Adela

I think that in order to grade students on content and creativity, you have to give them the expectations ahead of time.  Just as the book states, you have to know where your students stand now.  How much do they already know about the content.  The best way to grade on content and creativity is [...]

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Multimedia is better than PowerPoint because it adds a little spice to classroom instruction.  PowerPoint presentations are great, but you can do so much more with multimedia resources.  When most people here PowerPoint presentation, they think of a slide show of basic text that they have to sit through and stay focused.  Using multimedia resources [...]

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I used the URL http://bestwebquests.com/ and went under the Business and Economics content area link for Middle Schools.  There was one webquest entitled Franchise.  I used the 6 elements webquest guide to critique this site.  
 
Website Name:  Franchise
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/memorial/franchise/index.htm
URL:  http://bestwebquests.com/
Introduction
This project does encourage the students to use a higher order of thinking.  Not only do they have to [...]

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I had never given my students and Internet Scavenger Hunt before, so that is what my Internet activity assignment is for this unit.  I am always giving them research projects, but I wanted to do something different this time.  I gave them a list of search engines to help them on the scavenger hunt.  The core [...]

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It is very important for presentations to be interactive with technology standards today.  You have to think about the reason for making the presentation:  to convey some valuable information.  You want to get this information across the most effective way possible.  Just as Chapter Six states, a “bad graphic design can destroy all of the [...]

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I knew this class would be beneficial for me.  As I said before, my background is accounting so the computer skills that I have beyond the basics is what was self taught.  I have had classes in Word and Excel, but PowerPoint and Access I learned on my own.  I never thought of steps involved [...]

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There were so many points in Chapter One that really hit home for me.  Being a career switcher, I have asked myself on several occasions “what I must know to teach with computers effectively?”  I teach computers at the middle school level, but I have an accounting background.  I was surprised when they wanted me [...]

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