How do the eProject and eCommEd packages help educators more effectively teach in the classroom?
Students learn better when they can be kept engaged in what is going on in their classrooms. To accomplish this, teachers need to be able to do at least two things effectively. You need to be able to clearly answer the question, “How will learning this stuff be of any use to me now or later in my life?” You also need to be able to make the actual learning process interesting enough to attract instead of distract the attention of your students. The ScoresUp eProject and eCommEd packages are designed to permit students to convert and apply what they are learning in their classroom into the content and management of live and very professional Web sites that are accessible to and viewed by your entire school and community. For example, which of the following exercises would get a student more excited about completing a writing assignment: Assignment 1 I want you to write an essay about what you did on your summer vacation. Assignment 2 Our class is going to create a live Web site on the In
