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
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
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
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. writing a daily classroom journal
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
75. getting
help with homework
76. printing
a map of our town
77. dissecting
a frog
78. viewing
a shark – live!
79. creating classroom stationery
80. watching
astronauts on the space station – live!
81. reading original
documents
82. touring
the Whitehouse
83. using
a calculator
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
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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