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I think one of the ways the web can be a great classroom tool is by providing visuals to students; not just pictures, but movies, animated diagrams, etc. Sometimes in a classroom it can be really hard to get a point across to students without some sort of visual to go along with it, such as when teaching the phases of the moon, like I'm doing for my web-based lesson plan. Some students simply learn better when they can see something, and the web makes that so, so much easier to do. Also, the web can help learning by providing activities for students to do that help to reinforce learning. The web not only has additional resources to enhance learning, but also has all kinds of interactive stuff kids can do to help solidify learning so that when you present material in class, that's not the only opportunity students have to interact with that material. The Internet, or non-Internet computer games, can help reinforce concepts that students need multiple exposures to. For example, you can use math facts games or games that promote a certain reading skill or geography games; once students understand larger concepts behind isolated facts, some isolated facts just need to be memorized and an Internet game can get students interested in doing that.

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