Using Technology Creatively and Appropriately

[b]Using positional vocabulary[/b]: the objective of this activity is for students to practise using positional vocabulary. The suggested activity requires students to hide an object in the classroom, then give directions to other students in order to find the missing object. The resource contains many prompts, suggestions and questions for the teacher to consider when planning the lesson. A further idea uses electronic maps found on websites such as Street Map or Google Earth and asks students to describe routes to places they know.

[b]Temperature:[/b] the objective of this activity is to give learners the opportunity to make connections between conversion graphs and using formulae in the context of temperature. It is suggested that students are asked to convert between degrees Celsius and degrees Fahrenheit using technology such as a graphing package or a graphic calculator. The resource contains many prompts, suggestions and questions for the teacher to consider when planning the lesson.