How can we expand internet application in education, any ideas?

Answer 1

Actions speak louder that words. We have to convince teachers and institutions that are not that open to this idea with our projects, when other people can see what your class can do because your subject was helped with the use of internet, they can't help but get excited about it. Just remember that you need to explain to your students the goal of the activity and you have to be very clear on what you expect from them.

I don't know what your subject is, but I am an EFL teacher and my students enjoy relating what we see in class to information they like, they all create their blogs and are in contact with people from English speaking countries, as an assignment they have to answer at least three yahoo questions per week, and they have to find web pages that reflect what we saw in the classroom. They work in teams, students are so creative when it comes to investigating on the web and showing their results. I is also very helpful because it offers a real audience for their writing material.

We have to help teachers that are afraid of a little technology in the classroom, so what if your students know more that you sometimes when it comes to computers?, that makes them want to interact and help you, what they don't know is that they are already working with the information you need them to tackle.

Greetings from Baja!!!

Answer 2

One of the things I've seen in project-based learning, is students communicating with SMEs (subject matter experts) online. In some cases, you may need extra equipment to do this, depending on the subject area, but there are ways to work around it. (The students had done some biology experiments (one-celled organisms), and these 5th graders were sharing their slides and findings, asking questions, and having a very sophisticated dialog with college students and their professor. Way cool!)
As a matter of fact, our district's gifted department and instructors are putting together a database of local SMEs that can either facilitate in the classroom or via blog, email, etc.
I think this is a very exciting opportunity for students and teachers alike!

Answer 3

yea something called a white board like its a projector that projectes an image onto this board and what every the teacher touches on the board it clicks it, also at more technologically advanced universities.. when the proff or teacher ask a question the students answer via a voting device eg A B C or D and the students that choose the most wrong answer the proff or teacher goes over those specific errors with the students.