Students, if you finish your assignments early, instead of playing a driving game or Pacman, try a mind game. There are tons of online games that can stimulate the mind. Below are some of my favorites found at www.boxerjam.com. Check them out.
Strike A Match
This game requires you to find related terms in a group of [...]
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I think wikis can be a useful tool in some classrooms. At our school it would probably have to be done in the building because all of our students do NOT have access to a computer outside of school. Students can be given a time during their computer lab class period to have [...]
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I love bitstrips.com. I can see this website being used in every subject. The students can use comic strips to create discussions on everything from causes of the Civil War to photosynthesis. In social studies, the students can try to create characters that look like the actual founding fathers (e.g. Washington, Jefferson, [...]
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Day 2 at Memphis City School’s Tech Camp 2008 was terrific. We began the day learning about how to use a Smart Board in the classroom. My Smart Board was delivered to my classroom at the beginning of April. I didn’t really get to use it that much. Actually I only knew a few ways [...]
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June 18, 2008
Wow!!! Day 1 of Tech Camp was great. The instructors are excellent, and the participants have learned about many websites that can be useful tools in and out of the classroom. We started the day by learning about blogging. I must admit I didn’t know very much about blogging before today. I have gone [...]
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