Easy Ways to Incorporate Technology into Lessons

Find or create a simple WebQuest

• Find a webquest: http://webquest.org/index.php
• Example: A WebQuest for Registered Nursing Students and Maternal-Child Nursing http://www.msu.edu/user/brubak29/PregnancyWebQuest.htm
• Develop/create your own: A webquest about creating a webquest http://www.bernardsboe.com/wams/academics/isaacs/webquests/index.html

Provide Web resources to explore

• Does your text book publisher provide any online resources? If so, how can you integrate them in the course to promote learning and retention?
• Do your own research using Google to find online resources.
• What do you want your students to do with these web resources?

Have students create email accounts

• Have students sign up for a gmail email account: http://www.gmail.com
• Send students a weekly tip or a synthesis of a discussion item from class.
• Send website links for them to explore and later discuss in class.
• Send them reminders about quizzes, tests and reading assignments.
• Ask them for feedback as a formative classroom assessment technique.

Use Jeopardy for in class exam reviews

• Templates are available online, here are just a couple good ones:
• http://teach.fcps.net/trt10/Documents/jeopardytemplate30Q&A.ppt
• http://www.jmu.edu/madison/teacher/jeopardy/jeopardy.htm
• Have students create questions in groups then select a handful of questions to use in the Jeopardy template.
• Fill in the template and use it for an exam review.