Websites

1.Yahoo
Yahoo is your Online Free Treasure Room! An outstanding search engine (especially for "official" websites), it also provides a cornucopia of free services: free email, maps, Yellow Pages, games, shopping, news, finance, sports, live chat -- the list just goes on and on and on! By far (in our opinion), Yahoo is the best site on the Web!
2.Google
We believe Google is simply the best tool on the Web for finding just about anything (except possibly "official" websites). It is screamingly fast, sleek, streamlined, and as comprehensive as a search tool can be.
3.Amazon.com
Amazon is nothing less than a revolution in how the world shops. It is a huge step forward in the achievement of an ideal competitive market. It is user-friendly, vast, and reliable.
4.About.com
About.com breaks up the Web into major subject areas with a volunteer human host for each of them. It helps you sift out the wheat from the chaff on an enormous range of subjects.
5.Bartleby.com
Much of the greatest literature in the history of humankind will be found in full text form (and free of charge) at this amazing site. In addition, many useful reference tools are here (also free!)
6.Google Groups
Formerly "DejaNews", Google Groups is a glorious experiment in free speech! This oceanic database of over 800 million posted "Usenet" messages from people all over the globe constitutes the largest bulletin board in the history of the world! It's fully searchable, and you can post your own messages free of charge. (Tip: don't use your primary email address in your posts! To avoid spam, use a temporary email address.)
7.Google News
A bold endeavor in online journalism, Google News provides you hundreds of news sources (typically) for each of the major stories of the day. Just find the story that interests you on the main page, and you will see something like "227 related" or "535 related" just beneath it. Click this to see the extensive range of news sources available for the story you are after! (Its database of past news is also searchable.)
8.CNN
For fast-breaking news and responsible journalism, it's hard to beat CNN. And the text content at this site is mostly free!
9.EBay
Ebay is the world's biggest, longest-running garage sale, as well as its most extensive auction house. Buy, sell, browse, bid, and be amazed at what you find at this wonderful site!
10.Download.com
If you love software treasure-hunting, Download.com is the site for you! This massive and well-rounded collection of shareware (try-before-you-buy) and freeware (totally free software) is fully searchable and sortable. And there's no wait for a package in the mail: download it NOW, install it, and take it for a test drive!
11.Craigslist.org
Craigslist.org is a daring bulletin board system directed toward the major cities in the US, Canada, the UK, and (soon) other countries. The magical distinction of Craigslist is its use of anonymous email forwarding: your email address is invisible to the public. A pointer (which expires after several days) forwards all responses to you. Visit Craigslist if you want to sell or buy something, if you want to meet new people (romantically or otherwise), if you want to look for a job, or if you want to share your ideas. Almost all of its features are totally free, except job listings for employers.
12.Reference.com
Your inner-librarian will be delighted! Here you will find (free of charge) Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Almanacs, Atlases, and an assortment of other helpful resources.
13.Wikipedia.org
One of the most remarkable online encyclopedias on the Web! All the content is free, in the public domain, and quotable. Wikipedia is maintained by an army of volunteers. Even so, its content remains of very high quality. Wikipedia is a good example of how the Web can function at is best! Be sure to visit whenever you have any question that an encyclopedia might help you answer. You might be surprised how often Wikipedia will come through for you!
14.Beliefnet.com
Beliefnet.com is an online community for people who practice spirituality in just about any tradition in the world. The emphasis here is on mutual respect and tolerance. Free inquiry and exchange of ideas is invited. Secular (non-religious) philosophies and ideas are also welcome. Also, sacred texts from the world's great religions will be found referenced at this site.
15.Anywho
Anywho is a great online phone book and people-finder sponsored by AT&T. Use the Yellow Pages for businesses, the White Pages for people, and the Reverse Lookup if all you have is a phone number.
16.Weather.com
Enter your Zip Code and see the weather predictions for the next ten days (scroll down), courtesy of The Weather Channel. It's easy and it's free!
17.Search.com
Search.com is an outstanding example of a "metasearch engine": a web search tool that employs over 1,000 search engines running in parallel to help you find what you are looking for.
18.Hotmail.com
MSN's Hotmail.com provides you with totally free email, pure and simple!
19.NIH.gov
The National Institutes of Health of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has created this clearinghouse of information on all matters related to your physical well-being. You'll find drug information (MEDLINEplus), disease & symptom documentation, health recommendations, summaries on every major system of the human body, and much more at this excellent site.
20.CNET.com
CNET.com (the parent site of Download.com) is a technophile's oasis! If you are looking for desktop computers, laptops, printers, peripherals, software cell phones, cameras, or just about any other kind of gadgetry, be sure to take advantage of CNET's reviews and price comparison features. This free site can save you hundred or thousands of dollars, depending on your needs
21.London Books
The London Review of Books is a respected journal for those who enjoy reading the best books in the world! At times, the reviews themselves rise to the level of great literature.
22.Refdesk.com
