UD EDU 352 Technology in Education

this website is directed to the teacher to help them shake it up. sometimes lessons can become flat and it is important to always have it interative and interesting for the students. Seveloping a creative lesson plan is important and MiriamDiamond gives us 5 points to plan one. When I am stuck in a rut and need to think of soemthing more fun for the kids I would come to this website to reenergize my thinking and help me move past same old same old.

This website is perfect for incorporating technology in the classroom. It has many link and previews of collaboration tools a teacher and student could use. There is anything from free online chats, online corkboard for assignments and notes to students. I liked Primary wall which lets the students and teacher leave noted for eachother in real tim which is helpful for both.

This is another Language Arts site. I chose this site because it is alot like scramble. I got addicted and was rushing to score points because I am really competitive and don't like to lose. In the beginning, they give you a list of letters and you have to scramble them to come up with a word. Based off of the difficulty of the word you came up with, you will be assigned points and there is a goal for you to reach at the bottom right corner. If you reach that score's goal then you proceed onto the next level. This game rocks!

This is another Math site. I chose this one because of the different way it could be taught to students. One of the games is to match the pair of balls that add up to 10. If a student is struggling with simple math, then I would give him this computer game and see how it benefits or hurts him.

This site is for a language arts lesson. It gives a definition for each language art word. Then, the site gives you a sample sentence and asks you to click on the noun. If you correctly answer it, then you get a point. There is a score board to help you see how you are doing. If you answer the sentence wrong, then it will correct you and explain as to why you missed it.

This site is a great lesson for language arts because it has games to go along with the students learning. Several students these days are not interested in learning and partly because teachers use lecture too much. By incorporating games into their lesson plan, students will be engaged and eager to learn.

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I am an animal lover and this discussion board between teachers would help them figure out what type of animal they would want as a class pet. They discuss what worked in their class and what didnt and helps save the time for a teacher on what they want to pick!

again, this website lists and shows images of different things teachers have done in their classroom. It would benefit any teacher to scroll through the images of the different things that can be done in a classroom and use those ideas. having an inviting classroom is important and they have very cute ideas for bulletin boards to the layout. It would greatly help any teacher come up with creative things to do to their classroom.

This website is helpful because it lists a wide variety of tools for the web that the teacher and student can both use. it is as easy as scrolling down the page and reading a breif description of what that website does. It would be quick for a teacher to realize if that website/tool would best work for them or not.

Looking through various collaboration tools I liked this one. just paste it is almost like a virtual word document that lets you insert videos and images, copying words and much more. It also has a automatic text back up so if a student accidently does not save or exits out then it will be saved with no worries.

Collaborative tools: I like this website because it allows you to share texts and documents with co-workers and other peers. All you have to do is type or paste your text in the space provided, save it, then sent the link to whoever you want to share it with. I think this would be very helpful with teachers in the same school and grade that might be too busy to have face-to-face meetings. This way everyone is kept up to date and in the loop.

I personally have never liked math and with this website i found it has art activites for a math lesson. It incorporates both the left and right brain thinking. Math is sometimes a struggle to teach and to get the students to like so the activities that is talks about such as "designing a quilt pattern" or math and recipes adds a fun edgy side to math that would get the students to have fun with math and they dont even realize it.

All kids love the chance to get on the computer but it is important that we give them games to play that they will also learn from. This website has over 100 games for each grade level that kids will love and not think of it as doing math. there is a wide variety of choices and is a great place to send kids to.

Since teachers are always in need of lesson plans, a website including multiple subjects with multiple lesson plan ideas would be ideal. I chose this site because it provides such a wide variety of things--from all subjects and K-12. Teachers can use this site for developing ideas in a lesson.

This site provides an accessible tool for interactive projects. I chose this tool because its accessibility and its uses, which includes sharing files, folders, and Google Docs. Teachers can use this with fellow teachers to collaborate ideas, or if there's a group project, this would serve as a good interactive tool amongst students, too.

Sometimes the classroom needs an extra attention-getter. With Skype, there's a way for teachers to open conversations with several people--including experts, so I of course support this idea. Teachers can use this to interact with other classrooms around the state, around the country, or even around the world.

Why? How?

We used this in the classroom, but I think that it allows you to use Skype to locate different guest speakers around the world. I would use this if someone from the area couldn't make it in to talk to my class or if I wanted to get someone from miles away to speak in my class.

Before a teacher goes into the first day of school, it's beneficial to have a layout plan. I chose this site because it implements a classroom floor plan. This allows you to be the architect of your classroom, i.e., objects can be dragged across the grid.

After being instructed, students loved to be tested--not necessarily a summative assessment. I picked this site because it presents some interesting educational games. This would be helpful for teachers because it provides short games/quizzes, which serve as fun evaluators for understanding concepts.

Although P.E. appears simple, the subject is very important for kids and their development. I chose this site because it breaks down several key ideas, and it covers all angles. Teachers can use this as an excellent reference for implementing games into the lesson, i.e., it includes a list games, roles for instructors, tips, and purpose.

Although the period table is overwhelming, it's manageable to learn if broken down. I chose this site because it made a game out of knowing the elements. As a teacher, this site can be used as an introduction and fun evaluator-game for students (it includes significant distinctions for each, too).