UD EDU 352 Technology in Education

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.

This allows teachers to drop files in an online folder and access it from multiple computers. Collaborative folders can be created to share with partner teachers.

Drop box seems very handy and is an easy way to store, sync, and, share files online. For an older class this would be beneficial. Now adays assignments are submitted online a lot more and this would be very easy for both the teacher and the student to see their files they have uploaded and both can edit and work on them. It would be helpful for the teacher to write notes on an assinment and the student could go in and read what the teacher has to say.

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 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.

As a teacher there are going to be lessons that are more directed to teaching the students a particular topic but it may not be very interesting. This website has creative lesson plans that are out of the box and get the students involved in learning through experiments and play. These lessons would be great to do after a long lesson on something that may be difficult for students.

This webiste is awesome and very helpful for not only art activites but anything. I love doing art projects and having hands on experiences for children and this website gives the teacher millions of creative ides for the kids to create in class using all different mediums and styles that are great for any age!

This website is awesome for a teacher who has a smart board in their classroom. Incorporating technology whenever possible is always fun. Kids today are very technologically advanced and love any chance to play with it. There are lessons anywhere from holidays to music and science.

This website is good for kids of all ages. A lot of kids go through a phase where they do not want to brush their teeth and this website is good for grades 2 and up to show the importance of brushing your teeth. There are links that talk about cavities, braces, prevention, cutting out sugar and a video visiting a dentist. There is also a link to "take the challenge" which would be fun for the class to do together.

This website would be very helpful for kids grades 2-6. There are no games but interesting videos to watch such as "food smarts" or topics to read about like friends, family, school, body, emotions and money. I think the kids would like this webiste because it trys to relate to them by silly doodles on the notebook, cellphones that have texts for them. it is different and yet another good website for them to go on during computer time.

this website provides a variety of lessons for physical education. Not all kids enjoy PE and hate running but this website includes lessons such as steal the flag football, rhythm sticks, cooperative handball and many more. One lesson that stuck out to me was "Juast a minute" where the coach/ teacher reads a book just a minute and they discuss how long a minute is and have the kids close their eyes and put heads down for a minute. (which is hard for younger kids) Then they discuss if their body is healthy they should be able to do any activity for a minute wihtout stopping. This was interesting, the teacher could create any activity for them to do for a minute which is very creative.

This link os for a book about science to buy. In the description of the book it explains the different fun experiments that the class could do such as a folding egg, bubbling lava bottle and many more. It will spark the imaginiation and amaze the kids in the class.

I chose this site because it has a wide variety of topics and different kinds of sites. I would use this more as a fun or laid back kind of activity (like if you need to use up a day inbetween units or right before a holiday break). The kids could find a game or site that interested them and just crusie around. Or, to make it a little more involved, they could find 15-20 facts that they find interesting that they never knew before.

This websire is a great way to get student involved and excited about science! it is motly for older students. there are links to to an "electronic zoo" which then has a bunch of links to lessons on alot of animals in the animla kingdom made by teahers and students to be interactive and interdisciplinary. There is also a website link that would be perfect for students who are truely interested in science and teaches them about how math is integrated in science. There are also links to games that kids can classify critteres and a dust explorations.

I chose this website because it tells the reader wither it is a site for teachers, if it shows a power point, a quiz, etc. This site has many different resources for teachers to use in the classroom. I can use this site in the classroom, since it has worksheets and an alphabet book on the site for me to use with my future class. This site also has sheets that help with letter writing which will come in handy when working with Kindergarteners.

This website is amazing and It has over 60 links. There are links to games that could be played for sentencing, wordplay, a letter generator, idoms (a concetration style game) and many more. There are also links to printable handouts and posters. Free books to print and even online short stories as well as tests children can take to assess their reading levels. This website has it all.

This website has over 40 links to mini language arts lessons that could be used. Whether it be used when there is extra time and i need to have somrthing for the kids to do or just as a minni lesson, it has a variety. There is anything from reinforcing the alphabet and sounds, to creative thinking. I really liked one of the lessons called "Invent a Holiday" which is pretty much self explanetory but i know the kids would love!

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.