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| When you are a teacher in rural Texas or California, | | | | |
| your resources may be limited in terms of other | | | | Plus, being able to pair an educational video with brain |
| teachers to share lesson plans with, stores and local | | | | stimulating games and activities online can be a real |
| business to get course materials from or curriculum | | | | time saver for a busy teacher. Apart from having to |
| ideas that engage students. With satellite internet, all of | | | | keep the occasional eye on the students to make |
| this can change. Not only are you able to network with | | | | sure they're behaving and paying attention, movie time |
| other teachers, but you can spark kids' interest by | | | | can be a great opportunity to catch up on grading |
| incorporating satellite internet into your lesson plans. | | | | papers and organizing the next lesson plan. Educational |
| Satellite broadband allows teachers and students to | | | | games that continue and enforce the learning from the |
| quickly break out of the confines of the rural | | | | videos allow you even more time. |
| classroom and into the infinite reaches of cyberspace. | | | | |
| | | | | You can also use the internet to take virtual field trips |
| For one, teachers can use the internet to get free or | | | | to anywhere on the globe. For example, you can |
| inexpensive materials for the classroom. You can | | | | access the websites of museums all over the world |
| connect to any organization, government entity, | | | | and view their collection. While it's more fun and |
| business or group's website to get all the information | | | | valuable to be able to see the Mona Lisa, for example, |
| you could ever want on a subject. Rather than having | | | | in person, it's a lot cheaper to visit the Louvre's website |
| to buy books on every topic, a difficult task on any | | | | than fly a class to Paris. All of the same information is |
| sized budget, you can get information on virtually every | | | | available online as there is in the museum, and |
| topic for free on the internet. Furthermore, many of | | | | sometimes more. |
| these sites offer games or activities to make this | | | | |
| learning fun and easy. Discovery Channel's website, for | | | | As a teacher, there are other resources just for you. |
| example, hosts a number of free activities that | | | | For example, there are multiple websites made for |
| correspond with their video programming. | | | | teachers to share lesson plan ideas, like This site |
| | | | | offers over 4,000 free lesson plans for your taking. |
| These games and activities are engaging for students | | | | While there is something to be said for being creative |
| who think that they're getting a treat by being able to | | | | and developing all of your own lesson plans, |
| play on the internet during class. Paired up with a video, | | | | sometimes it's just easier to share with another |
| they'll wonder what they did so right to deserve such | | | | teacher. There's no such thing as lesson plan |
| a treat. Instead of a boring worksheet, educational | | | | plagiarism! |