You could spend tens and tens of hours browsing the huge catalogue of useful websites at Refdesk.com. You'll find newspapers, photo databases, reference tools, trivia, quotes, self-help advice, search engines, and much, much more at this virtual goldmine of the Web.
23.MayoClinic.com
Simply put, the Mayo Clinic is one of the greatest hospitals and medical research centers on Planet Earth. In that tradition, the Mayo Clinic provides this excellent website devoted to the promotion of human health.
24.GuideStar.org
If you give some of your time, money, and energy to help the disadvantaged of the world, you would probably like to know that your contributions are put to good use. GuideStar.org provides extensive information on nearly all major charitable organizations. It will help you "heal the world" responsibly.
25.FirstGov.gov
The official portal of the Federal Government of the United States, FirstGov.gov puts you in touch with your elected officials and the agencies and people they govern. Lots of good information here.
26.BBC.com
The BBC has long been the standard for international journalism. At this site, you can watch, listen, and read live and recorded content from the BBC. (Be sure to catch the hourly World News Update!) But don’t stop with the news! Be sure to browse the History, Science, Society, and other categories to find rich content of unusually high quality. You could browse this site for many weeks without exhausting its abundant resources!
27.IMDB.com
The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) is a movie-lover's paradise! Discover every movie your favorite actor/actress has been in, discover every actress/actor in your favorite movie! All the facts about all the films will be found here.
28.Expedia.com
Expedia.com makes travel very easy and about as cheap as it can be. Your one stop shop for low-cost air travel, hotels, rental cars, and tour packages!
29.Slate.com
MSN's Slate is one of the premier online magazines. You'll find news, ideas, reviews, and much more here.
30.Nutrition.gov
Nutrition.gov provides authoritative information about health and nutrition. You will also find the USDA's National Nutrient Database here, which will allow you to evaluate your diet with more knowledge than ever before!
31.Altmedicine.com
Alternative medicine has found its voice on the web at Altmedicine.com! Having received praise from many sources (including the prestigious medical journal "The Lancet"), Altmedicine.com explores the best information from many sources on alternative approaches to human health.
32.Citysearch.com
When you need to get to know a city fast, Citysearch.com should be your first stop! You'll find information and reviews of restaurants, hotels, places to see, shopping, services, and much more about major American (and some international) cities at this site.
33.Monster.com
Need a job? Visit Monster.com, an enormous database & job listing site for employers and employees to be!
34.Vote-Smart.org
Enter your Zip Code and find links to your Congresspersons, your President, and your state representatives! Project Vote Smart will help you become an informed and effective voter.
35.Sciam.com
The online manifestaton of Scientific American magazine, Sciam.com presents clear, intelligent writing on the most important scientific discoveries, initiatives, and controversies of our time. Much of the content is free. And you can search past issues!
36.ESPN.com
If you love sports, sports history, or sports statistics, ESPN.com is the site for you!
37.Encarta.com
MSN's online encyclopedia Encarta gives you fast, free access to an amazing range of facts. Much of the content is free, but some requires membership.
38.Findlaw.com
Findlaw.com provides a fantastic set of tools for anyone interested in American Law. Widely used by legal professionals, it can also be used profitably by laymen. Learn the facts about the laws that govern you from this excellent site!
39.Nature.com
One of the world's premier scientific journals, Nature, provides much of its content online (and much of it free!) Check out subject areas on Chemistry, Physics, Microbiology, Medicine and much more at this fantastic site!
40.USA Today local
Though it's not quite a substitute for your favorite local paper, USA Today's "States" news will give you a summary of the major events in all 50 states of the Union.
41.AllPosters.com
Who would have thought that one of the best selections of fine art prints online would be available at a poster shop?! Allposters.com is almost like an online museum: but a museum at which you can buy what you see (at reasonable prices). Not only fine art, but movie and concert posters and many other things framable will be found here!
42.Time.com
Time magazine is one most respected news magazines on earth. And much of its content is available free here!
43.Mapquest.com
Get clear, printable maps, driving directions, addresses of businesses, and much more at Mapquest.com
44.Abebooks.com
Find your favorite old or out-of-print books at this wonderful site!
45.Allmusic.com
From Beethoven to the Beatles and beyond, you'll find Allmusic.com a treasure-trove of musical knowledge.
46.MedlinePlus.gov
The National Institutes of Health maintains MedlinePlus for those interested in reliable information on prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Even so, you'll find many other valuable health-related resources here.
47.Open Directory
As modest as it appears, the Open Directory is a true powerhouse in web-searching! It provides search data to many of the most widely-used search engines, and it itself is a first rate directory of the best of the Web.
48.LOC.gov
The Library of Congress is gradually making more and more of its collosal store of resources available on the web. Its website should afford you many happy hours of browsing.
49.Windows Media
Online Radio is here, and MSN's Windows Media is one of the finest sites available devoted to it!
50.UComics.com
Your favorite comics may be online, and they may be here! The latest contributions from Garfield, Calvin & Hobbes, Doonesbury, Cathy, Ziggy, and many others will be found at this easy-to-use site.

