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TechnologyTechnology

By: Dianne K. Foley

““It is not how smart you are, It is not how smart you are, but how you are smart.”but how you are smart.”

Howard Gardner, Harvard Univ. Prof.Howard Gardner, Harvard Univ. Prof.Keys to Effective Learning, Second Ed.Keys to Effective Learning, Second Ed.

• Verbal-linguisticVerbal-linguistic• Logical-mathematicalLogical-mathematical• Bodily-kinestheticBodily-kinesthetic• Visual-spatialVisual-spatial• Interpersonal/ IntrapersonalInterpersonal/ Intrapersonal• MusicalMusical• NaturalisticNaturalistic

Lesson PlansLesson PlansFindFind

1.1. Website that can Website that can be used every be used every week.week.

2.2. Website that can Website that can be accessed from be accessed from home or school.home or school.

3.3. Website that has Website that has resources for resources for including Tech. including Tech. into Lesson Plans.into Lesson Plans.

4.4. Website students Website students can use with ease.can use with ease.

Why use Technology in the Why use Technology in the classroom?classroom?

Smoother running classroomSmoother running classroom

Wider scope of informationWider scope of information

Teacher has lower student ratiosTeacher has lower student ratios

Encourages students to be self-sufficientEncourages students to be self-sufficient

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Grades 6-12Grades 6-12

PREPTESTS

ACT SAT GRE VOCAB

Grades 9-12

WWW.SCRABBLE.COMSchool SCRABBLE KitSchool SCRABBLE KitNational School SCRABBLE ClubNational School SCRABBLE ClubSchool SCRABBLE School SCRABBLE

Championship HeadquartersChampionship HeadquartersSchool SCRABBLE News topicsSchool SCRABBLE News topicsActivity PagesActivity Pages

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Glossaries Glossaries Discussions Discussions Bookstore Bookstore Word of the WeekWord of the Week Crossword PuzzlesCrossword Puzzles Crossword SolverCrossword Solver Multi-Lingual SearchMulti-Lingual Search

Six Creative Six Creative Writing AreasWriting Areas

EtymologyEtymology Lesson PlansLesson Plans ThesauriThesauri Lang. Learning Lang. Learning

ToolsTools Word GamesWord Games Crossword Crossword

PuzzlesPuzzles

Using the internet in the Using the internet in the classroom and at home classroom and at home

can:can:o Make learning funMake learning funo Make lesson planning Make lesson planning easiereasier

o Make students learn Make students learn with more with more independenceindependence