During this past three weeks, I have learned a tremendous amount of knowledge that I can not wait to use in my classroom. I loved doing the online discussion with the class because I was able to learn new sites, point of views and great ideas for the classroom. I looked at things that I didn' t think of before with technology or aspects of education. I truley enjoyed doing the webquest this course because I have never have created one! I think that over time and practice they get better! I think as life long learner I feel that this class has helped me think of new ways of bringing technology into the classroom. It has made me think of new ways of teaching and ideas for students to be engaged. I loved the learning about wiki and the blogs, in how to incorporate it into the classroom. I think its important that students are exposed to a variety of different teaching methods. The idea of students reflecting on your teaching is another great idea with using the blogs. I think what suprised me the most was how much I enjoyed this class. I didn't dread any assignment and I love learning about all the new resources from the class. The delicious website was one of my favorite sites we learned because you are able to browse other great education resources. I found so many amazing websites just browsing different tags on the delicious account. I dont think that I would change anything from the course because every assignment we did, I took away with being excited to use with my teaching. After taking this class I would absolutely take another program like this because it is important as teachers never to stop your learning and discovering new ways to help you become a better teacher.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
1. AIMS Educational Foundation (Activities Integrating Math and Science)
http://www.aimsedu.org/
AIMS foundation is a non-profit organization that is geared to helping students visualize concepts in math and science. They have material available to purchase, but there is also a wealth of free activities and ideas on the site.
This is a great website for hands-on activities that can either create a whole lesson or supplement one. They offer a variety of ideas and will even help to coordinate to state standards. They cover a variety of grade levels which makes them a great resource for all teachers. I have used many things from this site in my student teaching. The site was given to me by a teacher who also uses it a lot to bring hands-on activities to her class. This is a 5 out of 5 website.
2. The Children’s Literature Web guide
http://people.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
This web guide has been around for many years. It is maintained by David K. BrownDoucette Library of Teaching Resources, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is a list of resources and their websites concerning literature for children and young adults. Links are active and updated.
This site is a web guide that will bring you to a huge number of other sites on children’s literature. It is a great place to start when planning any literature based activities. It is many a resource for teachers or parents, but will lead you to many sites that can be set up for students to use. One link is a link to author’s websites, many of whom are geared for their young readers. This website is a 4 out 5. The advantages/disadvantages are that it is a list of other websites. It is a starting point…so if you need something direct, this is not the site for you, however, if you need a beginning, this is an excellent resource.
3. Math Fact Café
http://www.mathfactcafe.com/
This website generates math worksheets, flashcards and has online games. It is a free website (donations accepted) that is geared to parents and teachers. It is for elementary students to practice and excel in math skills.
This is a great website to generate math worksheets to help students build math skills. I have used this for student teaching and also tutoring students who have difficulties in math. I can create a worksheet that targets specific skills and generate several variations for practice for students. It is a great teacher tool. This is a 5 out 5 star website for ELEMENTARY only. The disadvantage is if you need higher math practice sheets, you will have to go elsewhere.
4. Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site
http://www.carolhurst.com/
This website was started by Carol Hurst, a renowned story teller and educator who passed away in 2008. The site is continued by her daughter. It is a comprehensive site dedicated to children’s literature.
This site is another great children’s literature site. It has professional resources, ideas, curriculum areas and a newsletter that you can sign up for. It is a great site to use when planning a unit and wanting to integrate literature with it. Great ideas and resources to use. This is a 3 out 5 star website. The disadvantage is that it is very busy with many ads that can be distracting.
5. ABC teach
www.abcteach.com
ABC teach is a teacher resource site that has a membership fee involved to access all of the content that is available. However, there are many free units and worksheets available to use. It is many geared toward elementary students, however there are resources for middle school and above – mainly in literature.
