EDU614 Integrating Technology

travelling science

cradle of civilization/mesopotamia

edible plant and animal cells

hooping while thinking of Debbie Auday

This website contains flashcards and games to help students improve their math skills interactively. It also contains worksheets that students can print and work on. The website also has the answer sheets so students can check their work. There is also a "homework helper" tab that allows you to input your problem and answer and it will help you figure out if you are correct.

This website allows for online collaborative writing. This is great for group projects and also works with teacher collaboration too. The teacher can check in on a student's document throughout the process of writing and correct things online, and offer feedback. It also has a chat center so students in the document can communicate with one another.

This website is accessible for all ages, elementary, middle and high school. It has four main tools and services: The Renzulli Profiler, Differentiation Engine, Grouping and Reporting Tools, and Personal Success Plan. The Renzulli Profiler uses a strengths based assessment to find out a student's top three strengths, interests, and learning and expression styles. The Grouping and Reporting Tool then takes these results and uses them to group students.

This Canadian first grade teacher has a blog for her class and the kids skype with other schools, use skitch to label photos, have individual blogs, etc. Pretty amazing.

This site shows a first grade teacher's blog that she does with the kids - each child has their own blog, animations, slideshows etc.

A 4th grade classroom's podcast. A good example of elementary school podcasting. 

When used educationally, podcasts can empower students and teachers to become content producers rather than content consumers, and they can give them audiences beyond the classroom. Student-created podcasts reinforce course concepts, develop writing skills, hone speaking ability, and even help parents stay current on classroom activities.

book talk podcasts

This site offers social stories and picture cue cards to aid students in learning everyday routines. Some of the topics include personal care and hygiene, safety, food and eating habits as well as calendar practice. These pictures would be great to use as a reference tool for the students, and have them review in the morning before their daily begins.

I found that this website offers a variety of material that can be utilized for the MCAS Alt exams. Along with MCAS sheets, this site offers activities and art projects that I'm kind of excited to use in my class. I found a project where the students paint on terra-cotta pots, resembling the vases of ancient Greece. This makes me want to create a unit on Greece just so I can do this project with the kids.

This website offers social stories and videos regarding common everyday occurrences. I found this website useful for students with special needs. One game in particular that stood out for me was "Rufus Goes to School". First, a video plays introducing Rufus and the beginning of his day. After the video, the students can proceed to the game where they are to help Rufus make choices and cope with the changes in his day. I loved this site, it was not only visually stimulating but also engaging and meaningful to the students everyday life and routine.

Faces of Learning is a collaborative, solution-oriented site that seeks to answer the questions: What does an ideal learning environment look like? and How do we create more ideal learning environments? It is a blog as well and there are many shared stories of learning experiences. There is an interactive 'learner sketch' to determine your own (or a student's) strengths and weaknesses. You can record your own story too.