Yoder, Maureen.(2009). S'Cool Tools: 5 Great Tools to Perk Up Your Classroom and Engage Your Students. Received from http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=November_No_3_5&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&NavMenuID=4436&ContentID=24614&DirectListComboInd=D
The article S'Cool Tools explains 5 great tools to perk up your classroom and engage your students. Maureen Yoder explains a number of different tools and activities for teachers who teach Kindergarten all the way up to high school. All of the tools she lists are easy and supportive, they have the ability to enhance learning, and are innovative new tools. The "toy" I found very interesting is called the WeDo Robotics Construction Set. WeDo includes more than 160 Lego elements, a motor, a tilt sensor, a motion sensor, icon-based software, activities with instructions for 12 models. It also includes teacher notes with curriculum objectives, questions for discussion, and suggestions. Yoder also describes the Smart Table, AVer Pen, New Multiuser Virtual Environments (MUVEs), and Google Aps Education Community.
How could the WeDo robotics set be used in a High School classroom?
Students in a history class can create a model with the Lego's and sensors etc. Some examples in the article include an airplane that plays sounds as you move it, using the tilt sensor. When they are finished they can look online and see what people their age have made all over the world.
How can these "toys" enhance a student's learning?
I believe student's need a break from just doing bookwork and taking notes. If there is an activity involved I believe most student's enjoy the lesson a lot more.
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