bct-l: Ways to Integrate Technology into your classroom

["Robin" <rab3@ra.msstate.edu>]

Title: Ways to Integrate Technology into your classroom

The following information was sent to me through the ed tech listserv.  It is practical ways to integrate technology into your classroom…

A few quick uses are:

Ø       have students go onto CNN to check the current news

Ø       using www.dictionary.com when writing on the computer

Ø       making use of www.askjeeves.com and www.yahooligans (for younger students)when doing a search

Ø       Having students create their own review quizzes using www.funbrain.com They can register for a user name and then study with this great testing tool.Teachers can create review material to help students prepare fro a test as well. FunBrian will email you each time a student uses your test (and let you know their score too)

Ø       Use Filamentality  ( www.filamentality.com   ) to create hotlists of

Ø       Quality web sites for your students so that they don't wander around needlessly when gathering research- you can also create Scavenger Hunts and Web Quests using Filamentality. It is VERY user friendly.

Ø       make use of an online survey site to poll student opinions  I use www.zoomerang.com

Ø       direct students towards an online graph creation site http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/Graphing/

Ø       keep your eye on Education World (an online education ezine) . There's a wealth of ideas there...it's updated weekly:  www.educationworld.com

Ø       post a weekly classroom newsletter (for free!) using Schoolnotes.com All you need to do is register for a username/password. It's great way to keep

Ø       your parents (and students) in the loop     http://www.schoolnotes.com

Ø       Take a look at the American Memory site. There are lots of ideas about how to use primary sources in the classroom. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html

Ø       Check the PBS site for tons of great lesson plan ideas and resources. http://www.pbs.org/

Ø       Stenhouse Publishing posts many of their education books online. Read them there! Books by Janet Allen, Chris Tovanni,Rick Wormeli and more. This is a great resource for professional development. http://www.stenhouse.com/pdfbooks.htm

Ø       Midlink Magazine provides links to great online project work that you can involve your students in: http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/

Ø       Students love to email students in other places. Find those who want to hook up with you on ePals (76,662 classrooms in 176 countries are

Ø       involved)

Ø       http://www.epals.com/

Robin Ann Parker

Professional Development Specialist

Research Curriculum Unit

Mississippi State University

Phone:  662-325-8553

E-mail:  rab3@ra.msstate.edu

Homepage:  http://www.msstate.edu/~rab3