On the Trails

Teachers who use del.icio.us linkrolls on their classroom web pages provide a wonderful service for themselves and their students.  Once a linkroll is created and posted on a web page, the list of web resources can increase dynamically when resources are bookmarked.
Example
In the example above, I have many linkrolls on my science page.  The first [...]

The purpose of an iframe is to embed a web page inside of a web page. You would want to do this so that your viewers don’t leave your web site. It helps young students stay organized while viewing your web site.
Example
Steps to creating a MTP subpage using an iframe.

you will need to create [...]

There are two advantages to “writing” on the computer.

Editing is much easier
Sharing to a wide audience is increased

The problem with “writing” on a computer is keyboarding.  Students do not practice keyboarding frequently enough to improve their skills.  I have been thinking a lot about this dilemma and have begun work on this dilemma.
I decided to [...]

One of my graduate students, Crystal Elias, wrote the lesson below. It falls into the pattern of using the web to teach “everyday or traditional content.” Here is the original blog post.
Objective: The students will learn how to use the dictionary tooltip add-on for the Firefox browser. The students will experience how [...]

There will be times that you will want to make a subpage link right to another web page. Visit my this web page to learn how.
 

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fbtcactus.edublogs.org%2F2007%2F10%2F07%2Fmtp-teaching-tip-2-create-a-go-to-subpage%2F’;
addthis_title = ‘MTP+Teaching+Tip+%232+%26%238211%3B+Create+a+Go-To+Subpage’;
addthis_pub = ”;

One of my graduate students, Lia Navone, has shown me another way to share learning. Lia posted examples, on her web site, of how to calculate area and perimeter for her students.
She did not have to do anything difficult or that could not be learned in 10 minutes.
She did have to have to think [...]

For teachers using My Teacher Pages, a classroom web site tool developed by School World, organizing homework assignments can be a valuable tool for your students. 
But did you know that you can attach documents (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoints, .pdf, etc.) to a homework assignment section?  Here is how:

Login to MyTeacherPages
Click on My Applications
Click on [...]