UD EDU 352 Technology in Education

This website is an incredibly useful tool. It has thousands of books online for teachers to use. It has them listed by topic and then broken down into several different subcategories. Listed for each book are things like author interviews, lesson plans, audio tools, project ideas, tests, and more. Just under the English/LA category, there is 29,674 books listed. It is amazing that this one site has so much to offer. I can't wait to make use of it more.

Teachers.Net features free physical education lesson plans for teachers. Physical education and elementary education resources. Discover printables, worksheets, thematic units, elementary lesson plans. Free teaching materials and educational resources for elementary teachers. I feel as a teacher you can never have too many resources for ideas.

PE Central is a web site that provides information about developmentatally appropriate physical education practices and programs. I have used this site for at least 80% of all my lesson plans and warm up activities. This site is fantastic because it breaks it down per grade and the skill and or unit.

XPrize-Community-building and collaboration are two defining aspects of Web 2.0. A range of tools enable teachers and students to communicate, collaborate and share work. Some, like Edmodo, are designed specifically for educators. This Twitter-like tool lets you create custom mini-communities for classes, clubs, parents, etc and push out assignments, reminders and updates. Others, like GoogleDocs, are for general use but conducive to inter- and intra-school collaboration-in real time. All are easy to use. Case in point: a wiki-the Hawaiian word for "quick"-can be set up in 5 minutes! According to the website.

I love the word FREE. This site is amazing and the break down of subjects and lessons. Keeping student engaged is important but also teachers need something new every now and then. If it is boring to you it will be boring for the students. This is a great site for new ideas.

Typing Course Most children are learning to type at a much younger age. Children are typing in school for essays and even for most written assignments now. There is much debate as to whether typing is becoming the dominant form of communication. This is a very important skill that I have not acquired so I will play the game to help with developing my skills and I can let the students know the importance of being efficient at typing.

This is cool site that has a lot of games over different subjects. The games are created by teachers to help students learn the subject. The levels range from pre-k to 6th grade. it could be useful for teachers to have the students play around a learn while they are doing it.

This site offers a variety of game broken down by subject, grade, language, and genre. This is a great tool that I could use in the classroom for different areas but just using one site and I can get great ideas for lessons for the activity work and group work.

Here's where you'll find games and activities to help you explore your health and the human body. Again another great tool to reinforce what is being taught in class but in a game form. Again If the students are embarrassed they can get it answered without raising their hands.

See our winning recipes from Recipalooza, a contest in partnership with the Children's Museum of Houston and The Kids Cook Monday! View NOW! Lunch Crunch 2 Lunch fun is back with Lunch Crunch 2, a restaurant adventure in which you're the sous chef. Available in both Spanish and English! play NOW! This is AWESOME because most kids of all ages are embarrassed about their bodies and the changing of it. they can go to this site and type in their questions and read about what others have asked. I never what a child to say "If I only knew or had been taught that". So this would definitely go in to the news letter home so the child can do it at home or if there is fre time at school.

Physical Education game resources. | See more about pe games, physical education games and physical education. I LOVE PINTEREST, I will definitely use this site for my future class because it is what real Physical Education teachers are doing and they tell the success and things that you could add or take away! Also I love keeping parents involved and this is an easy site to access and get great ideas for the weekend to do with the family!

DOGO News has fun articles for kids on current events, science, sports, and more! There are also lots of stories, pictures, videos, games and the DOGO news map for kids! Add your comments, read reviews of cool websites, and more! What a great tool to have this can make lesson relevant to the "NOW' .

Social Studies Games for Teens | Grades 6 - 8 with this website you can play game, watch videos all on different area of social studies like with the government.

Welcome to Lemonade Stand! Your goal in this game will be to make as much money as you can within 30 days. To do this, you've decided to open your own business -- a Lemonade Stand! You'll have complete control over almost every part of your business, including pricing, quality control, inventory control, and purchasing supplies. I feel this is great for introducing all of the 21st century skills!!

Welcome to IXL's kindergarten math page. Practice math online with unlimited questions in 130 kindergarten math skills. This is awesome, this site lets you really zone in on problems areas at all the different grade levels. According to the site" skills are organized into categories, and you can move your mouse over any skill name to view a sample question. To start practicing, just click on any link. IXL will track your score, and the questions will automatically increase in difficulty as you improve! " :)

Mobile friendly math games for kids ages 4 - 12! This is a great game and fun for the students. It's math arcade games and the students can work on different math skills shooting aliens etc. Teacher can use this tool in small groups so they can work on this together or if possible individual or even for the lower learner and the gifted learners you can challenge with more difficult problems.

1st Grade Spelling Words, This site Is fantastic for teachers who might need some new Ideas. It breaks down to the different subjects and grade level. The spelling link is great because it also lets the student listen to the sound.

Learn about 3 important parts of speech! This website is a great tool for teachers to let students create a play using nouns, verbs and other parts of grammar.

You'll love this research-based reading comprehension curriculum. Check out ReadWorks.org!---This site gives lots of current popular books and ideas for projects to go along with the reading. It is a reading comprehension booster and I know that will be useful in my classroom. Getting students to read is a priority for me!

Provides educational movies for K-3 students. Homework Help, leveled quizzes, games and activities for kids. Exceptional resource for teachers and homeschools.--I would use this in my classroom for a fun to learn something useful while practicing computer skills.

Pinterest is a new favorite of many teachers. There are lots of ideas available to make learning fun. I would use some of the hands on ideas in this sight.