"Dumas Technoloy Biz Kidz Club"

The Black History Museum

2010-03-26T11:45:00.000-07:00

Describe what type of technology you learned to prepare your presentations for the Black History Museum.

The Value of Internet Resources for Eduaction

2009-07-05T20:17:00.000-07:00

The internet is the new "mans best friend', sorry to all the dogs and puppies of the world. The internet can provide a teacher, student, and administrator with any type of information needed. If a teacher needs a lesson plan, there are thousands of websites geared towards tried and true lessons.
www.theteacherscorner.net
www.lessonplanspage.com
Teaching a Science experiment on "Rocks" there are many websites geared towards interactive science experiments.
www.kids-science-experiments.com
www.sciencebob.com
A student has a research project on the Civil Rights Movement, there are thousands of websites that will provide information on the Civil Rights Movement, its beginning, struggles,victories, and the end of the movement. www.socialstudiesforkids.com
www.historychannel.com
Do you want to communicate with others about educational topics, lessons,and activities? Blogs, Wikis, and Skyping are the new and trendy forms of communicating via internet resource. www.blogger.com, www.cuipblogs.org

All of the these reources are great, but what's most important is determining which resource holds the most value. Because there are a plethora of internet resources that are helpful, which site holds the most value to a student or teacher. Which of the thousands of sites have the best lesson plans that will meet the needs of all learners in a classroom? Which site provides that best factual information to complete a research paper? Internet resources in education is by far valuable and an asset to the eductional process, but narrowing down the search to resources that hold the GOLDEN information, site friendly usage, and meeting the needs of the user. The most valuable part of internet resources is to ensure that students can explore and navigate the large range of information to discover important facts, principles, and concepts, in doing research. The best value for teachers is to find great resources that provide lesson plans, experiments, interactive lessons that will be beneficial to various cognitive styles and learning behaviors.

Your Experience

2009-06-02T12:35:00.001-07:00

1. How do you feel about being in the Technology Club?

2009-03-21T09:40:00.000-07:00

Students in the Dumas "Technology Biz Kidz Club" worked on creating their own comic strips on www.makebeliefcomix.com

Black History Museum

2009-03-18T11:13:00.001-07:00

I really enjoyed the Dumas Technology Biz Kidz Club Black History Museum, the students were very informed and confident about speaking in front of a group. Great Kick off!!

2009-03-14T10:37:00.000-07:00

This blog is dedicate to the 2nd and 3rd grade students in the "Dumas Technology Biz Kidz Club." The D.T.B.K. Club is geared toward students that are curious about the mystery of technology. The first project that the technology club worked on was a Black History Museum, where they were taught how to create a powerpoint presentation and search the internet to research a Famous African American and create a powerpoint