Most students are already exposed to technology at home from the Sony Play Station to Game Boys, to the games played on the home computer. So when they come to school, they already know how to play games and navigate a computer or some sort of game system. So why not incorporate this knowledge while teaching new material? There are many web sites offering free games geared towards learning. Using these web tools to supplement material already taught keeps students motivated and may even take the place of doing worksheets as homework.
Using technology in the classroom in this way will support the NETS-S standard of Creativity and Innovation, where students will apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products or processes while playing technology based learning games. Under this same standard, they will use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues. They will also use the NETS-S Technology Operations and Concepts standard when they understand and use technology systems as well as transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies.
Using web tools as a teacher helps me organize my work. There are countless programs to choose from. Database programs allows for recording, organizing and managing information in related categories, and to retrieve, manipulate, and display this information in various forms. Some examples are MS Access and FileMaker Pro.
I guess the most difficult part of working with web tools was trying to learn how to maneuver through the different options and settings of different programs. It takes some time to be able to go through everything to see what they do. Every program is different, so trying to remember which program had which button to do certain things was definitely a challenge.
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