Questions and answers are the fundamental building blocks of language, so this is a great tool for checking out students' grammar and their ability to formulate questions and answers in any particular tense, so great online controlled speaking practice too.
How many times have you prepared an updated or new dynamic math or science PowerPoint or Keynote presentation for class and it would not open in school?
Also, how many times has it happened to your students when it's time to give a class presentation? Now you need to postpone their presentation to another day, disrupting even the best planning.
Article discusses how Google's telephone/text message system can be especially helpful for students in organizing their educational communications in one spot, etc.
Wikis are the most popular Web 2.0 tool being used in science and math classrooms. Based on a survey of readers - 43 percent use them to support their teaching and student learning.
A Wiki is appealing, encourages participation, supports collaboration, and promotes interaction by students who love to use technology.
By the way - this includes most students today!
President Obama and lawmakers today get details on efforts to stop the Gulf oil
leak and to clean up beaches and marshes affected by the disaster. FULL STORY
Peruvian authorities released a video in which murder suspect Joran van der
Sloot is seen entering a hotel room with Stephany Flores Ramirez. The inquiry
into Flores' beating death has been extended.