Using+Computers+as+a+Classroom+Tool

__**Article Name:**__ **Using Computers as a Classroom Tool**

__**Article Author:**__ Judi Heitz

__**Summary:**__ The project requires the students to apply their academic knowledge and work both cooperatively and collaboratively in designing a genetically engineered product and presenting it in a classroom seminar. By placing the requirements, grading rubrics, and job descriptions on the Internet, the students were given a definite reason to use computers for a reason other than word processing. The web also allowed the students to access this information at any time of day and at any computer. The active links I included allowed me to guide the students in their choice of jobs and in the beginnings of their research. In class, we would talk about how to determine the validity of information on the web. They learned to evaluate, determining critically if the information was sound. Once they learned the basics, they were off on their own, searching the web, following links. They began to use the computer as a research tool.

__**Related Links:**__ @http://www.accessexcellence.org/LC/TE/teenergene.php