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LodeStar: Learning Resources
http://www.lodestarlearning.com/
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LodeStar enables teachers to add slideshows, puzzles, games, timelines, webquests and other interactive content to their eLearning courses in Microsoft Class Server, Desire2Learn, WebCt, Blackboard content and more. With lodeStar, teachers can customize Star Interactions so that their lessons are fun and engaging for students. Star Interactions are interactions developed by instructional designers. Teachers need not be designers to use them. They simply need to learn how to use a very simple tool called lodeStar.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Primary (K-2)
  • Intermediate (3-5)
  • Middle (6-8)
  • High (9-12)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Guide for instructor
Subject:
  • Educational theory and practice
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
There is a cost
Copyright 2000 - 2004 lodeStar Learning Corporation. All Rights Reserved. A license must be purchased for each instructor with the lodeStar client loaded on his/her desktop. Alternatively, an institution may purchase a site license. Please contact lodestar@cva.k12.mn.us for pricing.
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-007-466
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • K-4:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Systems, order, and organization
    • 5-8:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Systems, order, and organization
    • 9-12:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Systems, order, and organization
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Publisher: lodeStar Learning Corporation