UD EDU 352 Technology in Education

Since geometry can be a troubling course, it useful for teachers to intertwine lighthearted fun into the instruction. I chose this site because it provides an array of games. Furthermore, teachers can use this site's multitude of games as assessment tools.

This site presents an in-depth timelines of President Abraham Lincoln. I chose this site because it would be useful for a history class wrapped around 19th century. History teachers can use this as a helpful tool when discussing the Civil War (i.e., it includes links to Civil War information).

This site includes several resources for an English teacher. I really liked the idea of including so many sources--from lesson plans to an interactive exchanging of ideas. Teachers can use this in so many ways to build a good repertoire.

This site provides several sources for teaching middle school social studies. I chose it because it included project ideas, quizzes, maps, and games all pertaining to social studies. Teachers can benefit from this because it covers so many areas.

This website is very helpful for social studies lessons. There are many mini lessons to choose from for every grade and lessons on geography, the government and american history. I enjot hand on activities in lessons and a few of the lessons suggestions include making a play doh map of your state or making maps. There are also instructional lessons like how to read a map or lessons on current events. This would be very helpful for an older grade level and to get more in depth on what is going on today.

Lesson/unit plans are very demanding for teachers, and it's absolutely necessary to have several resources for building an effective plan. This site includes several writing activities. In addition, teachers can use these ideas to get students interested in writing (the different forms of writing are also included).

This site includes several links to helpful blogs on history. I chose this site because it listed some helpful blogs that may help guide teachers in lesson plan development. Teachers can use this site to find excellent videos, articles, discussion guides, activities, etc.

English embodies a lot of content, so it's essential to get topics organized for instruction. With this site, there are numerous ideas for teaching literature. As a teacher, this site can serve as an idea-tree that includes activities and guidelines to teaching a specific genre.

This site includes several sources in the form of articles. I chose this site because it's organized style is inviting to all levels of P.E. teaching. Teachers can use the articles, which go in-depth with activities or ideas for teaching, to better structure their instruction.

Instead of just games, this site shows many other resources. I like how this site offers insights to using resources. Teachers can use this to form their own lesson plan along with what sources they should use.

This site not only includes written-up advice, but it includes video examples. I chose this site because it gave thorough explanations over interactive games/assessments. P.E. teachers can use this as a honey-hole for ideas to implement in the classroom--wherever it may be.

Science needs to intertwine activities into the learning process. This site popped at me because it included so many project ideas for a wide array of sciences (chemistry, physics, astronomy, engineering, computer science, etc.). Teachers can use this site as a resource for building a well-rounded assessment tool bag.

Games make a big difference in getting students to like math. I picked this site because it included several interactive games. Also, teachers can use the multitude of games as a good assessing tool.

Since stylistic devices can be hard to remember, it would benefit any English teacher to know examples of each. I chose this site because everything is organized, and it includes a multitude of examples. If literature is being discussed, this site can serve as a good reference for understanding certain literary styles.

This website is a great way for your students to read about positive health information that will help them stay healthy. It has different topics that are catergorized out into your body, your food, and etc. It also has a search button to go to exactly what you are looking for in health. I really like this website and would use it for my classrooms to help my students for a healthy lifestyle.

This is a site that offers animated videos to help explain science topics for many different levels. Its fun and interactive for any student. Teachers can use this as a tool for students to go on and watch the videos to learn and have fun. I remember using this in high school and thinking even grade school students would be able to understand the information. It can be used for other subjects also, like health and social studies.

BrainPop is extremely useful for all teachers, and I think should be completely utilized. All subjects are present, and students can learn and explore a variety of topics. However, teachers can utilize lesson plans, standards, and create homework assignments on the website. Truly a great site to add to a PLN.

This is a great website for history. It offers a timelines on important historical dates and offers pictures. It Gives alot of special features like photo of the month and speech of the month. The thing I liked most was the homework help tab.It offered tips for writing a paper on history. This is a great tool for teachers to provide organized lessons and examples to their students.

This site has a lot of information on history. It has a wide range of history categories that most grade levels cover.It provides links to websites that cover the topics in great detail. this would be good in classrooms for studying, research, and lessons. It also gives links for teacher like professional developments, social resources, and organization.

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.

Interactive learning Sites for the Classroom. This site gives you games and resources for K-5 education. It is very interactive and will help for learning concepts. The games are fun and offeres a wide variety of subjects. I would high recommend this to teachers to show to students so they can practice while having fun.