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Internet4Classrooms - Internet4Classrooms, LLC
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1 to 12
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Internet4classrooms is a free web portal designed to assist anyone who wants to find high quality, free Internet resources to use in classroom instruction, developing project ideas,...more
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Internet4classrooms is a free web portal designed to assist anyone who wants to find high quality, free Internet resources to use in classroom instruction, developing project ideas, reinforcing specific subject matter areas both in the class and at home. Information is organized by grade level, or subject area. Web 2.0 tutorials include links for information on: apps for iPod, iTouch, blogs, audio/pod casting, collaboration, graphic organizers, file converters, html editors, open source, organization tools, PLN tools, presentation tools, social bookmarking, survey makers, web browsers, video/photo, Wiki, and Word Cloud Generators. Links for Assessment Assistance give extra ways to assess in a fun technological twist. A daily dose section offers quotes, brain teasers, question of the day, and intersecting trivia. Join an RSS feed to get the latest updated information. Up to date, active links are reviewed continually. At the time of this review the Interactive Test Resource for 7th grade assessment had several broken links.
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tag(s): graphic organizers (63), polls and surveys (44), professional development (308), social networking (54)
In the Classroom
Keep this bookmarked for a variety of ideas to update your curriculum continually to keep it fresh and intriguing. The technology tutorials can teach old dogs new tricks, or also help young dogs find new tricks. Allow your students to choose from a variety of project ideas for their highest level of motivation. Add as a resource on your web site for fun sites for your students to explore. Use many tools given in tutorials to make your presentations sizzle, for students, teachers, or other audiences. Challenge gifted students with brainteasers, puzzles, accelerated curriculum, or ACT/SAT prep.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Lightbox - Time Magazine
Grades
4 to 12
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Explore cutting-edge technology and video from Time's photo editors in Lightbox's daily blog. Time Lightbox features photos and videos of current events, behind-the-scenes looks, new...more
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Explore cutting-edge technology and video from Time's photo editors in Lightbox's daily blog. Time Lightbox features photos and videos of current events, behind-the-scenes looks, new exhibits, books, and technology. Take another critical look at current events with photos never released and angles never shown. This daily, behind-the-scenes look shows what is happening on the front lines through photojournalism, with portraits, faces, and events that are changing our history. The images blend the artistic world of photojournalism with a closer look at our world.
tag(s): cross cultural understanding (166), images (276), photography (136)
In the Classroom
Lightbox offers applications across many classroom subjects. In social studies, world history, or current events, examine how current events are portrayed. Use this site as an anticipatory set or "activator" to introduce a unit or lesson on a projector or interactive whiteboard. Analyze the media's viewpoint and compare it with Lightbox's behind-the-scenes look. What are the stories, experiences, and effects behind the news? How does history change the lives of people? Discover multiple viewpoints that might come to life from these riveting images. Follow current events and bring them to a personal level for students. In Art class, explore the art of photojournalism through composition, style, space, and design elements. Bring to life a study of current photographers portraying messages in unique manners. In Language Arts class, identify characterization, story, and details in each image. Challenge students to link to one of the photos, and then narrate the photo as if it were a news report using PowerPoint Online, reviewed here. Create audio recordings AND choose a location (on a map) where the story takes place with Zeemaps, reviewed here. Use images as ready-made writing prompts for current events or writing classes. Develop multiple points of view on well-known events to share, debate, and discover how people are affected. Lightbox will make any blog dazzling and poignant. Keep students active, reflective, and involved in current events in an intriguing, visual way. ELL/ESL learners will benefit from the extra information each photograph provides. Challenge gifted learners to analyze and synthesize current events in ways that they have yet to discover! Remember that these images are copyrighted, so the best way to display them on a blog or other web project is as a LINKED image. COPY the direct image URL by RIGHT-clicking on the image itself and choosing "Copy image location" on a Mac or "Properties" on a Windows computer. Most web tools allow you to insert images by URL, so you can paste the URL to make it display on your blog, wiki, PowerPoint, Glog, etc.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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