Wallingford, CT (PRWEB) January 11, 2012
What if teachers could motivate and empower students while also seamlessly integrating technology? A practical technology article on EducationWorld.com, a free lesson-planning and professional development site for K-12 educators, describes how some teachers are posting student work online.
Recent advancements in technology have made it easier and cheaper to post student work online, yet many educators hesitate, not quite sure of how to begin.
Tom Chambers, Technology Applications teacher at Raul Yzaguirre School for Success in Houston, TX, has been posting student work online for some time, and he is a staunch advocate for the benefits of doing so.
Students projects allow them to apply technology to traditional academic subjects, Chambers explained. They complete creative or reflective writing assignments before a single line of HTML is written. Once the source material is ready, the students transform it into a dynamic Web-based display.
Chambers student work is posted on an area of his personal Web site. The student work is all grounded in technology, but runs the gamut in terms of how other academic subjects are incorporated. Here are a few examples of seventh-grade students projects:
