Kyle
Hildebrand
SLM521
Web Index Page
Requirements
This is a list of great sites for teachers and students,
including tutorials, problems, demonstrations, organizations, and other cool
stuff.
This is a great webquest activity
on
Albert Einstein was one of the greatest minds of all times
and in this activity students get to learn a little more about him and his
work.
The study of light can be one of the hardest topics for
students because it involves concepts that go beyond rational thought. This activity takes students through the
property of light known as refraction.
Motion is something that we all experience on a daily basis,
but most people take it for granted. In
this activity we examine motion a little further and see what exactly is going
on.
There are a lot of things beyond this world that most people
don’t even realize are happening at this very instant. Throughout this activity we take a look at
the pros and cons of space exploration and read about some of the major
arguments for and against it.
When going through the semester of mechanics the first
section that gives students the most trouble is rotation because it’s a brand
new topic with a bunch of new terms. The
goal of this activity is to make students aware of the connection between
rotation and the rest of what was studied throughout the beginning of the
semester.
When the unit on motion begins the class first has to
understand the basics of motion because there isn’t much motion out there that
is only directed in one direction. This
is why two-dimensional motion is such a cool topic because the students can
finally start seeing physics in action in things they see every day.
As a teacher it is very important to be knowledgeable on the
copyright laws. With how much
information is out there on the internet it would be a shame not to use it, but
one has to be careful about not violating any copyright restrictions.
This is a great article on the importance of incorporating
technology into our schools. It takes a
look at a technical high school where they have brought in the best technology
and are using it properly.
This is another great article on a new way of teaching which
is to use the internet. The article
discusses an online high school in
With the ridiculous amount of information that is out there
on the internet, it is so important to find an easy way to sift through all the
junk. This a
list of some of great search engines I use for a variety of topics.
Electives
With so much concern over plagiarism and copyright
violations, it is very important for us as teachers, as well as our students to
be well informed on how to cite properly.
This provides students with a few examples of how to properly cite and
the importance of citing.
These sites are great for teachers and for students. They contain tutorials, pictures, demonstrations,
and problems for a variety of topics.
Why not take advantage of all the great stuff that is out.
Every teacher has experienced it where they need to come up
with something interesting and exciting for the students to work on for a
particular topic, but they can’t think of a thing. This is a great list of sites to go to find
lesson plans for almost every topic you could ever imagine.
With more and more information being available on the
internet and the capabilities of technology constantly growing, it would be
ludicrous to not take advantage of it all.
I take a look at a couple of sites where online education is available
and discuss the pros and cons of each.
Our country is
becoming more and more diverse every second, so it is very important to be able
to communicate with a wide variety of diverse students. Translating is becoming an important and
critical aspect of education, so we as teachers must be able to translate
anything for our students.
The technological
isn’t just upon us, its run right through us.
It doesn’t matter where you go, new technology can be found. We take a look at the benefits and issues
with how much we have gone technical.
This is a list of
some of the best physics publications that are out there. It is very important that we continue to stay
up on all the new information that’s coming out and there isn’t an easier way
then reading through journals and other publications.
Filtering has
become a very controversial topic and is being widely debated today. The issue at hand is whether it is right to
filter computers in schools and libraries in order to block our vulgar
material.
The pornographic
industries are very sneaky in the sense that they are able to trap people into
their sites, whether they went there intentionally or not. As teachers we want our students to be
informed of what to do if they ever do get trapped by one of these sites when
they are using the computers at school or even at home.
Computer games are
probably the most addictive thing that is in this world. They are a ton of fun to play, but once you
start you’ll never be able to stop.
When creating
something on the computer it’s nice to add a little flavor to it and one quick
and easy way to do this is to use clip art.
This is a list of some of the best sites on the internet for clip art.
With so much
information out there it is important for students to be aware of and
understand how to search the Internet more efficiently. These are just a few tips for students on how
to improve their searching ability.