Internet Tools for the Classroom
- http://earth.google.com/: A fantastic resource to use in the classroom. Google earth can take you anywhere in the world without leaving the classroom. This site takes field trips to a whole new level. You can see 3D images of buildings (historic and modern), there a pictures, and street views. This is a fantastic resource for the classroom.
- http://www.epals.com : This site it "the largest global community of connected classrooms". You can connect with students from 200 countries and territories. It is free and safe to use. Please watch video in the post above for more information on epals.com.
- http://www.howthemarketworks.com/: This site provides a free Internet stock market game. This is great for an economics classroom. There is even a place where teachers can set up private classroom stock market contests. They also include the teachers guide.
Related Articles
An article I found on ERIC directly relates to the how the market works site. It is called "MainXchange in the Classroom: The New Internet Stock Market Game. Teachers Guide and Student Activities". This guide wasn't by anyone author but by many contributors. This is very useful if you are to use the stock exchange game in your classroom. It was written in 1998 so there may have been some updates since then.
Another article I found was:
Maskin, Melvin R. ""Infotectives" on the "Infobahn": Designing Internet-Aided Projects for the Social Studies Classroom." NASSP Bulletin. 80.582 (1996): 59-70.
Unfortunately this was only an abstract and not the full article. It is a little dated, as it was published in 1996.
When doing an ordinary google search I found a site for a middle school in Hawaii where they are using technology to enhance learning. http://www.edutopia.org/nuuanu. They are using technology to enhance both learning and teachable moments.
Overall I found a lot of great material. I was unable to find more recent articles but was happy with the resources I found for the classroom. I look forward to being able to use these sites in a future classroom.
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What great work! I am totally impressed with the sights you found. There is so much out there by way of these search engines. I ran into the problem of finding articles for purchase as well. I was tempted to purchase a few, but decided to wait until I find out what subscription my school first. I am sure that all of these resources will assist you in your project development.
ReplyDeleteYou will love stocksquest.com if you haven't used that. It's a nearly live-time stock trading game. My students really enjoyed this. I'm hoping to have them use it this year and blog about it too so we can track their results and why they did certain trades. I also had problems with finding recent material too, I think that's a problem for a lot of us. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed watching the video about the EPals site. Have you read the books Hungry Planet, Material World and Women in the Material World by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio? You can look at these books and other resources on the website http://www.menzelphoto.com/books/hp.html. I think that these resources bring social studies to life in interesting ways by comparing the material objects or weekly food consumption of families all over the world. I look forward to hearing more about your project.
ReplyDeleteThese are excellent examples of sites that can be used to enhance the social studies curriculum. Google Earth itself can provide so much information for students. Also, when you create "trips" and provide historical information on the Placemarks this can be very helpful to students. You can create kmz files so it saves the "trips"
ReplyDeleteJay is right that the Stock Market game is a great resource and fun too.
You have found some great information!
So it seems like you have found a lot of information...The stock market game seems like a lot of fun...In high school I remember playing a game, but it was just to look at the stocks and keep track of them, nothing interactive...So that seems really cool...It would definitely be something useful!
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