LB#17 Educational Technology 2 Practicum

Educational Technology 2 offers students the experiential process of adapting to technology integration within a student-centered paradigm.
The practicum phase consists in Basic Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint.The tutorial familiarizes each individual learner to the basics of Microsoft Word such as using menus and toolbars of the software.It will train the learner to prepare PowerPoint presentations to enhance the teaching of subjects.
It promises to bring the student teacher and the professional teacher trainee to the challenge of a new age-integrating technology in the teaching-learning process.

LB#16 The Internet and Education

There is now a wider choice from rote arithmetic or grammar lessons to discovery and innovation projects.But the real possibility today is connecting with the world outside homes,classrooms,and Internet cafes.And today schools are gearing up to take advantage of Internet access,make where they can plug into the Library of Congress,make virtual visits to famous museums in the world,write to celebrities,and even send questions to heads of states.

LB#15 Understanding Hypermedia

The presentation of information learning activities in hypermedia is said to be sequenced in a non-linear manner,meaning that the learner may follow his path of activities thus providing an environment of learner autonomy and thinking skills.
In the use of hypermedia the following instruction events will prove useful to the teacher such as get the learner's attention,recall prior learning,guide learning,eliciting performance,assess performance and etc.

LB# 14The Software as an Educational Resource

System software and Application software are two kinds of software. System software is the operating system that is found or bundled inside all computer machines while application software contains the system that commands the particular task or solves a particular problem.
The application software may be a commercial software packaged for personal computers that helps student with a variety of tasks such as writing papers, calculating numbers, drawing graphs, playing games, and so much more.
The teacher through his school should decide on the best computer instructional(CBI) materials for the school resource collection.

LB#13 Cooperative Learning with the Computer

Cooperative or collaborative learning is learning by small groups of students who work in a common learning task. It is advantageous since it encourage active learning while motivating students and improves teacher effectiveness.
Researchers have made studies on the learning interaction between student and the computer. When students work with computers in groups, they cluster and interact with each other for advice and mutual help. Psychologists think that the computer fosters this positive social behavior due to the fact that it has a display monitor just like a television set that is looked upon as something communal.
Researchers agree that the computer is a fairly natural learning vehicle for cooperative learning.

LB#12 Information Technology in Support of Student-Centered Learning

Schools in developed economies have also adopted the support of ICTs desiring to gain effectiveness, efficiency and economy in their administration and instruction. Their students have now become active not passive learners, who can interact with other learners, demonstrating independence and self-awareness in the learning process.
The new school classroom environment is characterized by student individually or I groups such as performing computer word processing for text or graph presentations, preparing power-point presentation, searching for information on the Internet and brainstorming on ideas, problems and project plans. As needed, the teacher facilitating instruction, also giving individualized instruction to serve individual needs.

LB #11 The Computer as the Teacher’s Tool

The computer can provide vast amounts of information in various forms like text, graphics, sound, and video. Even multimedia encyclopedias are today available on the Internet. Students can use gathered information for composition or presentation projects as may be assigned by the teacher .Given the fact
That the Internet can serve as a channel for global communication, the computer can very well be the key tool for video teleconferencing sessions.
The computer itself can be used for manipulating information, visualizing one’s understanding, and building new knowledge. The Microsoft Word computer program allows users to organize and present their ideas in attractive formats.

LB#10 The Computer as a Tutor

The computer can be tutor in effect relieving the teacher of many activities in his personal role as a classroom tutor. It should be made clear, however, that the computer cannot totally replace the teacher since the teacher shall continue to play the major roles of information deliverer and learning environment controller.

