Examples of Teaching with Computers

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Examples of Teaching with Computers
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Election Math

• Graphing the vote (k-2)
• Pie graph percents (Grades 5-6)
• Popular vs. electoral vote paradox (6-8)

State Electoral Population
AL 9 4.5 Million
AK 3 0.6 Million
AZ 10 5.1 Million
AR 6 2.7 Million
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Planning a Trip

• Look up information from the Net.
• Ways of traveling (car, bus, air, etc.)
• Points of interest for visiting.
• Lodging, food, and other expenses.
• Historical perspectives.
• Picture taking.
• Journal writing.

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PowerPoint for Daily News

• Assign students to locate the most significant
  news of the day.
• Gather pictures and text into a PowerPoint
  presentation.
• Share with the class with formal presentation.
• Hold discussions.
• Get feedback.
• Online journal.
• Class news compilation.

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Compilation of Good Jokes

• Gather jokes from the Web, magazines, books, or
  friends.
• Find some pictures or clip art images to go with
  the jokes.
• Compile the jokes in Word or PowerPoint
  documents.
• Share with the class and have a good laugh.

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Captions for a Funny Picture

• Have students gather funny pictures. (If possible
  put it in on-line Web form for easy access.)
• Have the class look at the pictures one at a time
  and come up with funny captions for the pictures.
• Have the students decide which caption is the
  funniest.

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Learn about the Writing Process

• Use Inspiration to generate ideas.
• Draft with Word.
• Have peers provide comments to each others
  writing.
• Revise the writing based on the feedback.
• Edit the paper with the spell-checker, grammar
  checker, and thesaurus.
• Save document in different versions and compare
  the documents.

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Use the Synthetic Speech

• Turn text into English speech.
• Test the speech for its accuracy.
• Have the computer read numbers.
• Have students figure out rules of phonology.
  (How many different ways to spell cousin?
  Cussen, cuzzin, .)

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Use Excel for Multiplication Drill

• Create a multiplication table in Excel.
• Use random function to generate numbers for
  multiplication drill.
• Create an answer-judge device to provide feedback
  to students for their answer inputs.

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Build Skills for Information Problem Solving

• Task definition
• Information Seeking
• Locating and Accessing
• Use of Information
• Organizing and Communicating
• Evaluation

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Scaffolding Students Exploration Web Quest

• Present students with challenging tasks that are
  relevant to the curriculum they are expected to
  master.
• Engage students with online resources in
  efficient ways.
• Gradually ease students into inquiry tasks by
  creating a supportive structure to guide their
  work.

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WebQuest Resources

• Thoughts about WebQuest http//edweb.sdsu.edu/co
  urses/edtec596/about_webquests.html
• WebQuest Page http//webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.
  html