http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sun, 26 May 2013 02:32:24 PDT Sun, 26 May 2013 02:32:24 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=739185 Vocaroo is a fully online recording device that allows you to create audio files and share them. You can give people the link to your recording, or share the playable file on your website as an embed code. Vocaroo also features QR code generation for the audio files as well. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=469639 This website can be used for mind mapping; it's a graphical tool for developing and organizing ideas. It's a Web application; no download is needed. This tool can also be used for collaboration. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=516363 This is an Instructional Design lesson plan that will help students learn about the accomplishments of the Renaissance that I've created as a part of my CEP811 Educational Technology course at Michigan State University. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=543528 This is a stand alone lesson that uses Crane Brinton’s theory of Common Causes of Revolutions to compare the common causes of the French Revolution, American Revolution, Haitian Revolution, and Venezuelan Revolution. The French Revolution is the case study, and then students identify the common causes of the Atlantic Revolutions based from what they learned off the French Revolution case study. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=670637 Lesson plans for ESL students, teacher resources and tips. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=436056 These are lesson plans meant to accompany the "Going Green in the Andes" lesson packet on recycling in Peru and Ecuador. It explains how to carry out the activities included in the lesson packet, how to access online materials mentioned in the lesson packet, and how to evaluate students' learning.I have also posted the lesson packet and video that accompany this lesson packet. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=436360 This document is the central lesson plan for the unit on "Las Islas Uros" that I've posted here. It includes lesson plan ideas and possible activities and assignments.Note that this plan was designed for intermediate and advanced Spanish students, but it can be adapted for lower levels. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=739272 myBrainshark allows you to upload PowerPoint presentations, documents and images to their online web software, and add narration and music to the presentation with their seamless interface. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=516251 This is a lesson plan to be use to teach students how to find useful and reliable resources on online databases http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=420428 This website contains songs and lyrics for teaching Spanish.