Lesson Plans: Infuse technology into your classroom

Reel Projectiles
Updates
Students use slow-motion movies to help understand the principles of physics.


Algebra Pinball
Updates
Offer your students unlimited, randomly generated math practice, online and off.


Classroom Identity
Updates
Students use interactive whiteboards to learn about fingerprints.


A Wiggle in Time Extended Through Space
Updates
How to make physics interactive.


Geotagging in School
February/March 2008
Students gain a global perspective by creating digital photo maps.


Writing Fables
February/March 2008
Students use handhelds to compose a story with a moral.


Waterworks
November/December 2007
Students mix local research with global collaboration in this river study.


Promoting Tolerance
November/December 2007
In this project, students learn about themselves while producing multimedia presentations.


Unleash Your Digital Natives
August/September 2007
Allowing students to create multimedia projects gives them the opportunity to discover their technology capabilities.


Bringing Stories to Life
August/September 2007
High school students use sound effects to heighten the power of the spoken word.


Making Movies
August/September 2007
Students prove they’re learning at this high school by making “mathcasts.”


Working Smarter
August/September 2007
Schools are filled with an ever-increasing number of challenges. Web-based lesson plans can make life easier for both teachers and administrators.


Lesson Plans I
April/May 2007
Color, Play, Podcast
Elementary school students share their learning with a wider audience over
the Web.


Lesson Plans II
April/May 2007
Intro to Wikis
Students at a Georgia private school collaborate online to learn
computer science.


Lesson Plans III
April/May 2007
A Cat-and-Mouse Story
An animated PowerPoint program teaches possessive vocabulary in Spanish and reviews English grammar.


Lesson Plans IV
April/May 2007
Twister Redux
Students pick up science knowledge as they track and examine natural disasters.


A Change of Climate
January/February 2007
A Change of Climate
Students uncover causes and solutions for global warming.


Navigating With Explorers
January/February 2007
Navigating With Explorers
Students Use Movie Maker and PowerPoint to retrace explorer's journeys.


Applying Tech
November/December 2006
Navigating the Educational Landscape
CITEd’s EdTech Roadmap drives educators toward more effective technology integration.


Multi-Level Lesson Plan
September/October 2006
True or False?
Students learn to separate fact from fiction in cyberspace.


Third-Grade Lesson Plan
September/October 2006
W Is for Water
Using video and a WebQuest, students learn about the water cycle.


Five Steps To Tech Integration
September/October 2006
This approach — planning, implementation, evaluation, renewal and sustainability — can help schools integrate technology into their instructional processes.


How To
March/April 2006
Nothing But Net
Here's how to create Slam Dunk Digital Lessons that make learning activities more valuable.


Eighth-Grade Lesson Plan
March/April 2006
Learning Genetics
Teach eighth graders to create a monster's Punnett Square on the computer instead of on paper.


Second-Grade Science Lesson Plan
March/April 2006
The Case of the Missing Water
Student detectives learn about the water cycle.


Multi-Level Spanish Lesson Plan
March/April 2006
Playing With PowerPoint
Creating animated writing portfolios helps students learn Spanish and computer skills.


High-School Science Lesson Plan
March/April 2006
Surfing the Solar System
An Internet-based workshop gives students an informed understanding of the solar system.


Third- and Fourth-Year French Lesson Plan
March/April 2006
Say It in French
Here's a self-directed project for upper-level French students that can produce real-world French immersion activities enhanced by using technology.


Seventh-Grade Lesson Plan
March/April 2006
The Explorer Project
When students learn to research history on the Web, they gain valuable skills in research methods, data analysis and communication.


Pre-K Lesson Plan
March/April 2006
Rhyme Time
Students can learn to identify rhyming words with the help of an interactive whiteboard and creative teaching methods.


Living History
Fall 2005
Some educators aren’t just teaching history from textbooks: They’re getting students involved in history. Such efforts may even help save an institution, language or culture from extinction.


Tech Snapshot
Summer 2005
Technology: A Tool for Teaching
School districts come up with innovative—and award-winning—approaches to engage students by using technology.


Solving Imaginary Crimes
Summer 2005
Schools’ forensics classes take a page from the popular CSI television series to help students apply what they’ve learned in chemistry, physics and biology.


2006 Challenge
Winter 2005
Creating a Better Educational Environment
Teachers and administrators face enormous challenges in the year ahead. See how some of them are meeting these challenges with the help of one-to-one computing, Web tools, e-learning, wireless capability, videoconferencing, and savvy software and databases.