Nirma I. Marroquin

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Nirma I. Marroquin
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Instructional Activities that can be supported
using the resources available on a PC and MAC
computers.

• Created by Nirma I. Marroquin
• Northeastern Illinois University
• Fall 2003

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What can you actually do with one computer in the
classroom? There are many activities for a
onecomputer Classroom.

• Create stations or multiple activities, using
  the computer as only one of the tools necessary
  to complete assignments.
• Conduct research not only on the Internet and
  CD-ROMs but also through interviews and in bound
  encyclopedias, magazines, and books as well.

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Computer activities with no Internet access.
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Lots of Software that you can use in your
classroom!
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Activities for a one computer classroom with
Internet access

• Internet Projects
• Check the weather forecast at weather.com
• Listen to a famous person, such as Martin Luther
  King Jr., John F. Kennedy, or Franklin D.
  Roosevelt, at Webcorp Multimedias Historic Audio
  Archive.
• Use the Global Grocery List Project to compare
  the prices from around the world.

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More activities

• Send work to be published online
• Publish poetry on the Web at Poetry.com
• Create your own website
• Use ready-made thematic units appropiate for the
  elementary level.
• http//www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/complete.htm
• E-mail an expert at Ask an Expert, which connects
  with experts in any subject area.
• Online tutorials by going to httpwww.kn.pacbell.c
  om

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Still more suggestions!

• Have a student check school menu and compare your
  schools lunch with others all over the country.
• Encourage Student Writing and publish work on
  the Web.
• Have a student use a site such as e-PALS to find
  a partner class in another school or in another
  continent.
• Adapted from Gloria Chaika, Education World, 2003

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Internet-based activities for all grades levels.
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Now you are ready to Integrate Technology in your
classroom!

• Be creative and have a lot of fun!