LB#9 Computers as Information and Communication Technology

Educators saw the amplification of learning along computer literacy. Like reading, the modern students can now interact with computer messages, even respond to question or to computer commands. Another is writing, the learner can form messages using computer language for a program.
Instructional media consist of audio-visual aids served to enhance and enrich teaching learning process. Ex.blackboard,photo,film and video.
Educational communication media comprise the media of communication to audiences including learners using the print, film, radio, television, or satellite means of communication.

LB#8 Higher Thinking Skills Through IT-Based Projects

It is the students themselves who demonstrate higher thinking skills and creativity through such activities searching for information, organizing and synthesizing ideas, creating presentations, and the like. In developing software, creativity as an outcome should not be equated with ingenuity or high intelligence. Creating is more consonant with planning, making, assembling, designing, or building.

LB#7 IT for Higher Thinking Skills and Creativity

In this lesson, there are methods proposed for the use of computer-based technologies as an integral support to higher thinking skills and creativity. By using higher-level thinking skills such as project method that consist students work on projects with depth, complexity, duration and relevance to a real world.

LB#6 IT Enters a New Learning Environment

By using models of school learning is the ideal to achieving instructional goals through preferred application of educational technology. These are the models of Meaningful Learning, Discovery Learning, Generative Learning and Constructivism.
In applying technology, the computer can present a tutorial process by which the learner is presented key concept and the rules of learning in a direct manner for receptive learner. Through this new conceptual models of learning, we now know that there are better ways to learn other than rote learning or memorization and that is for use not only in school but in real life.

LB#5 State of the Art ET Application Practices

Our educators today have become more aware and active in adopting state of the art educational technology practices they can be possibly adopt. It is now accepted that the contribution of the computer to pedagogy makes up for good instruction. One of the trends that should also be recognized by educators is through school or training center computer courses, present-day students have become computer literate .they send e-mail, prepare computer encoded class reports, even make power-point presentation sometimes to the surprise of their tradition-bound teachers.

LB#4 Basic Concepts on Integrating Technology in Instruction

The educational technology is integrated in the teaching learning process due to the fact that the mere use of the computer does not mean technology has already been integrated in instruction. For example,
Computer games may not relate at all to education, much less to classroom instruction.

There are some external manifestation of technology integration into instruction: there’s a change in the way classes are traditionally conducted, there is planning by the teacher on the process of determining how and when technology fits into the teaching-learning process and many other more.

LB#3 Educational Technology in the Asia Pacific Region

The progressive countries in the Asia Pacific region namely New Zealand , Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong have formulated state policies and strategies to infuse technology in schools.

In New Zealand 2001 ICT Goals and Strategy, government with the education and technology sectors, community groups and industry envisions to support to the development of the capability of schools to use information and communication technologies in teaching-and-learning and in administration.

In Australia, the plans for achieving the national goal for IT are left to individual states and territories with the Educational Network Australia (EDNA) as the coordinating and advisory body.

In Malaysia Smart School-Level Technology Project, technology plays many roles in a Smart School from facilitating teaching-learning activities to assisting with school management.

In Singapore Master plan for IT in Education, the four key dimensions are Curriculum and dimensions, Learning resources, Teacher development and Physical and technological infrastructure.

In Hong Kong Education Program Highlights, government aims to raise the quality of school education by promoting the use of IT in the teaching and learning.

LB#2 An Overview: Educational Technology 2

Educational Technology 2 us concerned with "Integrating Technology into Teaching and Learning."This is focused on the introducing,reinforcing,supplementing and extending the knowledge and skills to learners so that they can become exemplary users of educational technology.The course objectives are to impart learning in instructional technology supported instructional planing,to acquaint students on Information Technology or IT-related learning theories with the computer as a tutor & etc.

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY 2 LB#1 A Review of Educational Technology 1

Educational technology 1 served as a way for the learner to become aware,appreciate and equipped to use educational technology tools ranging from traditional to modern educational media.It is also served as to lend familiarization on how educational technology can be utilized as media for the avenues teaching-learning process in the school.Another also is served as to impart skills in planning,designing,using and evaluating the technology-enriched teaching-learning process.

LB# 18 Roles & Functions of an Educational Media Center

It is a vital instrument as well as basic requirement for quality education enriching all parts of the schools educational process.
1. It reflects & supports the philosophy of the school
2. It shares & implements the school's aims & objectives
3. It involved in the teaching & learning process
4. It is source center
5. It is a learning laboratory
6. It is a teaching agency
7. It is a service agency
8. A coordinating agency
9. A center for recreational reading,viewing & listening

LB# 17 Assessment in a Constructivist,Technology-Supported Learning

In a constructivist classroom,learning transcends memorization of facts.It is putting these isolated facts together,from concepts & construct meaning from them.It is connecting the integration of these facts & concepts to what we value & treasure in life.

