For the past two years, digital video has
quickly taken hold of science educators' attention as a valuable
tool that can be incorporated into the classroom. While it may be
true that a picture is worth a thousand words, a short video or
animation may be worth a thousand pictures. It makes sense then
that educators are looking for access to libraries of easily
searchable, FREE, and quality video. Enter YouTube and Google
Video.
Having trouble planning lessons for the computer lab? We've found some of the best sites to manage bookmarks on the web. Next time you have a list of sites you'd like your students to visit, list them using one of these: MyBookmarks and SiteJot.
If you've ever assigned a project to your students that requires the
use of a search engine for online research, you know the challenges
students face trying to find good information. The great the about the
Internet is access to the huge volumes of great information out there.
The bad part about the Internet is access to the huge volumes of bad
information. Rollyo is changing this. Teachers are making searchrolls for their students at Rollyo.com and pointing them to this website for their research.
It’s time to dump your desktop software. Why? Web-based software can
do (almost) everything traditional applications like Microsoft Office
and Corel can do. And the best part? Web applications for word
processing, spreadsheet editing, presentation creation and database
maintenance are FREE.
Active learning involves having students become a part of the learning
process. No longer is the teacher always the center of the learning
process. It is a multi-directional learning experience where learning
takes place through teacher to student, student to teacher, and student
to student.
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