Online Scrapbooks

Give examples of assignments in your curriculum where students could use an electronic scrapbook to demonstrate what they have learned.

Teaching Strategies

1. Constructivism - How does constructivism differ from the traditional approach to teaching?

2. Collaborative Learning - How does traditional teaching differ from collaborative learning?

3. Layered Curriculum by Kathie Nunley- Check the How-to articles or the video tutorials. Design a Graphic Organizer to explain the concept of Layered Curriculum to other teachers.

Norman Rockwell Painting

What do you see in this Norman Rockwell painting? What do you think is going on here? What might Norman Rockwell have titled this painting?

File Conversion

Ever wanted to convert one file to another format? For example, you have found a lesson plan in .pdf format, but you would like it to be in Word format so you could edit it? You can convert most file formats by submitting them to an online site where they will be converted. When completed an email will be sent to you saying that the file will remain on their server for 1 day. You can click on the link provided to save the file on to your computer. Pretty simple!

Try it out for yourself at http://www.zamzar.com

Blogs Vs Wikis

We have heard a lot about blogs and a lot about wikis. What are the differences? How are they similar? When would you use one over the other?

We can compare Google's blog tool, Blogger.com to a free educational wiki at wikispaces.com

You will need to create an account for each site. Since you already have a google account, you can easily access blogger.

School Software

More and more software is available on the Internet for free. There was a time not long ago that the experts thought a computer soon would cost next to nothing, but we would pay for access to the web. In reality, computers are still quite pricey however the cost of software to a school division has greatly decreased due to availability of free applications on the Internet. Some applications are downloaded on to your computer like open office. Others are web applications that you can read and write to. These applications are called Web 2.0 applications.