LB# 16 Using the Project-Based Multimedia as a Teaching-Learning Strategy

By using this kind of teaching learning strategy,the students will enable
to understand better about the content as they perform real-world tasks such as researching for answers to problems,analyzing,assessing,making decision & working w/other.
In case your schools lack computers & other more recent technological gadgets & students are not familiar w/ & are skilled in computers,then make use of a combination of media available.It will be project based multi-media learning.

LB# 15 Project-based Learning and Multimedia: What Is It?

This project-based leaning and multimedia is a combination of learning resources to make our teaching as concrete as we can so abstractions will be clear and meaningful.

Project-based multimedia learning involves the whole class, whether in groups or as a whole. If the students understand what output is to be expected of their project, they actively participate and each student contributes to the completion of the project. The teacher can only set the goals to be achieved by the students by the end of the project and supervise them.

Students are developed greatly in many aspects. Cooperation and camaraderie among classmates, decision making skills, research skills, technical skills, intellect, imagination, creativity, responsibility, time management and more are developed. Throughout the process, the student also learns the lesson in a way that he/she won't forget as it was a participative learning process. The students learn and enjoy at the same time.

LB# 14 Maximizing the Use of the Overhead Projector and the Chalkboard

We've known the chalkboard since nursery and even in offices, chalkboards are used. It is a very helpful tool especially in schools that do not have computers, televisions and the like. There are tips on using the chalkboard to make it and effective learning tool.
- writing clearly and legibly can allow students sitting in the last rows to read what you're writing.
- be prepared on what to write on the board
- use colored chalk to highlight key points
- write on the board while still facing the class. You don't have to turn your back on your students while writing on the board.
- while students are copying their notes from the board, try to walk around and see your board work from all corners of the classroom to see its visibility
- check for glares from fluorescent bulbs and windows.
- use the chalkboard to its full potential.

LB# 13 Teaching with Visual Symbols

Visual symbols make up for real things when we're in the classroom and when computers and televisions are not available. The visual aids are what helps the students understand what the lesson is all about. The are different kinds of visual symbols. These include drawings, cartoons, strip drawings, diagrams, charts, graphs and maps.

LB# 12

Film,Video,T.V. are medium of communication. It is a more accessible and less cumbersome to use. Students today tend to be an inquisitive learners. They wants vivid pictures,innovative teaching and fun learning.Television is one of the current source of learning. We can have an update news,and educational learning through a discovery channel. That's why E-TV in school is being implemented by the policy makers because it can help the teachers in elaborating his lesson. But before conducting the activity,teacher should inform the students about the lesson objectives to ensure learning objectives.

LB # 11 Making the Most of Community Resources and Field Trips

Field trips helps the students to be expose and aware of the society which can be a learning that lasts. Experience is the best learning and not only on the book written.Going outside the community in searching for more knowledge and information beyond the classroom is what we called field trips. Before conducting field trip,it should have preparations and planning. Setting of the objectives,permission of the concerned personnel,safetiness of the students,transportation and purpose of the trip should be given an emphasis.To picture out a complete learning achievements,teachers should discuss the objectives to the students to ensure that the community resources are use for learning,not just for fun. For them to arouse their curiosity in sensing the real world that could widen their horizon of being a student.

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LB#10 Demonstration in Teaching

Demonstrating in teaching is a great advantage to students because they can watch a certain process to be done. They have an opportunity to asks questions about the demonstration because it is an open-ended question.Be sure that before doing it, set first your goals/objectives wither the specific demonstrations would meet to the student needs.Try to consider that learners know nothing or a little for them to arouse their curiosity and interest.When the students learned how to be a keen-observer,then have an evaluation by by doing such thing like what you have demonstrated. This teaching strategy is most applicable in science,and home economics subject.

LB# 9 Teaching with Dramatized Experiences

In this Dramatized Experience it is a process of communication, an can range from the formal play, pageants to less formal tableau, pantomime, puppets and role-playing. This experience if we teach the learners in dramatic ways our students get attracted, interested and affected. They experience through watching tv in teleserye. And we learn a certain things quickly through an intense dramatic experience. These dramatic experience, especially role-playing are the most effective with lesson in the affective domain through feelings.