Many elementary students trust everything they read on the Internet. They believe that if it is written on a web page, then it must be true. It is essential that teachers provide their students with criteria they can use to determine if the information they are using for a research project is from a reliable […]
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Don’t spend your time engaging in activities that are a distraction. This prevents you from achieving your goals. But that doesn’t mean achieving your goals is impossible. With focus, anyone can get what they want. There are three key elements to achieving your goals: Achieving your Goals Mantra One way of achieving your goals is making them
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FIVE NEW TECHNOKIDS PROJECTS FOR YOUNG LEARNERS ARE NOW AVAILABLE! Taking a class of preschoolers into the computer lab can be a daunting, chaotic experience. Young children tend to have very limited skills but endless enthusiasm and eagerness to experiment. Sending these students into a room full of expensive, complex technology can be a formidable
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In TechnoJourney, the students are beginning Assignment 5, where they use the Internet to explore sources of information. The classroom teacher is thrilled. Soon her students will begin to research a health project about the human body and a science project about flight. Strong Internet research skills are vital. This raises the issue of whether
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Since we introduced a COW or Computer on Wheels at our school, education has improved. It has transformed teaching practice and enhanced student learning. If you are looking for an inexpensive technology tool that your entire staff can use then a COW is a great investment. The COW Offers New Possibilities The mobile computer workstation
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It’s a computer! It’s a projector! No, it’s a COW!! No, we are not a rural school that has brought livestock into the classroom. Nor have we adopted a barnyard pet. Instead, our school uses a COW or Computer on Wheels to integrate technology into curriculum. Our school is fortunate enough to have two COWs.
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Bookmarks are a simple way to save the address of a web page. A bookmark is a shortcut that stores the address of a web page. When clicked it opens a web page automatically without having to type in the URL. Storing favorite places on the Internet is a basic skill. However, in many education
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Do these excuses sound familiar? I would like to integrate technology into my lessons but the computers I have are too slow. When I have a faster computer, then I will design technology-based lessons. If my students had iPads then I could really integrate technology into learning. Until I get iPads, I just can’t integrate
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I am in the middle of teaching the Grade 3/4 class about the Internet. We are learning how to select a site from Google search results. During class the teacher turns to me and whispers, “Wow, my Grade 5’s could really use these skills. We just finished doing research for TechnoCorrespondent and it was torture”.
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A monitor donation! Thank you very much! Our school just received a computer donation from a local company who is updating their equipment. We now have 20 (gently used) 17″ flat panel monitors. The equipment is clean, in great working order, and includes all the power cords and video cables. This is AWESOME!! I thank
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