Comments on: Use Free Screensavers to Insert Teachable Moments http://adrianbruce.com/teacher-toolbox/insert-a-teachable-moment/ What's new @ www.adrianbruce.com Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:37:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: maierss http://adrianbruce.com/teacher-toolbox/insert-a-teachable-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-76 maierss Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:13:57 +0000 http://adrianbruce.com/teacher-toolbox/insert-a-teachable-moment/#comment-76 Thanks for sharing these. I confess that I also often leave interesting things out for kids to stumble upon. Using Google Earth to find someone's favorite fishing or hunting spot really got them going this fall! Thanks for sharing these. I confess that I also often leave interesting things out for kids to stumble upon. Using Google Earth to find someone’s favorite fishing or hunting spot really got them going this fall!

]]> By: RobertDS http://adrianbruce.com/teacher-toolbox/insert-a-teachable-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-70 RobertDS Sun, 06 Jan 2008 04:51:27 +0000 http://adrianbruce.com/teacher-toolbox/insert-a-teachable-moment/#comment-70 I used to have the SETI@home screen saver running on all of my computers both in my computer classes and in my science classroom/lab. It really did spark a teachable moment at the first of the year. Then, kids who did not notice it at first would ask about it later in the year. Funny, how many things that I taught just went into the either, yet most of the kids remembered what SETI was and what the project was all about. Bob I used to have the SETI@home screen saver running on all of my computers both in my computer classes and in my science classroom/lab.

It really did spark a teachable moment at the first of the year. Then, kids who did not notice it at first would ask about it later in the year. Funny, how many things that I taught just went into the either, yet most of the kids remembered what SETI was and what the project was all about.

Bob

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