Stephen Dantinne, Supervisor of Technology 856-794-6700, ext. 2350Stephen Dantinne, Supervisor of Technology 856-794-6700, ext. 2350
Teachers, are you contemplating ways to integrate technology into your classroom? Are you concerned about the amount of time and resources available to plan these activities and projects? We're here to help.
The Vineland Public Schools technology department has developed an easy way to help with this necessary task. We have compiled useful information and websites here to help teachers add technology to the classroom.
We have also included recommended web sites sent in by teachers in our district. Educators are invited to send in their favorites to Steve Dantinne. We will include them on this web page.
If you see something you like, simply bookmark the site so you can find it easily for regular use.
Access the local weather report from our own weather station located at Vineland High School North. Students in all grades can benefit from this daily activity. With just a few clicks of the mouse, live conditions provide the current temperature in Fahrenheit, and Celsius. Measure wind speed and direction, wind chill, humidity and dew point.You can even view more observations such as barometric pressure, times of sunrise and sunset, and phases of the moon to name a few. Video forecast, seven day forecast and details are also provided.
Or, try The Weather Channel for foreign language classes. You will find weather information for Brazil, France, Latin America and Germany in the native language of each country.
Introducing students to online reference materials is easy because the Vineland Public School District has subscribed to Grolier Online Passport. Teachers can visit Grolier Online Passport for Educators for lesson plans, teaching tools, news and more.
Check out The New Book of Knowledge which provides elementary school students with reference and current events. For middle school students, visit Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, where you'll find news, research, quizzes, games and more.
And for older students, use Encyclopedia Americana, an in-depth, information-packed website where you and your students can browse topics such as arts, society, geography, history, religion, sports, science and technology to name only a few.
Today in Science History is a great way to integrate technology into your class. Just visit the link for new information each day.
You may also try Astronomy Picture of the Day and Earth Science Picture of the Day.
You can view daily current events in and around our city by visiting online versions of The Daily Journal and The Press of Atlantic City.
USA Today's "Today in History" web page can help incorporate technology into your daily lesson. And the Vineland Archives Alive Project is a great source of historical information about our own town. You and your students can find numerous topics to discuss, including historical landmarks, community leaders of the past, and sports archives to name just a few.
On our Vineland Public Schools students web page, we supply "Suggested Links" where you will find many sites listed for ea
ch topic. Some of these web pages were prepared by the Cumberland County AVA Center staff. Teachers and administrators in Cumberland County public schools have free access to all of their services. Visit the Cumberland County AVA Center, where you will find their entire catalog of materials. If you see something you'd like to use in your monthly calendar/lesson plan, just bookmark it for easy access.
The Math Forum at Drexel is a good resource to find technology-based information for older students in pre-algebra, algebra and geom
etry, and they provide a Teacher's Guide. The following Mathematics websites for younger students were recommended by our Supervisor of Mathematics, Donna Nedohon.
Pat Ensslen, Computer Literacy Teacher at Mennies School recommends the following web sites:
Internet for Classrooms
Cyberguides for Books http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cyk3.html
National Library of Virtual Mathematics http://nlvm.usu.edu
4Teachers http://www.4teachers.org
New Jersey History Kids http://www.njhistorykids.org
Geralynn McCann of Veterans Memorial School uses Discovery Education: Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators- Educational Tools This is a list of classroom uses of the new technologies.
Introduce a "Word of the Day by using Merriam-Webster's Word Central , a site that supplies students with a dictionary, a thesaurus and a rhyming dictionary. There are also games, a daily "buzzword", and teacher resources.
This webpage was created by Joni Kane in the Vineland Public Schools Technology Office.
