A fun way to practice using a projector and get your students to review important material!
Have students complete a written classroom activity as if it was online.
Ask them to tweet the lesson – that is, have them write summaries of 140 characters or less, as if they were writing on Twitter. Or create a template for a web page and ask students to use it to design a webpage about the content they are studying.
Try a Webquest
Use technology as a topic for a writing assignment
Create a class webpage
. For those of you just starting out, try Scholastic’s free Home Page Builder (http://teacher.scholastic.com/homepagebuilder/). Those of you with a little more experience may enjoy Webs.com (http://www.webs.com/),
se an online grading system
(http://www.mygradebook.com)
Do an email exchange
ave your students exchange emails with students in another school, city, state, or country – especially valuable if both sets of students are studying the same material
Give multimedia presentations – or have your students give them
a PowerPoint presentation that incorporates photographs, diagrams, sound effects, music, or video clips.
Supplement your lessons
A quick Internet search may help you identify ways to supplement your lessons with interesting new material
reate a class blog or wiki
ome teachers use blogs to drive outside-of-class discussion – particularly helpful for AP/IB students who are
motivated but short on class time.
A wiki is a website that uses software which allows many different people t
This website can instruct educators on how to incorporate technology into their classroom in a variety of ways. It gives a lot of great tips and ideas.