ISTE S in Your Classroom 2008
ISTE S in Your Classroom 2008
ISTE S in Your Classroom 2008
In YOUR Classroom
K-2
Creativity and Innovation – generates new ideas, products, or processes, creates original work
individually or in groups, uses models and simulations to explore complex issues, and identifies trends and
forecast possibilities
Scratch – Programming
http://scratch.mit.edu/
Programming language aimed at children that let them create their own interactive
stories, games, music, and art. The program could be used with K-2 with a buddy
(computer buddy from older grade) that reads and is familiar with the program until the
Kindergarten child is comfortable with the concepts. Cost - Free
Doodle Splash
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/doodle/index.html
This student interactive, used in several ReadWriteThink lessons, combines the process
of drawing with analytical thinking about a text. By pairing an online drawing space with
writing prompts, the interactive encourages students to make connections between their
own original visual designs and the text. Cost – Free
Patch Tool
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?id=27
This student interactive, from Illuminations, allows students to create patches like those
used in quilting. Available shapes include triangles, squares, parallelograms, and more.
The student can demonstrate their understanding of trends (patterns) and create a model
of a more complex set of patterns. Cost - Free
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http://www.openoffice.org/ Google has a presentation program and is
accessible with a free Google Account. www.docs.google.com
ePals - http://www.epals.com/ For more than 13 years, ePals has been the trusted choice
for schools and districts looking for school-safe collaborative technology solutions.
ePals' exclusive Classroom Match feature provides schools and districts with the ability
to connect students, educators, and parents to the ePals Global Community™, a network
of more than half a million classrooms in over 200 countries and territories - all engaged
in meaningful learning activities.
Podcasts - Podcasts are appropriate for any grade level. Podcasts can be used to
communicate and share ideas, student work, and celebrations about the students or by the
students. The first link leads to several examples, but the second link is example of what
the teacher did with a Kindergarten student using a Promethean board and Studio 10
software. http://kinderteacher.podomatic.com/
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Society for Technology in Education), www.iste.org. All rights reserved.
http://kinderteacher.podomatic.com/entry/2007-11-01T12_53_38-07_00
For other examples go to http://www.rcs.k12.tn.us/etales.htm
Research and Information Fluency – plan strategies to guide inquiry; locate, organize,
analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media; evaluate
and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks; process data
and report results
Practice Researching
Inquiry
Bar Grapher
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?id=63
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Society for Technology in Education), www.iste.org. All rights reserved.
Graph data sets in bar graphs. The color, thickness and scale of the graph are adjustable.
You can input your own data, or you can use or alter pre-made data sets.
Web Quests are fun ways to promote critical thinking, problem solving, and decision
making at any grade level. However, since they are time consuming to create; here are
some links to ones that have already been used. Read more at
http://webquest.org/index.php The webquests should be previewed to make sure that it is
suitable for what you are wanting your student(s) to achieve.
Peeping at Penguins
This WebQuest is designed for second graders. It explores the basics (i.e., habitat, types,
diet, and predators) of penguins. By Lydia Sams for Art/Music English/Language Arts
Science Social Studies Technology
Constellation Construction!
In this WebQuest students will be part of a space team that will travel to the solar system
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Society for Technology in Education), www.iste.org. All rights reserved.
and find information about constellations, such as Greek name, abbreviation, myth, actual
appearance in the night sky, what it represents, and the hemisphere it is located in. They
will create their own constellation that they would want to see in the night sky. By
Stephanie Kolk Art/Music English/Language Arts Science Technology
Digital Citizenship - advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and
technology exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and
productivity; demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning; exhibit leadership for digital
citizenship.
Technology Operations and Concepts - Understand and use technology systems; select and use
applications effectively and productively; troubleshoot systems and applications; transfer current
knowledge to learning of new technologies.
1. Electronic books
Mrs. P’s Magic Library – www.mrsp.com – Mrs. P will read stories out loud to
students from her interactive library. All of Mrs. P’s stories are free when you
listen to them on her website.
Also, check out www.kidthing.com – I you want to take the stories with you (on
most any device) you can purchase books, games, and activities online and use
the free downloadable player from this site.
2. Simulation Software
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WordWorld- - Where Words Come Alive -
http://pbskids.org/wordworld/index_flash.html
Primary Kripto – The rules of Krypto are simple: Combine five number cards
using the four arithmetic operations (+, –, ×, ÷) to arrive at a "target" number.
This online version of Primary Krypto uses the numbers 1–10 only.
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=173
Macaroni Math – 6 lessons in which students explore the take away model of
subtraction in several different contexts (counting, sets, number line, balanced
equations, and inverse of addition) using pasta shapes. They also decompose
numbers and explore both the zero property and the relationship between addition
and subtraction.
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=U65
Build your own CritterCam - Help the Crittercam team study humpback whales!
Your job? Build a video camera and attach it to a humpback whale. Science -
Biological and Life Sciences | Social Studies – Geography
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/18/crittercam.html
All Grades
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