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06/29/09 Communication tool: Teachers could use ning to inform students and parents of things happening in the class or use as a agenda for future classes so that students can be up to date. Social network: Students in a class could develop their own social network ,blogging ,and sharing information among each other
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06/26/09 06/25/09 06/24/09
 * 1) Assessment tool : Students could be asked to make a photostory demonstrating their understanding of a concept using pictures.
 * 2) Instructional tool: Teachers could use photo story to introduce a unit as well as reviewing a unit
 * 1) Instructional tool: PowerPoint presentation with audio and video could be used as an instructional tool,to inform students of prodecural and conceptual processes.
 * 2) Substitute folder:Teacher could use audio in power point presentation to personalize instruction in their absence,instructing and informing students of what to do in their absence.
 * 3) Students could also use this tool to explain or demonstrate their thinking and understanding of a concept.
 * 1) Role play: Movie maker could be used to record the role playing of a concept to demonstrate understanding of the material.
 * 2) Teacher tool: Movie maker could be used to insert videos into a power point presentation when demonstrating a skill.

06/23/09 06/22/09:
 * 1) Copyright Quiz:In order to inform students about the dos and donts as it relates to the copyright law ,they could be provided with the information and then quizzed.This would help them to start thinkimg seriously about this law.
 * 1) Unit of Study: Igoogle could be use to outline a unit of study
 * 2) Blogging: Igoogle could be use as an communication tool for students .They could form google groups for blogging and communicating with each other.
 * 3) Math Puzzles: Students could search for gadgets such as puzzle makers so that they can create their own math puzzle or math word search

06/18/09
 * 1) tutorial: Audacity can be used to create electronic tutorial of a concept using its unique audio feature.Students can use it to Explain a step by step process of solving a math problem.
 * 2) Podcast-Audacity can allow students to do podcast, and to infuse it with other media such as power point presentation.
 * 3) Photo Story using audio to narrate about the golden ratio as it is used in architectural designs and other real life examples

06/17/09
 * 1) 1.Homework help: This wiki space can be used to assist students who do not have the help at home to collaborate with their peers to complete homework assignments, or to get help from the teacher even after classes.


 * 1) 2. Communication(chatroom,newsletter): wiki space and microsoft publisher can be used to share information with parents about what is happening in your classroom. It can be used to informed parents about topics, projects and solicit inputs in the affairs of the class.

It would be great to have them explore Microsoft publisher to create a newsletter with math trivia relating to the unit.Students could also create a calendar with one problem per day for each day of the month and teacher uses the problem as ice breaker to start each class.
 * 1) 3. Teleconference: This wiki space can be used to allow students to explore math with students from other schools or from other parts of the country or the world.
 * 1) 4.Games: Students can use microsoft word to create games on topics they have been studying.