Obtain Internet access. Use the Web’s many educational resources, such as audio, video, and multimedia applications to enhance instruction and learning.
Utilize educational application software. Both teachers and students can make use of the abundance of educational software available on CDs, DVDs, and school networks.
Enhance lectures and presentations. Connect the computer to a television monitor, and then use the computer to enhance lectures, create and give presentations, and take students on virtual field trips.
Use the computer as a teaching assistant. Tutor individual students by having them use drill and practice software, tutorials, simulations, and problem-solving software.
Foster group and cooperative learning. Students can use the computer as an informational resource or a creation tool for group projects, such as digital media presentations.
Write an ongoing story. Begin a story on the computer that serves as a creative writing center, and invite student authors to add to it daily. Before you begin, explain the rules for acceptable behavior, the types of content to be included in the story, and the types of entries that are satisfactory.
Start a class newsletter. Invite students to write articles and use word processing or desktop publishing software to create a class newsletter.
Create a class blog. Ask your students to evaluate the way we receive information today by reading and comparing two to three different Web logs about a current event. Then, have them write a response in the class blog about the Web logs they thought were most accurate and compelling.
Maintain a student database. Instead of having students fill out information forms, let them enter the information into a database on the computer. Students also can enter information on a variety of content-related subject areas, such as information on science projects, vocabulary words, historical places, and so on.
Utilize the computer as a teacher productivity tool. The computer is an excellent medium for creating curriculum activities, lesson plans and tests, maintaining grades and attendance records, writing letters to parents, and creating achievement certificates. Purchasing gradebook or student information management software helps to streamline many daily management responsibilities.
Use other low-cost input devices, such as netbooks, for students to create first drafts, take notes in class, and enter data into their documents. Later, the data can be downloaded to the computer. This is a super time-saver and is ideal for student projects.
Optimize computer lab time. Use the computer to introduce students to various types of software and thus create learning paths before taking students to the school’s computer lab. This will optimize the time students spend on computers while in the computer lab.
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