Get Researching! - Idea #2

As our research on the brain continues, I tried to incorporate technology as much as possible, but also letting the students know that research comes from other places such as books and mgazines. A novel idea huh?

Another way to integrate technology for research is a newly discovered website I learned about from my grad school class called TrackStar. This is much like the digital hotsheet, but takes it to another level. I am going to use this in the upcoming year when I tackle brain research again. With this device, you can pick specific websites for your class and do numerous things with them through the "annotations". You can ask questions, create quizzes and worksheets, or make it simply for researching information. First, you set up the "track" with a description of what it is. Then, once you have all of your websites and annotations set (which, by the way, you do all on one page within the program), it is set up and reviewed by TrackStar for appropriate content. You wil be assigned a TrackStar number. This will be handy because when you want your students to view your track, they can simply type in the number in the search field to find it quickly. You can also search, using keywords, for other people's tracks! The work may already be done for you.

It is incredible! The best part...it's FREE!

Give it a try. Think about all the ways you could use it in your classroom.