| Coast to Coast 2000 | 34-day lab research investigation on wheels with students and teachers from Harrisonburg HS traveled 10,000 miles across the US meeting scientists, legislators, and resource professionals who are working to solve environmental issues. On website: dialogue with scientists, journals, photo essays, data. VSTE Notes. |
| The Totally Wired Teacher | Staff from White Oaks ES in FCPS demonstrated the
use of Smartboards, flexcams, videoconferencing, and PDAs in elementary
classrooms.
PDA's are handheld computers used to organize info: databases, todo lists, synchronize with desktop computers; grant info; idea bank, portable educator toolkit shareware, student tracker shareware Smartboards for interactive slide shows, math interactive games, spelling/grammar lists, Jeopardy games to download, KWL charts, grant info Flex Cam - a multipurpose video camera for document viewing, magnifying, observing and comparing and video conferencing with CUSEEME at websites like Pacific Bell and Nassau BOCES. |
| NASA Why Files | Series of four videos for grades
3-5 with 15 teachable episodes, teacher guide, activities, web lessons
Topics: Smell and Windspeed, Sound, Electricity, and Flight |
| Webquests and Differentiation | Using Webquests to provide extension lessons for students who pretest out of SOL's curriculum units/lessons. Stafford |
| Task Cards Website | Making screenshots and direction cards for primary students to add in computer independence/center work. LCPS |
| Inspiration | Building strong thinking skills through visual learning: brainstorms, organize/categorize info, create stories, thought webs, visual mapping, audio feedback, cross-curricular. |
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Librarian's website set up with links to lesson plans, search engines, pathfinders and virtual libraries |
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Examples of student presentations, rubrics, research, persuasive speeches |
| Problem-Based Learning - Allnutts | Using problem-solving strategies for real-world problems; examples for grades 4-8. |
| I Can't Do It Because of SOL's | Tons of ideas from Linda
Hamilton, FCPS Teacher. for primary grades: scripted poems using Avid
cinema, making a class portfolio of projects on a CD, Claymation
activities with limericks, Hyperstudio stacks and presentations,
KidPix interactive templates for reading (problem/solutions with
Swimmy and Noisy Nora; beginning/middle/end with Incredible
Painting of Felix Clousseau; setting with The Ghost-Eye Tree;
author's message with The Alphabet Tree; and Math and self-portraits;
Inspiration storyplanning and use with SOL content.
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| Web Sites of the Week Online | Chesterfield PS using online database of websites. |
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View this Stanley County, NC website for "Making your school website useful for your community" |
| Filamentaily Cyber Fun | Website of templates for web projects. |
| Teaching Online | FCPS E-Learning - creating an online course for students. |
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Old Dominion University research project with specific directions. |
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Ideas for software, hardware, and lessons - Manassas Schools |
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Building a school intranet suite of webpages; testing ,grading, assignments - Goochland PS. |
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Teacher created lessons for Math and Social Studies SOLs in Powerpoint, webpages, lessons and more from Prince William PS- Click under Multimedia - download the lessons to your desktop. |
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Create your own webpages using free Internet service, lots of graphics. |
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Interactive Science simulations, some free. |