Explore the internet :)

The web is not an approach to education, but rather a tool that can be used in the classroom. It will continue to change the way teachers and students go about lessons. Educators who are willing to take the time to explore this technology will find that it offers unlimited amounts of useful content. 

The Internet basically expands the resources available. It offers powerful and varied ways for students and teachers to interact, manipulate data, and conduct research. It makes additional information resources available, and it can enhance communication.


We selected a few links that can make the lesson fun and more interesting:


One in 8 Million
 A compilation of three-minute miniature portrait of a remarkable person or just an ordinary New Yorker. Great inspirational stories, really interesting.(Mature content, check it first)


Mind Lab
How is our consciousness connected to the world?
Explore the unconscious functions of the brain with visual illusions
and mysterious perceptual phenomena.


Not Exactly Rocket Science
Written by Ed Yong, a British Science writer whose work has appeard in New Scientist, The Times, Wired and more, "Not Exactly Rocket Science" is an attempt to talk about the awe-inspiring, beautiful and quirky world of science to as many people as possible.

Fakebook
Teachers and students can create imaginary fakebook pages, it is very cool!


Historical Scene Investigation
The Historical Scene Investigation Project (HSI) was designed to give students experiences that closely resemble the work of a real historian.

What is your dream about?

Tell your students that they are going to pretend they are dream analyzers and they are going to evaluate their classmates’ dreams. Divide your group into pairs and tell them to get prepared to ask other students about dreams they can remember. Guide them to write down just keywords as “door”, “cat”, “river”. After listing a few keywords, tell your students to access the link below:

http://www.dreammoods.com/dreamdictionary/

In this website, it is possible to search keywords and symbols in a dream dictionary. Tell the students to search every word they listed, and write the best meaning they find 

(e.g. : "Cat – unlucky" "Door – big changes").

Next, they have to work together and write a dream interpretation paragraph to report to the student they have asked in the beginning of this activity.

The grammar point is that the students must use first conditionals in order to write their interpretation.

E.G.: “If you dream of a river and a door, you will have a joyful change in your life.”


The interviewed students will be looking forward to receive their results. This interaction is very productive and the students feel very motivated and involved, but more importantly, they are learning “if clauses” in a fun way!