http://www.intel.com/education/tools/index.htm
In my search for interactive educational tools (and ideas to use with my curriculum software), I found this site. Intel has part of its site dedicated to teaching tools and K-12 educational interactive software. There are free demos on the site to try out. This software would allow for great group and individual activites that allow a group to discuss some aspect of a topic then debate the findings with other groups. The site says that the software is free.
I am looking forward to finding a way to incorporate this software into my program since it allows for great opportunities for the students. I think think that each subject has a use for this software beyond the standard venn diagrams in math and science. The prioritizing activities would work in social studies, language arts and science. The seeing reasong and showing evidence would also easily be worked into each of the subject areas. If I would have known this was available in my earlier years of teaching, I could have created many more interesting lessons and (hopefully) increased student understanding.
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Great website. I surfed around it a bit and noticed that many of the "interactive" tools where available in windows, but this software puts them in one place and gives you ideas to utilize them for collaborative learning. I played around with word using objects and arrows and I was able to easily mimic what was demonstrated in the tool... Sometimes we have the resources already, we just need some guidance in effective ways to use them :)
KB
I also found the website informative. The tools were easy to use. I can see how with a blended curriculum the educational tools can add value in the classroom.
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