This site has many user friendly units, graphics and worksheets created by teachers to use. It is a great place to browse when looking for ideas to create a unit, supplement one or target skills. Since it is created by teachers, the worksheets are user friendly and can add to any unit. This is a 3 out 5 star website. The disadvantage is that many items that you may be looking for are only available to members. You do not know this during your initial search so it can take valuable time away from what you are looking for
6. FunBrain
www.funbrain.com
Fun Brain is set up different links for math, reading, and many different education games. It has mad libs for students to practice their verbs, nouns, and adjectives. It is also set up where teachers can find resource links.
This is a great resource site where students can get on and have fun playing educational games. I like how it is set up for each grade level for games. I also think it’s a great site where there are online books, where students might find interesting and then pick up the books to read. The disadvantage of this site how there is a free arcade games for free time. Although, I think it would be better reviewing another game then doing the arcade game.
7. Math Playground
http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html
Math playground is an educational website for teachers to use with their students. It is set up with four different categories of math games, word problems, logic puzzles, and math videos. With in each math category there are many different games to choose from.
This is a great resource for teachers to use in their classroom during free time or for part of their math lesson. I like how the site is set up with different options for students to use. It is a fun and interactive way for students to be engaged in their math lesson. I like how there are videos on the website to help explain a certain math concept. The disadvantage of this site is how there are adds on the side of the website where the students might click and get link to another website.
8. Game Classroom
http://www.gameclassroom.com/
Game Classroom is set up from Earlier Media with different games and educational videos. This site is set up with a Homework Help for students and parents. The site is made sure that there resources are relevant to the topic.
This is a great resource for students to review and to extend their learning. Students are able to play games separated by the grade level. Once a student has chosen a grade level they are able to choose a game to work on a particular skill. Some disadvantages of this site is that I feel some of the directions are too wordy and might have to be whole classroom instruction first, before giving leeway to the games.
9. Tools for Educators
http://www.toolsforeducators.com/
Tools for Educators website is for teachers to create worksheets. Teachers can create word searches, dice makers, game boards, cross word puzzles, word searches and many more.
I think this is a great site to have available for teachers. It is a free website where teachers can go to ONE website and make something create for students to use, whether it is a board game or a crossword puzzle. I think that this is a great site where teachers can add extra activities to their lessons or for review.
10. Jeopardy Labs
http://jeopardylabs.com/
Jeopardy Labs is website where you can create your own jeopardy game. This website also has jeopardy templates that you can browse in from other people. There is no registration or fee for this website.
I think that Jeopardy Labs website is an exciting cite because you can end a unit with a fun activity. It is a great way where you can get your students engaged in answering questions. I like how this site you do not have to register when creating your game. Another great thing about this website is you can browse other jeopardy games that have been created.
http://www.aimsedu.org/
AIMS foundation is a non-profit organization that is geared to helping students visualize concepts in math and science. They have material available to purchase, but there is also a wealth of free activities and ideas on the site.
This is a great website for hands-on activities that can either create a whole lesson or supplement one. They offer a variety of ideas and will even help to coordinate to state standards. They cover a variety of grade levels which makes them a great resource for all teachers. I have used many things from this site in my student teaching. The site was given to me by a teacher who also uses it a lot to bring hands-on activities to her class. This is a 5 out of 5 website.
2. The Children’s Literature Web guide
http://people.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
This web guide has been around for many years. It is maintained by David K. BrownDoucette Library of Teaching Resources, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is a list of resources and their websites concerning literature for children and young adults. Links are active and updated.
This site is a web guide that will bring you to a huge number of other sites on children’s literature. It is a great place to start when planning any literature based activities. It is many a resource for teachers or parents, but will lead you to many sites that can be set up for students to use. One link is a link to author’s websites, many of whom are geared for their young readers. This website is a 4 out 5. The advantages/disadvantages are that it is a list of other websites. It is a starting point…so if you need something direct, this is not the site for you, however, if you need a beginning, this is an excellent resource.
3. Math Fact Café
http://www.mathfactcafe.com/
This website generates math worksheets, flashcards and has online games. It is a free website (donations accepted) that is geared to parents and teachers. It is for elementary students to practice and excel in math skills.
