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An online project by Kathi Trimble and Paula Sandridge for EDU: 510 Trends and Issues |
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Integrating Technology Into Materials of Instruction An Online course developed for SLM 527 Advanced Internet and Web Instruction |
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Early English Settlements and the British Colonies A Social Studies unit for fourth grade. Unit Plan for EDU 509 and 511 |
Work with a small team to make a difference! Learn the ins and outs of
government at the state and national level! Discover what it takes to be
a leader! Join the campaign to be a member of "The
Best Wing". |
 WebQuest
Links A little something for most content areas at the elementary
level. Look here to locate a webquest you may like to try with your students. |
 Filtering
Email You may love it to eat, but not find it in your email inbox!
Complete this learning module and discover how you can filter a lot of
junk mail from even appearing in your free email mailbox! |
 Creating
a Webpage Using Netscape Composer Follow the directions and you'll
be creating your own webpages in no time! This learning module uses the
free and easy application Netscape Composer to create effective webpages.
(All
of the pages on this site were created with Composer) |
Web Dropins:
 Reading
to be Informed
Current Events uses the website Scholastic News Zone. Students read a current news article and complete a 5W organizer and a summary. |
 Reading
for Information Using the Internet is geared towards teachers who need
to provide some reading strategies when using the Internet for their elementary
students. The linked worksheet can be used with any reliable website that
provides information. |
 Party
Planning on a Budget is a math/consumer awareness activity for
grades 3-5 where students are given a spending limit and 'shop' online
for items. Students must make wise choices about the products they 'purchase'
in order not to overspend. Teachers may elect to have younger students
use the online shopping cart, or students may complete a table and calculate
the cost of the food themselves. |
 Fun
Poetry is suitable for students in grades 3-5. This activity can be
adapted for a variety of Language Arts topics. Students learn about the
enjoyable form of clerihew poetry (I never heard of it either!) and then
create their own clerihew poem based on a character of a book they have
read, or a person you assign to them. A page is also available for printing
for their rough copy with the rules for the poem. |
 Maryland
State Symbols This activity is designed to have students investigate
the lesser known Maryland State symbols, and to complete an activity to
inform others about these unknown symbols. |
Elective Activities:
| Search Tips help upper elementary students narrow their results. Also includes an activity page to complete. |  Clip
Art Here is a collection of good clipart sites for teachers and students
to find graphics, backgrounds, and icons to use for their projects. |
 Not
sure what to do with the computer in your classroom? Here are some links
to browse and a plan for creating your own activities in the One
Computer Classroom. |
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| Lesson Plan Website Links for the K-5 teacher looking for ideas to integrate technology into the curriculum. |  Safety
on the Web Teachers, are you preparing your students to use the Internet
safely? Use this handy checklist to make sure that you and your students
know, understand and follow a few basic safety rules. |
| Evaluating Websites How can you help students determine good websites from bad ones? This activity will take elementary students through the process of evaluating two websites, and they can compare their findings with mine! |  Web
Radio and on-Demand Audio Programming is a collection of various
sites which feature audio and video programming and archives. |
 Solar
System Virtual Field Trip was created for the new CCPS Earth/Space
Science Unit for PreK-3, although most appropriate for third grade. |
 Are
you interested in making a startpage with internet links for your students,
but you don't know how? View this online PowerPoint presentation, How
to Make a Startpage Using TeacherWeb to learn how. |
Link Bibliography:
Black
History Links provide teachers with some reliable websites that can
be used with the Colonial Unit in fourth and fifth grade CCPS Social Studies.
Other Activities:
Article Critique 1 We can all learn a thing or two from this amusing article, "Laptop Lessons".
Article Critique 2 Is technology the quick-fix for America's K-12 ills?
Copyright Activity Now that I know more about copyright rules, you may see changes on my index page in the near future!