Projects in science are provided which take full advantage of Internet resources to help students develop a better understanding of the world in which they live.
These management and technical issues include how to name the iPods, recharging , syncing, accessories, play-lists, transferring apps, iTunes account, and many more.
Like all technology tools, classroom management is always an issue. Here are a few recommended " Dos" tailored for a classroom set of iPod Touches.
Students' interest in learning science is sometimes based on inquiry into facts that others do not know or learning facts they have no prior knowledge or experiences.
BrainPop is an excellent resource to use in elementary and middle school classrooms. Animated videos engage students across the curriculum and include activities/ quizzes at the end of each video.
Benefits for creating a classroom environment for student blogging begin with establishing a foundation for their success. Why is this important? Integrating blogs transforms a classroom into a learning community where students become self-directed learners and thinkers. This in turn, causes students to use higher order thinking skills as they create and post entries in their blogs, along with commenting on other student's blogs.
In contrast to the digital footprint you use for your personal learning network, this focus is on the online digital footprint students' use in your science or math classroom. The power of a well designed digital footprint brings the capacity to transform a classroom into an online learning community. Within this community your students use digital tools to create and develop a personal learning network.
The only way to truly understand the properties of matter and changes which occur in the properties of matter is to conduct and inquiry-based investigation.
For a web-based learning to be truly effective it must be interactive. This means that it is not just a reformatted canned lesson of printed worksheets placed on the web. The web-based activity is inquiry-based and incorporates the full features available on the web - interactivity between computer and student. The learning activity must engage student critical thinking skills by using the scientific inquiry process.
A dozen activities are presented for using an online education technology tool to engage students in classroom activities to develop a better understanding of concepts.
Effective teaching is at the heart of science and math education. Good teachers of science and math create environments in which they and their students work together as active learners.
LiveBinders is a free web 2.0 tool which offers educators the ability to save and organize materials for any class. One advantage of this online service the capability to update a binder anywhere an educator has internet access.