UR Instructional Tech Integration

I feel strongly that 21st century skills should be taught and 21st century tools should be used in the classroom. This will only be beneficial to students as they go through higher education and enter the real world. Students need to practice analyzing information, critical thinking, communication, and decision making skills to be able to survive [...]

I browsed some of the online options and played around with some of the activities (photoshop tutorial and google docs online quiz). I actually developed a quiz that went along with one of my lesson plans. As I was thinking up questions, I thought about how I could use it outside of simply testing and evaluating my students. [...]

This is a photo of Novak Djokovic from the China Open that is going on right now. I could use this photo in Biology to get students interested in learning about the scientific method, such as independent and dependent variables, control groups, hypothesis, etc. I could make up an experiment based on this picture. For example, if Novak plays on [...]

I chose to use a picture of a forest to introduce the standard about dinamic equilibria within populations, communities, and ecosystems. I can use this to talk about biodiversity of a community – the variety of different kinds of organisms that make it up – because the forest tree-tops, ground, and water all have a [...]

I searched for a while for a good powerpoint presentation for a high school Biology class. I found this powerpoint about Plant Diversity. It is quite long because there is a section for each type of plant. The first section (slides 1-18) depicts how the rest of the powerpoint is designed. I liked this presentation because there [...]

My personal feeds include: 1.  About.com Exercise - Has articles about exercising, workouts, and the benefits. I worked in the health and fitness industry for several years and recieved my undergrad in Exercise Science. I am interested in anything that has to do with exercise and the body. 2. E!Online – Entertainment News, Celebrity Gossip, and…[Read more]