The Interactive Classroom

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The Interactive Classroom

• Howard Gunther

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Where Are We

• Explosion of Information
• Students Can Easily Access Primary Source
• Materials
• Educators More Comfortable With the Internet
• Educators Now Using Internet in Innovative
• Ways
• Enhance Your Curriculum and Bring
• Excitement to Your Teaching Through an
• Interactive Classroom

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Primary Objectives

• To integrate technology appropriately to support
  effective instructional practices across the
  curriculum.
• To provide the opportunity for students to
  develop skills which are essential to compete in
  tomorrows lifelong learning practices.

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Identify Technology Use in Classroom

• Collecting, Organizing, Comparing and Analyzing
• Numerical Data Spreadsheet
• Mapping, Drawing, Charting
• Searching for Information Internet
• Creating a Report Word Processing

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Identify Technology Use in Classroom

• Organizing Information Concept Map
• Presenting Knowledge Slides, Web Based,
  Digital Posters with Sound, iMovie Documentary
• Creating Digital Stories
• Teaching Writing Skills, Problem Solving, and
  Critical Thinking

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Core Set of Tools

• Identify Integrated Package
• Microsoft Office
• Apple Works
• Presentation Software
• PowerPoint, Macromedia Fireworks, KidPix
• Organizational Software
• Kidspiration, Inspiration
• Internet Access
• FireFox, Internet Explorer, Safari and Outlook

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Core Set of Tools

• Internet Production
• Dreamweaver, GoLive
• Gif Converter, Gif Builder
• Multimedia Production
• Sound Studio, iMovie, iPhoto, iDVD, Macromedia
  Fireworks, PhotoShop Elements, and Adobe
  ImageReady
• Hardware Digital Video Camera, Scanners, and
  Digital Still Camera

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The Interactive Classroom

• Access Class Schedule and Assignments
• Collaborate Through Threaded Discussions
• Participate in On- Line Peer Editing
• Require On-Line Document Submission

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The Interactive Classroom

• Use Electronic Mail
• Use Real Time Chat for Collaboration with
• Peers
• Re-enforce Learning Through Interactive
• Activities
• Share Knowledge With Peers and Acquire
• Information From Experts Through
  videoconferencing

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The Interactive Classroom

• Use iKeepBookmarks.com to upload, and keep, your
  bookmarks on the web. You can access them at any
  time, from any computer... anywhere

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On- Line Publishing

• Make a Curriculum Connection
• Evaluate Site
• Is It Moderated?
• What is the Caliber of Student Contributions?
• Is There a Timeline?
• What is the Criteria for Contributing?
• Organization is the Key to Success
• Publishing Resources On the Internet

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Book Adventure

• FREE reading motivation program for children
• grades K-8.
• create their own book lists
• take multiple choice quizzes on the books
  they've
• read offline,
• earn points and prizes for their literary
  successes
• Create your own classroom
• Monitor what students read
• Monitor which quizzes student take
• http//www.bookadventure.com

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Nicenet

• Use with Distance Education and Collaborative
• Academic Projects
• Free Site used by K-12 Educators
• Post Class Schedules, Class Assignments and
  
• Resource Links
• Facilitates Document Submission, Peer Editing,
• Threaded Discussion and Private Email
• http//www.nicenet.org

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EPals

• Free Service to Find Key Pals Around the World
• Furnishes Collaboration Tools and
• Project Ideas
• Furnishes Safe Email Address
• Facilitates Private and Public Real Time Chat
• http//www.epals.com

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Track Star

• On-line Interface
• Quick Resource for Integrated Lessons
• Allows Educators to Organize/Annotate Web
• Sites into Lessons
• http//trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp

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Quiz Star

• Quiz Star - a web-based
• Create a custom quiz
• Multiple choice, true/false, essay
• Taken online
• Password protect access

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Note Star

• Online utility to assist project based learning.
  http//notestar.4teachers.org/
• Teachers Can
• Create and Assign Projects
• Track progress completing a task
• Easily manage projects for multiple classes
• Students can
• Create topics and subtopics
• Take notes
• Easily track information

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Videoconferencing

• Across the State or Around the World
• Increases Student Motivation and Learning
• Ideal for Virtual Fieldtrips
• Ideal for Classroom Collaborations
• Tools of the Trade
• Videoconferencing Adventures
• ACES Videoconferencing

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Interactive Activities K -12

• Exploring ways to use the interactive and media
  rich capabilities of the web.
• Use this site to access interactive activities by
  grade level
• Use this site to access interactive activities by
  discipline
• http//www.germantownacademy.org/curtech/interacti
  ve/interactive.htm

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Interactive Learning Activities

• Exploring ways to use the interactive and
• media rich capabilities of the web.
• Guide to Grammar and Writing Interactive Quizzes
• The Museum of Modern Art
• Make Your Own Art
• Art Safari
• Conversations with Contemporary Artist
• Peter Halleys Exploding Cell

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Interactive Learning Activities

• The National Gallery of Art
• On Line Tours
• NGA Kids Adventures with Art
• The Kennedy Center Arts Edge
• Gettys Art Education Web Site
• Devices of Wonder
• The Cool Math Site - Contains both an elementary
  and secondary section featuring games and
  engaging activities that help develop a greater
  understanding of sophisticated concepts.

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Interactive Learning Activities

• Virtual Math Manipulatives
• Multiplication Table Applet
• Interactive multiplication grid, displays the
  correct answer.
• Virtual Fractions
• Award winning site that has static images and
  representations using lines and circular
  representations of fractions.

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Interactive Learning Activities

• Cynthia Lanius No Matter What Shape Your
  Fractions Are In
• Lessons and activities for teaching and learning
  fractions using pattern blocks.

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Interactive Learning Activities

• NCTM Electronic Examples of Virtual Manipulative
  Pre-K -12
• Examples of the uses of technology in the
  teaching of math. Includes virtual manipulative,
  simulations and static manipulative.  Offers
  sample tasks and activities.
• Arcytech
• Click into the available tools -Integer Bars,
  Base 10 Blocks, Fraction Bars and link to a
  description of the tool, instructions on how to
  use it and a list of prepared

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Interactive Activities

• Telescopes in Education - This site brings the
  opportunity to use a remotely controlled
  telescope in a real-time, hands-on, interactive
  environment.
• Earth and Moon Viewer - View and interact with
  the images of the earth and moon in real-time.
• NASA Earth Observatory - Access to data and
  images
• Visible Earth Data Base

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Interactive Activities

• Terra Server
• Calculators On-Line - Find a calculator for every
  conceivable purpose.
• http//www.onlineconversion.com/
• Field Museum - On Line Activities
• Underground Adventure

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Interactive Learning Activities

• Web Elements Scholar Edition
• Visual Elements Periodic Table
• David Whizzys Animated Table
• Modeling the Periodic Table

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The Global Classroom

• Share Favorite Activity with Global Colleagues
• Give Student Work a Global Audience
• What You Need
• Web Server Space for Your Site
• A WYSIWYG Web Page Editor
• Access to Browser Based Web Editors
• eBoard.Com
• eBoard Demonstration Site
• Classroom.com
• MySchoolOnLine
• Knowledge of Web Site Construction

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Interactive Learning Activities

• KidsCom Play games, seek adventure, write
  stories, write music, make friends, chat, etc
• Kids Domain
• AgameAday
• Zeeks for Hundreds of Fun Games
• Educational Games from Teacher Net

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Interactive Learning Activities

• Read Write Think
• Great Adventures for Students
• American Memory Library of Congress
• Math Online
• CMT On-Line