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Ideas for  using Computers in your Lesson Plans

 

Talking Books, CD-ROM

Some examples of titles include: Ancient Times, Bugs, Dinosaurs, The Earth, Outer Space, The Sea, The Weather

 

Wordless Videos

Students write the words or stories to the video viewed. Max the Mouse stories from the Society for Visual Literacy are examples of one-episode stories.

 

Timelines of Famous People

HyperHistory  Online presents a variety of timelines for famous people and key events

www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

 

Active Reading

Max, the koala, has a series of adventures where the reader points and clicks. The site also lends itself to writing.

www.scribbles.com.au/max/bookmain.html

 

Kids Web – The Digital Library for K-12

Links to major topics in science, social studies, and the arts

www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb/

 

Reports and Research

By filling out a form students can get help researching a project

Students need to allow 2 days for a response

www.ala.org/ICONN/AskKC.html

For immediate info students can use Kids Connect Favorite Sites which contain an extensive list of resources

www.ala.org/ICONN/kcfavorites.html

 

Poetry Reading (then writing )

Children’s poetry is published on the Poetry Gallery

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Classroom Library

Use Filemaker Pro or Microsoft  Works to keep track of books in your classroom library

 

Publish Student’s Work

Create a homepage with your class where they can post their work. Have students read other students work on other homepages Beril’s Best Sites is a listing of homepages created by students and resources for you for creating your own

www.db.cochran.com/li_toc:theoPage.db

 

 

 

 

 

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