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Parents
see their role as "guides to good content" rather than as
watchdogs for their child's time on the Internet. Help them out by pointing
them to high quality content that supports instruction. You can create
your own content or point them to other resources. This page is full
of ideas and tools you can use.
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Creating
online lessons |
Are you
ready to design your own web-based lessons? It's easier than you think.
Test drive some of these powerful learning tools.
Filamentality
- Free and easy-to-use, Filamentality lets teachers create lessons
using a variety of
formats, including Subject Samplers, WebQuests, Treasure Hunts,
Scrapbooks, or Hotlists. This tool has always been a BIG hit in workshops.
TrackStar
- Also free, TrackStar lets teachers organize and annotate a collection
of websites to maximally impact student learning. Use the annotation
feature to point students to special information or ask thought-provoking
questions.
Web
Worksheet Wizard - This free tool, created by HPRTEC, lets you
post a lesson, worksheet, or class web page. See an example.
Project Poster offers similar
capabilities for your students.
TeacherWeb
- The full TeacherWeb access requires a small fee, but this service
offers free space for teachers to create a WebQuest. Be sure to visit
the WebQuest
sample starter if you think you'd like to give this a try.
Jamie
McKenzie's Module Maker - Learn to create your own online modules
based on powerful questions. You can create these in a Word document
or HTML, though you might want to visit your tech specialist to find
out if you can have web server space.
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Games
and activities |
Your students
love to play games! Give them some to play and reinforce your instruction
at the same time.
PuzzleMaker
- Sponsored by Discovery School and free! Create your own crossword
puzzles, word searches, math puzzles, cryptograms, or any one of 11
different puzzle types. Also take a look at the Internet
Coach's Puzzle Center.
QUIA
- Offering 16 types of games and learning activities, including cloze,
matching, concentration, Hangman, Battleship, and others! Search the
QUIA website for games and puzzles created by others, try it out for
30 days and create activities for your students to use, or sign up
for a $50 annual fee to take advantage of all premium features.
The
jClicker - This one requires you to have access to some web space,
but it was too interesting to omit. You can post a slideshow of pictures.
Check out a digital camera from the library and have your students
take a field trip right on the school grounds snapping pictures of
mathematical relationships (such as angles and shapes) or science
studies (bugs or plants), or anything else you or your students can
imagine. See
a sample.
Snapfish
is a way to share photos, too. It's easier to use, free, but requires
registration.
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Surveys
and quizzes |
Perhaps
you want to offer your students a chance to review before the big test.
Maybe you're interested in finding out what they (or their parents)
think about something. You might want to give your students a chance
to conduct a survey. These are all possible and within budget!
QuizStar
- Free and also sponsored by HPRTEC, QuizStar lets you create and
administer online quizzes. You can even manage grade reports online.
How's that for convenience? Not convinced yet? How about adding media
files to spice up your quizzes even more? You can do it all here.
SurveyMonkey
- The free version is limited to 10 questions, but those questions
can have many parts! You can invite people to take your quiz, allow
unlimited responses, limit responses - it's up to you.
QUIA
- In addition to the puzzles , games, and classroom web page, QUIA
lets you create quizzes and surveys with a variety of different question
formats.
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Excellent
resources for premade content |
Why reinvent
the wheel? There is a lot of excellent content available on the Internet.
Take a trip to one of these fantastic sites to find resources to share
with your students.
Dr.
Baumbach's FETC 2004 Presentation - Find links to scads of literacy
resources. Don't forget to watch for her FETC 2005 presentation. She's
sharing her favorites!
Reading
Resources for Parents - Sponsored by SEIR*TEC and created by ITRC,
this site offers links to resources you might want to share with your
students' parents.
SUNLINK
- Have you seen the new, improved SUNLINK? It's a portal for parents,
students, teachers, media specialists, and principals! Don't forget
that you can still search the SUNLINK database for websites. It's
bigger and better than ever!
Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators - One of the top education resources
on the web, you can find links to just about anything here. Be sure
to look at the sites that she awarded her "Content Rules"
designation.
Library
of Congress - Treasures and collections galore!
PBS
Online or PBS Kids Online -
High quality content for students, teachers, and parents from PBS.
Crossword
Puzzles - Love a good crossword? This will keep you (or your students)
busy day after day.
Top
100 Interactive games - A variety of subjects, a variety of grades.
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