| Research and Information Fluency | |||
| Students will plan strategies to locate, analyze, and evaluate information from a variety of digital tools. Then will process results of the data collected while to inform others. | ||
Have any of you heard of ThinkQuest? (http://thinkquest.org/en/) I came across the website when looking for a lesson to meet the needs of the third standard in technology education. This website is the wave of the future for classroom instruction. Full of ways teachers can enhance the learning experience through technology in a safe internet forum. Teachers collaborate from all over the globe while in the comfort of their classroom.
WOW!!
The teachers are in charge of making a homepage that is easy to design and change as needed. Pages are simple to add with just as pushing a button. Then teachers start by placing a lesson for students at this time only certain ones are assigned to the project. What an easy way to differentiate instruction for all students in your classroom.
Math Lesson using geometric shapes like polygons, triangle, and etc
Lesson to design and create a project demonstrating understanding of geometric shapes:
· Each student will be assigned a shape or have a blind pick
· Research on the internet and the library on ThinkQuest
· Teacher will group students by shape
o Share their information
o Come up with a plan
o Create an I-Movie
o Web page were work will be displayed
The lesson has students working individually then cooperatively creative an end result. Today’s employer is striving for this model.
Wow - talk about a blast from the past! When I was in high school I entered the thinkquest web page development contest with a friend. I just tried googling it and amazingly it's still live on the web! =)
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the internet really is forever =)
I have heard of this site and have used specific aspects of it in the past, but did not know this tool was available in this manner. I have heard of others, but it seems very intriguing and I will check it out this summer.Weebly is another good site that is easy to use and where teachers can create web pages.
ReplyDeleteI have often used this website as a resource when trying to find new ideas to teach particular pieces of literature. I may now have to consider creating my own page, or having students create their own pages for a particular unit. Very interactive!
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