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This page, entitled "Internet Safety for Parents and Kids," features helpful information regarding proper and safe Internet practices. It provides 14 steps to help parents. It also features important facts to think about regarding Internet safety for children. Some of the featured facts/numbers are quite alarming!

In this article, the author describes a project where students in a 4th grade classroom complete Internet-based lessons about each region of the United States. They then use presentation tools like PowerPoint (which could now be Web 2.0 presentations tools, since this article was published in 2002) to create take-home reports to share with their parents. This artcile has some great ideas and insights into things that could be done differently the next time. Technology upgrades would also make the lessons more interesting, being that it is 2008.

This article talks about a project that was used in a social studies curriculum for 4 or 5th grade students where there is technology integrated into internet based lessons. They also use technology to prepare reports. The beginning gives a quick introduction about technology and the internet in schools today to prepare children for real-world situations. Then it goes into describing the project given to the students and how it affected them.

Teaching Today is a McGraw-Hill Company that features teaching tips, lesson plans, articles, and more. This particular article, "Beyond Podcasting Basics," features what can happen when teachers are able to move beyond the basics of podcasting: students who can produce more full-featured, professional products. This how-to article addresses the selection of sound equipment, recording tips, podcasting on a Mac, Windows podcasting, finding music for podcasts, and publishing a podcast.

Although a few years old, this article, entitled "When Technology Integration Goes to Math Class," addresses some still very relevant issues and positive outcomes from the integration of technology into the mainstream math classroom. The article touches on the reasons why teachers have been more hesitant to move to the constructivist approaches now readily seen in language arts, social studies, and in some cases science classrooms. The article features the author's first attempt at this type of teaching in math: a telecollaborative project entitled "Statisitics: A Curiosity Factor."

This is an interesting article, as it offers a counter-argument to technology integration in all facets of the school experience, as least in the early years. The author makes a good point about young children being over-exposed to computer generated stimuli at such an early age, and he postulates the problems that ensue because of it. He refers to the "erosion" of childhood for marketing/money making purposes that benefit technology companies. He doesn't think software should replace good, interactive teaching.

This article, retrieved from "Tools for TEKS- Integrating Technology in the Classroom" site, goes into why teachers should harness many of the new powers available to them now that read/write web (Web 2.0) programs are so readily available. Now that students have cell phones and are constantly posting to blogs, wikis, and YouTube, the author argues that we as teachers should put these things to good use in the classroom. Cell phones, as well as other digital audio and visual recording devices, can be used to gather and later present information for class projects.

SuperKids is a great educational software review site. The site provides rating scales for educational value, kid appeal, age ranges, and ease of use. They also delve into system requirements, price comparisons, and product support. This particular review is on a program called Words Rock! This is a strong drill and test vocabulary/spelling/grammar program, hidden in a search game. The educational component would be attractive to parents and teachers, as well as to students looking to challenge themselves.

Visit this site for lots of ideas about how to use these programs with your students. Inspiration is a program that makes it possible for students to plan their pre-writing as well as monitor their progress in Writer's Workshop. This is a great site for creating flow charts, as well.

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This activity simulates how different propellant combinations effect the speed of rockets.Students compare how far their rockets travel using vinegar and baking soda vs. water and effervescent tablets.

Students use digital still or video cameras to find examples around their school representing facts and opinions. They create an iMovie, sometimes with voiceover, to clearly show their understanding of the two concepts.

Students are encouraged to discover what makes their environmental area unique (wildlife, natural resources, landscape, terrain, plant life, history, special events, culture, etc.) and then to choose a means to share their presentation with the world. The ultimate goal is to have students from all over the world contribute their slice of the world using whatever presentation format they feel is best so that we can understand our world better from those who have firsthand knowledge.

Students select a special place that is important to them then take on the roll of a park ranger and through photographs and narration in a short video (which will be turned into an enhanced podcast) explain why this place is special to them, what is unique about it, what are its main features, its history, and what people need to do to help preserve it for the future.

Students began by studying biomes then divided into groups of five. Each student in the group drew one of the five major biomes. Using books, cds, and the internet they had to find out the physical features, wildlife, vegetation, climate, and problems confronting their biome. Each person in the group contributed information, video footage taken at the zoo or aquarium, and additional graphics when needed to teach others about their chosen biome. The project was put together in iMovie and shared with all students in the class.

iTunes University on iTunes has podcasts, videocasts, support material and more for free. Content available from many major universities. View on the web or download to your portable devices. Also includes technology integration lessons and tech help (see University of South FL).

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This multiplication game, designed by Big Brainz, is an addictive way to get your students to learn their multiplcation facts. This is a real first person game that takes students through many levels of learning. Students don't want to stop playing this game and don't even realize how much they're learning.

This is a great resource for ideas for student PBL projects (Student Projects: Student Projects, New Work, Best Work, Grade Level Links) as well as teacher resource links.The Pocantico Hills Central School District was named one of 320 schools across the United States as a 2008 No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon School.

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