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Technology is
the backbone of our teaching philosophy. In an age of
iPods, Wiis, Second Life, and countless other technological
diversions, it only make sense that engaging our students
requires the use of technology tools. But in order to be
effective these tools must be easy to use, cost effective (i.e.
free) and appropriate. With this in mind, here are some of
the educational technology resources that we have found to be
effective for classroom teachers.
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Podcasting: online
audio or video files that can be downloaded to an iPod (or
other mp3 players) for playback by students or parents.
Podcasts are easy to create and the software tools necessary
to create them are free!
Sample Podcast -
Merritt Island High Algebra Students
- Web Design: an
effective teacher website can provide a wealth of
information for students and also an invaluable means of
communication to parents. Click
here to see an example of a
DCE-created teacher website.
- PowerPoint: PowerPoint
presentations can be used in virtually all subject areas and
grade levels. But creating interesting, innovative
PowerPoints without a lot of tedious bulleted lists is more
of a challenge...but we can show you how to do it.
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Microsoft Photo Story 3:
Photo Story 3 is an amazing, free tool that can be used in
many classroom situations, particularly in the creation of
student projects. Photo Story can be combined with
PowerPoint slides to make some truly awesome projects and
lessons.
Check out our Video
Lessons Page for some examples.
- Microsoft Word and Excel:
these Office Suite products are available to most teachers,
but using them effectively in the classroom is challenging
for many educators. We can show you examples and ideas
for some amazing documents and student projects using Word
and Excel.
Sample Excel Project -
Creating an Amortization Table.
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Jing Project :
free software
available for screen captures and video captures.
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Google Earth: not
just a tool for Social Studies, GE can be used very
effectively in the Math Classroom. Check out
The Amazing Math Race!
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New - Animoto! Free web-based tool for creating
amazingly cool videos!
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