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Student questions and questioning become a major focus of classroom activity as teachers demonstrate and then require effective searching, prospecting, gathering and interpretation techniques while students use the tools and information to explore solutions to contemporary issues.

Science applications (Apps) for iPod Touch offer students and teachers excellent tools to help students spend more time learning science content in class and laboratory situations. Although many Science Apps are loaded with ads and other distracting information, I have found several that are free of ads.

Strategies are provided for taking advantage of Wikis to provide opportunities for students to collaborate with other students, share what they have learned, and become a centralized online resource for educators.

Students have no risk of embarrassment with respect to their individual answers and are very motivated to actively participate when using the personal response system (PRS). This interactive wireless system produces active learning by providing each student with a simple and handheld response remote. This remote is non-threatening and is in use from pre-K through college graduate education. PRS is often referred to as Clickers, Classroom Response Systems, and Learner Response Systems.

Like everything dealing with education technology in the classroom there are always tricks and tips to ensure success - this includes Podcasting!

Strategies are provided for classroom integration, creating survey, and science or math activities.

Super site para crear/agrupar/organizar videos,compartir etc

A ETR RRC Whitepaper on Envisioning ICT Enabled Teaching Learning Processes: Challenges & Possibilities the need of 21st century which helps students and teachers creating better classroom environment and learning outcomes.

"Gynzy is a service that offers pre-made activities for interactive whiteboards and websites. Much of their content is only available through a subscription, but they do offer a collection of 50 free activities that anyone can access. The free activities are appropriate as supplements to elementary school math, science, social studies, and language arts lessons. Each of the 50 free activities can be used on the Gynzy site or embedded into your classroom blog or website."

"Žák látku umí, pokud zvládne učivo vysvětlit svému spolužákovi." "In a nine-week period, one student advanced from a fourth-grade to 4.6. grade level. Because he understood division and fractions, I placed him as the leader of a student group with no prior knowledge of this concept. Student leaders promote a collaborative classroom environment and often motivate lower grade-level students." Studentské skupiny... Nástroj pro sledování pokroků: "...to identify leaders and track the learning progress of my students I also use the instructional tool MobyMax."

In contrast to the technology teachers use in a classroom for their professional use, what is the technology (or digital) footprint of your students?

A great website explaining resources that can be put to use in any classroom. This is a great site for exploring new technologies.

Homework help service is the hand students need in order to find a direction in which the homework must go. Often it is seen that students are a bit reluctant when it comes to approaching their school teachers for help because they are ashamed of the fact that they did not hear the things said aloud in the classroom.

Google Docs is an easy-to-use online word processor that enables you to create, store, share, and collaborate on documents with your science and math students. You can even import any existing document from Word and Simple Text. You can work from anywhere and with any computer platform to access your documents.

Teachers' Domain is an extensive library of free digital resources from public television and other leading media producers, designed for classroom use and professional development

Today's students have grown up with digital technologies at their fingertips. For this generation, using Web 2.0 tools at school can make learning an active rather than passive medium, which enriches the learning process. With Web 2.0 technologies students can collaborate with others, create projects, communicate the results to a real audience, and receive valuable feedback. Web 2.0 tools can enhance teaching opportunities and better equip students with the 21st-century skills necessary for their future. But because these web-based technologies can mean security challenges and content issues, many schools shy away from providing them on district networks. Attend this informative webinar to hear an expert's analysis of the advantages and dangers of Web 2.0, find out the results of this national survey, discover innovative strategies for balancing learning and safety, and hear a real-world story of how one district has effectively implemented Web 2.0 tools in the classroom.