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Podcasts in Education: Let Their Voices Be Heard
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Sprague, Debra; Pixley, Cynthia – Computers in the Schools, 2008
One technology made possible through Web 2.0 is podcasting. Podcasts are audio, video, text, and other media files that can be played on the computer or downloaded to MP3 players. This article discusses how to create a podcast and ways to use this technology in education. Benefits and issues related to podcasting are also provided.
Descriptors: Class Activities, Guidelines, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Resources
An Aid to Curriculum and Computer Integration: Prototypes for Teachers.
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Smith-Gratto, Karen; Fisher, Mercedes M. – Computers in the Schools, 1999
Suggests that one way to simplify computer integration in schools would be to provide examples of computer activities that are combined with other classroom activities for teachers to use in the same way as the activity books that teachers are comfortable with using. Presents two examples where objectives required by the school district are listed…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
So Much Success...from a First-Grade Database Project!
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Peck, Jacqueline K.; Hughes, Sharon V. – Computers in the Schools, 1997
Describes a project in which an inquiry approach to learning and teaching in an urban first-grade classroom resulted in a student-created database. Illustrates how computer integration in reading/language arts instruction caused students to participate more in group inquiry, using their individual abilities to contribute to group projects; it also…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning