Virtual Field Trips

Did you ever think that field trips would turn into a virtual adventure? With the amazing powers of the internet, students and teachers can now visit a museum across the country without ever leaving the classroom. Let’s say you are teaching a class about Canada and want to show your students specific objects and details about the civilization of Canada. Now teachers can bring the Canadian Museum of Civilization right into their classroom! By going to http://www.civilization.ca/indexe.asp, a virtual field trip can be accomplished. With the Olympics being played in Italy, why not teach a lesson about Ancient Olympics? Now … Continue reading →

Sources for Parents and Students on the Internet

There are many sources on the internet for parents of all aged students, as well as children centered websites. Sesame Street (www.sesamestreet.com) has free educational games for the toddler aged child to help learn their ABC’s and 123’s, as well as help with their fine motor skills by typing and using a mouse. For the elementary aged student up through college, The National Counsel of Teachers (www.NCTE.org), has tons of information about anything which has to do with the English language, from reading comprehension, understanding literature, and improving writing skills; for all ages of children through adult. If you are … Continue reading →

Abbreviated Words in the IM Decade

With Email and Instant Messaging all the rage, teachers are finding many misspelled or abbreviated words due to the shorten language of our electronic society. Learning to type and communicate through the written word is a great skill to develop at a young age and more and more elementary aged children are participating in this form. The issue school teachers are facing is when they ask for a five paragraph essay, they are finding many of the online language being used. For example: Instead of writing the word ‘are’ the children are abbreviating the word as ‘R.’ When I was … Continue reading →