Mediator 6 Mediator 6 Pro provides students with material and assistance in creating web sites and multimedia projects. The drag and drop editing allows students to create web sites and multimedia projects. The program allows students to combine text, images, sounds, and video, and to create animation, transitions, and interactivity. Student work can be exported to DHTML or a CD. This resource is suitable for grades 6-12.
Organizing a Speech Organizing a Speech describes the importance of good organization for a successful speech and reviews five patterns for speeches: topical, spatial, chronological, cause-effect, and problem/solution. A step-by-step map shows how to put together a speech in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-remember manner. The video includes tips for constructing good introductions and conclusions.
Advanced Academics Advanced Academics provides secondary school curriculum supported by an advanced technology online learning platform for students in secondary education. The program can be tailored to fit specific needs of school districts. This program meets California state standards. The content is delivered using state-of-the-art Internet technologies and includes student interface, student management, and course management applications; Chat and Course timer functions, security, privacy controls, and virus protection.
Text Mapping Textmapping is a graphic organizer technique that can be used to teach reading comprehension and writing skills, study skills, and course content. It is practiced on scrolls, which are an alternative environment to books. Textmapping and scrolls can be used strategically, but they are not strategies. They are enabling technologies - simple, basic tools which can be used for reading and classroom instruction. The same strategies that can be taught in books can be taught more clearly and explicitly by using scrolls.
Indispensable Writing Resources You'll find everything on and off the Net that you could possibly need in writing or researching a paper, including links to all sorts of reference material, links to writing labs, links to Web search engines, and links to writing-related Web sites.
Educator's Guide to Internet Resources This site is dedicated to helping teachers find resources that will help them integrate technology in their curriculum
OWL Online Writing Lab.
ESL Pro Systems ESL Pro Systems is a leading educational software developer and distributor, providing students and educational institutions access to high quality software specifically developed for learning the English language.