If I had a computer, I could use it to help me
teach by…
1. creating a template for my lesson plans
2. writing newsletters to communicate with parents
3. updating worksheets
4. organizing documents, plans, newsletters, etc
5. creating puzzles, worksheets, vocab quizzes,
& glossaries: Discovery
School
6. locating
new lesson plans on the Internet
7. joining a listserv to share ideas
8. creating
my own discussion board for parents
9. creating a classroom website
to publish student work
10. posting classroom
rules, calendars, homework on the web
11. learn
how to set up a weekly homework writing program
12. organizing class supply orders in a database
13. keeping track of students’ grades
14. creating a Welcome to our Classroom slideshow
for the 1st day of school
15. collecting
informational websites for student research resources
16. finding a class to correspond with: IECC or Gaggle
17. locating an email
project
18. participating in an online
project with other classrooms
19. creating an online
project
20. creating a scavenger hunt
21. downloading
clipart or graphics
22. finding story starters
23. play Homeworkopoly
or Who
Wants to be a Millionaire or Jeopardy
24. locating just the right
webquest
25. creating
my own webquest
26. creating a hotlist based on
a current theme or unit
27. completing
a tutorial
28. looking for a zip code
29. listening
to music
30. taking an online
class
31. creating my own business cards
32. sending
greeting cards
33. reading
a newspaper
34. looking
up email addresses
35. planning a trip
36. downloading free programs
37. comparing
prices and buying online
38. finding educational tv schedules
39. mapping
student ideas with Inspiration
40. purchasing tickets for field trips
41. creating
certificates
42. subscribing to chatboards
43. registering
for conferences
44. creating classlists
45. sharpening
my search engine skills
46. finding an address
47. creating templates for students
48. creating
online flashcards
49. locating
holiday projects
50. writing a KWHL chart |
If I had a computer, students
could use it in my classroom for…
51. collecting daily weather data
52. dailies: words games SAT questions
53. publishing
stories
54. researching topics from
pre-selected sites
55. collecting
current material
56. comparing
different versions of stories
57. finding a keypal
58. going
on a scavenger hunt
59. going
on a virtual field trip
60. asking an expert
61. publishing
art work
62. researching an
author
63. watching a science
movie
64. graphing
surveys
65. reading This Day in History
66. writing an
author study with Inspiration
67. doing
Math Challenges
68. locating places on maps
69. using
a dictionary
70. using an encyclopedia
71. using a
thesaurus
72. participating
in a webquest
73. sending online postcards
74. take a test online: FunBrain
75. getting help with homework
76. printing a
map of our town
77. dissecting a
frog
78. viewing a shark – live!
79. watch a movie - BrainPop
80. watching astronauts
on the space station – live!
81. reading original
documents
82. touring the Whitehouse
83. using
a calculator Calc98 Scientific/Engineering
84. participating
in a videoconference with another class
85. maintaining a weather or temperature spreadsheet
86. recording science experiments with digital
pictures and narratives
87. writing and printing letters
88. creating student business cards
89. reading online stories
90. creating
a timeline
91. illustrating a math story
92. collecting graphics to illustrate
stories
93. exchanging information with other
classes
94. practicing with flashcards made in KidPix or
Powerpoint
95. exploring the human body online
96. playing online learning games
97. practicing with online flashcards A+Math Quia
98. participating in a simulation
99. creating an abc slideshow for a current theme/unit
100. illustrating and recording a song in a slideshow
101. comparing
any 2 or 3 things with a Venn diagram
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