Today I wanted to follow this theme of using the number seven today on this once in a century event of it being the seventh month, the seventh day, and the year 2007. First of all, one of my passions is working with children, but I also like to work with adults regarding technology and learning. So, today I want to share 7 things that can add technology to the average classroom. This is a precursor to things to come regarding this topic for me. So here they are for the next school year:
1. Use Cool websites: Add a new educational website to your students' knowledge base at least once a month. Here are some websites for grades 3-6.
2. Get a digital camera: You can buy them cheap and design lessons around them. Students and teachers can create everything from storybooks documenting school events or in-classroom assignments in all subjects.
3. Create a blog. Students have been ready for a teacher blog for years or a teacher-led student blog. The time in now and a few educational blog sites give a few blogs for free for a certain number of students.
4. Show a movie: Digital streaming is taking over the web. There are a number of websites that help students and teachers learn more about particular topics. Here is the Discovery Channel's United Streaming website.
5. Personal Website. Many school systems allow websites to be created by teachers at no cost. Utilize this as an advantage to work with your students and your parents.
6. Slideshows. Many teachers have been using slideshows for years. However, with newer versions of Microsoft Powerpoint being added as basic software items in schools across the nation, they are becoming even more exciting as learning tool.
7. Wikis. If you have not heard of a wiki yet, then you must take a look at one in action. Wikis are web applications that allow several users to add to the original topic created by the first author. One of the biggest efforts for a wiki with kid related content is called WikiJunior.
Thank you for taking the time to read and I hope this was helpful.
Created by Techie Teacher
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2 comments:
Again this is a great article. Though I consider myself very computer literate in that I use PowerPoint, and the Internet to infuse technology in my lessons, I like your idea of using digital cameras, blogs, and creating a Teacher website among others. This is definitely a way to capture our students attention no matter what subject we teach.
Sincerely,
T. Armer
Thanks for the comment!
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