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The top five search tools for finding Flickr images are designed to help teachers and students locate just the right image for use in any subject area and project. Without these tools finding the right image on this image hosting site is often an impossible, or at least a tedious, task. The value of this site is its ability to provide digital pictures which are often impossible for a teacher to obtain any other way. Like everything else on the internet, trying to find something is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. This where the top five search tools become valuable resources for teachers and students trying to find images comes into play. These search engines are specifically designed to search the more than three billion pictures on the Flickr hosting site.

"All the time you hear what is the use of learning math? Auto racing is full of math applications and concepts. For a race team to be successful they must understand math. "

Your students' future and education needs are not like yours and mine. For the most part, we are a product of an education system heavily influenced by the industrial age - lectures and rote memorization. This style of teaching was primarily designed to produce factory and skilled trade workers.

Tips and tricks for the iPod Touch are needed to assist teachers in making the process easier when using this digital device for teaching and learning. As these digital devices become more widespread in classrooms, the need for more efficient use of these tools is coming to the forefront. This evolutionary course of action is resulting in more efficient and time saving strategies. The purpose of these 10 tips and tricks is to provide teachers, both novice and experienced, with features and applications (apps) designed to make an iPod Touch's functions easier to use. These features and apps offer the ability to customize this device to resolve management issues and integrate efficiently with other digital devices, such as a Mac laptop.

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.

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This web site is designed as a resource for students to use both during and outside of class. Assignments will be posted weekly, although they are subject to change, so make sure you also write down assignments in your planner! In addition, there are many additional resources and links that may be helpful throughout the year, so familiarize yourself with this site and visit often.

Welcome! This site has been designed to "assist you in your pursuit of increased mathematical understanding," or whatever sounds good to you. The subjects covered range from Pre-Algebra to Calculus. First, a little background. As we worked our way through various math classes throughout the years, we often became confused or lost. Instead of deciding that it might have something to do with all the sleeping and talking we did during class, the teaching style, the pace of the class, or something like that, we figured that it was probably because we were just morons. So for those of you who are "morons like us," here's a site that will try to help you understand math concepts better. This site will hopefully clarify some of those confusing math concepts. You know - the ones that have been waking you up in the middle of the night for so long!

Teaching strategies in math include strategic reading designed to teach students how to comprehend what they are reading in the abstract world of math.

Project Based Learning is an instructional approach built upon authentic learning activities that engage student interest and motivation. These activities are designed to answer a question or solve a problem and generally reflect the types of learning and work people do in the everyday world outside the science or math classroom.

Google is not just useful for conducting searches for information on the Internet. In fact, it can be used and manipulated with cool and tricks in ways which help you and your students search for information about science and math with more effectiveness. Along with all subject areas students are engaged in school. The tips and tricks designed to help you and your science or math students take advantage of Google's search engine.

This webquest is designed to introduce you to the exciting world of angles. You will apply your knowledge of angles to several fun activities. In order to complete this webquest, you will need pencil, paper, protractor, ruler, and a compass. After completing the activities, you will be able to recognize the types of angles and construct your own angles.

Six math projects that integrate real-world math problems are presented as a teaching strategy for helping students develop a greater understanding of math.

Six math projects that integrate real-world math problems are presented as a teaching strategy for helping students develop a greater understanding of math.

Math activities proven successful with learning disabled students are presented, along with a description of factors that influence struggling special needs students.