate, and motivate not
just their students, but, in
some cases, administrators,
parents, and communities
as well.
Pursuing excellence can
be extremely challenging, of
course. Providing students
with rich, authentic learn-
ing experiences to unlock
their potential is hard work.
Explaining complex content
in clear terms, accounting
for different learning styles,
designing activities to meet
several sets of standards,
and incorporating technol-
ogy effectively are just some
of the herculean tasks edu-
cators tackle daily to create
a single good lesson plan.
Read more in this issue
about several excellent educators. You can also watch
others in action at ISTE 2012
on ISTE’s You Tube channel
or via our video-on-demand
page and visit the other
resources listed below.
Resources
Alliance for Excellent Education:
www.all4ed.org
Excellent Educator, the blog of
Kappa Delta Pi, International
Honor Society in Education:
excellenteducator.blogspot.com
ISTE Awards: iste.org/awards.
ISTE videos on demand: iste
conference.org/2012/glance/
conference_takeaways.php#vod
ISTE You Tube videos: youtube.
com/user/istevideos
So You Want To Teach: www.
soyouwanttoteach.com/finding-
excellent-educators-to-emulate
—Kate Conley is the periodicals
director and editor of L&L. Conley
holds a master’s degree in journalism. Prior to joining ISTE in 1999,
she taught English and writing at
the high school and community
college levels for 10 years.
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❝Having no internet access at home has not affected
me academically at all.
—See page 46 to read the full article.
❞
tech we like
Here are a few of the L&L team’s favorite
resources from this issue.
Storify: www.storify.com
Kate Conley likes Storify, which allows you to tell
stories using social media tools. Read about it
on page 10.
Glogster: edu.glogster.com
Andra Brichacek likes this secure online platform
where students can create multimedia posters.
Read about it on page 19.
iReal b: www.irealb.com
Paul Wurster likes this app that creates
accompaniments automatically in various
musical styles. Read about it on page 28.
Smore: www.smore.com
Diana Fingal likes Smore, a tasty tool designed
to design flyers. Read about it on 33.
Digital Textbooks: www.hmheducation.com
Tamara Kidd likes the iBooks textbooks,
The Americans and World History: Patterns
of Interaction. Read about it on page 44.
