Bring the Games into Your Classroom
Whether they’re a fan of veteran ski racer Bode Miller, charismatic snowboarder Shaun White, or elegant and perky figure skater Sasha Cohen, your students are gathered around a screen of some size, somewhere watching Olympic athletes go for the gold. Once every four years you have the opportunity to capitalize on this midwinter enthusiasm by creating teaching moments as they arise.
The themes are endless. From a history of the Olympics to the natural beauty of British Columbia, there are plenty of topics to discuss and ideas to explore. For Olympic content, the Internet is a great source of creative materials you can use to build exciting lessons for your students. In the Digital Age, students can track the weather in Vancouver or discover more about Canadian-style English. Let them get interactive while they learn about the terrain at Vancouver’s Olympic Venues from the New York Times. They can join spectators from around the world in a virtual stadium that will display their photo at Virtual Stadium 2010, or they can simply learn more about their favorite winter sports at Vancouver 2010, which also houses a teaching forum. Students with personal challenges can also be inspired by the stories of unlikely Olympic champions like short track speed skater J.R. Celski, teaching the value of perseverance.
Engaging your students with interactive multimedia tools is one great way to support learning. At ODYSSEYWARE®, our curriculum is not only filled with multimedia clips and interactive learning exercises to keep students engaged, but it is also adaptable, so that you can customize courses to include current news, events, and relevant information – like the Winter Games in Vancouver.
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