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Podcasts
Some of the documented uses and benefits of using a podcast are provides parents an opportunity of knowing what happened in class without being there, gives students the opportunity to do assignments without physically being in front of a crowd, allows students to be themselves during presentations without the fear of being ridiculed. Podcast holds benefits that allow students to not only have their voices, but also music and pictures in their presentations when presenting.

Article: http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/apr06/Eash.shtml This article is about the benefits of podcasting in schools. It tells how podcasting can be a benefit to students, teachers and librarians. The article also gives a detailed directions about how to set up a podcast, test it for readiness, and use it. The directions are easy for students to follow if they do not know how to set up the podcast and begin using it.

Web Pages
There are unlimited uses for creating Web pages. Anyone today can create a Web page. What makes this a great is anyone can view the students' work. In addition, the students are developing 21st century skills with creating a different type of media to display their work. Moreover, depending on which route you take to have the students develop their Web page, it can cost nothing to create a Web page. To do it for free, you can either have the students create their Web pages using HTML, which they have to learn, or use Microsoft Word and save the document as a Web page. If you want to spend a few bucks, it is best to get Adobe Dreamwaver or Microsoft FrontPage. The students will have an easier time creating their Web pages because the programs look almost identical to Microsoft Word.

Article: [|Web Design and the Community] This article introduces a Web design project for the students to create Web pages for their community. The pages goes through the process of desinging their pages by giving them a challenge (subject for their project). In addition, the students have to create a proposal for consideration before creating their pages. This is a good project because it shows the students how the entire Web design process is done.

** Promethean Boards **
There are many uses for promethean boards. It is used as an interactive white board. Students can interactively write on the board, play educational games on board, and even create charts and graphs. It is a great way to get students involved and excited about participating. Giving worksheets or other written work in isolation causes students to lose interest. It is great for visual learners as well because students have the opportunity to view the lesson on a large screen as it is being taught. Article: [] Promethean was designed to support five essential learning principals. First is that learning builds on previous learning experiences so that teachers can work with preexisting experiences students bring to school with them. Next is that learning takes place in a social setting. Vygotsky tells us that students learn best by working together and collaborating. Promethean boards allow this social interaction. Third is that promethean supports learning for all learning styles. Another learning principle is that promethean supports learning of knowledge and helps students with higher order thinking. Last is that through using the promethean board, students constantly receive active feedback. Students are applying knowledge as well as reflecting on their learning.