This is a great website to generate math worksheets to help students build math skills. I have used this for student teaching and also tutoring students who have difficulties in math. I can create a worksheet that targets specific skills and generate several variations for practice for students. It is a great teacher tool. This is a 5 out 5 star website for ELEMENTARY only. The disadvantage is if you need higher math practice sheets, you will have to go elsewhere.
4. Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site
http://www.carolhurst.com/
This website was started by Carol Hurst, a renowned story teller and educator who passed away in 2008. The site is continued by her daughter. It is a comprehensive site dedicated to children’s literature.
This site is another great children’s literature site. It has professional resources, ideas, curriculum areas and a newsletter that you can sign up for. It is a great site to use when planning a unit and wanting to integrate literature with it. Great ideas and resources to use. This is a 3 out 5 star website. The disadvantage is that it is very busy with many ads that can be distracting.
5. ABC teach
www.abcteach.com
ABC teach is a teacher resource site that has a membership fee involved to access all of the content that is available. However, there are many free units and worksheets available to use. It is many geared toward elementary students, however there are resources for middle school and above – mainly in literature.
This site has many user friendly units, graphics and worksheets created by teachers to use. It is a great place to browse when looking for ideas to create a unit, supplement one or target skills. Since it is created by teachers, the worksheets are user friendly and can add to any unit. This is a 3 out 5 star website. The disadvantage is that many items that you may be looking for are only available to members. You do not know this during your initial search so it can take valuable time away from what you are looking for
6. FunBrain
www.funbrain.com
Fun Brain is set up different links for math, reading, and many different education games. It has mad libs for students to practice their verbs, nouns, and adjectives. It is also set up where teachers can find resource links.
This is a great resource site where students can get on and have fun playing educational games. I like how it is set up for each grade level for games. I also think it’s a great site where there are online books, where students might find interesting and then pick up the books to read. The disadvantage of this site how there is a free arcade games for free time. Although, I think it would be better reviewing another game then doing the arcade game.
7. Math Playground
http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html
Math playground is an educational website for teachers to use with their students. It is set up with four different categories of math games, word problems, logic puzzles, and math videos. With in each math category there are many different games to choose from.
This is a great resource for teachers to use in their classroom during free time or for part of their math lesson. I like how the site is set up with different options for students to use. It is a fun and interactive way for students to be engaged in their math lesson. I like how there are videos on the website to help explain a certain math concept. The disadvantage of this site is how there are adds on the side of the website where the students might click and get link to another website.
8. Game Classroom
http://www.gameclassroom.com/
Game Classroom is set up from Earlier Media with different games and educational videos. This site is set up with a Homework Help for students and parents. The site is made sure that there resources are relevant to the topic.
This is a great resource for students to review and to extend their learning. Students are able to play games separated by the grade level. Once a student has chosen a grade level they are able to choose a game to work on a particular skill. Some disadvantages of this site is that I feel some of the directions are too wordy and might have to be whole classroom instruction first, before giving leeway to the games.
9. Tools for Educators
http://www.toolsforeducators.com/
Tools for Educators website is for teachers to create worksheets. Teachers can create word searches, dice makers, game boards, cross word puzzles, word searches and many more.
I think this is a great site to have available for teachers. It is a free website where teachers can go to ONE website and make something create for students to use, whether it is a board game or a crossword puzzle. I think that this is a great site where teachers can add extra activities to their lessons or for review.
10. Jeopardy Labs
http://jeopardylabs.com/
Jeopardy Labs is website where you can create your own jeopardy game. This website also has jeopardy templates that you can browse in from other people. There is no registration or fee for this website.
I think that Jeopardy Labs website is an exciting cite because you can end a unit with a fun activity. It is a great way where you can get your students engaged in answering questions. I like how this site you do not have to register when creating your game. Another great thing about this website is you can browse other jeopardy games that have been created.
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