UD EDU 352 Technology in Education

I love space, so I just HAD to include NASA's website. NASA provides a photo of the day, updates on where different spacecraft is, and more. They also have a TV channel that streams various videos about space. It also has a section for educators and a section for teachers. Under the educational tab, there are tools to help find lesson plans, posters, guides, and more. It provides subject/topic specific videos and other info as well.

Go Social Studies Go's tag line is "History Meets Humor". The mission of this site is to make history fun and interesting for students to learn about. It has several different events or people that visitors to the site can click on. It is organized by US history and World History. Once you click on a topic, you are provided with a large array of information on it. There are visuals, such as newspaper clippings, text boxes, photographs, quotes, etc. that really make things memorable. There is also an educational but simplified description of the event that is written in a way that will appeal to students. It is not long and boring, rather it is something that students can relate to.

Find free physical education (PE) teaching ideas, activities and resources for your primary and secondary classroom. This is great as a Physical Education teacher you always want to add variety to your class, it is so important to keep kids engaged and excited about getting active and this site break it down to all grade levels and types of activities like team work. You could offer this web site to parents who are wanting to be active together with their child.

Teaching ideas for PE teachers. There are several other links and adds that can connect you to other PE teaching resources.

Have fun learning online with these cool science games. It's free and easy to use so just scroll down the page, find a game you like the look of and give it a go! I love this and as a teacher you could use this site to reinforce what you went over in class. This can be done in class if there is free time or this site can be given to the parents to put on their home computer, if possible.

I would use this site to do experiments that I may not have the utilities to actually do in real life. I chose this site because the experiments do look fun and are interactive.

This website is full of information and activities for students to do. There are other subjects beside science too, but the activities for science are very fun and interesting . I picked this site, because if you don't have money to but materials, you can act out the experiment from the simulation on the website. I would use this in my classroom as a whole group lesson to give them an example of what to do in a lab.

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.

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!

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This website is great. It was recently showed to me by a current high school teacher. Cagle is basically a collection of political and other cartoons that are arranged based on topic. This is useful in the social studies area because it allows students to study events, past and present, by the use of a humorous and/or ironic visual. It also promotes critical thinking skills because students have to think about what each thing means in the cartoon in order to decipher the whole meaning. This would be especially useful in a class that deals with current events.

Funbrain is another site similar to Cool Math. It has a wide array of games that students can play. These games are in arcade style for the most part, which I think students probably really like. Another cool part of this website is that there is a "For Teachers" section. It has tools that make it easy for teachers to find a game that relates to what they're teaching. It also helps you find activities based on different standards and grade levels. Funbrain also provides flashcards that they allow you to print for free so you can use them in your class.

I love this site for so many reasons. It is a great learning tool and it is also doing something good for the world. You can play anonymously, or make an account and track progress. It is a vocabulary challenge in which you are asked to choose the definition of a word from 4 options. If you get the answer correct, 10 grains of rice are donated through the World Food Programme to help earn world hunger. I can definitely see myself allowing students to do this during free time in class. I can also see myself offering it as extra credit. For example, so many grains of rice donated equals so many points extra credit to students.

I chose this website because not only does it help students learn about multiple subjects, but it also helps feed the hungry. After you get an answer correct, 10 grains of rice is donated to help feed the hungry. Depending on age level and subject, students could do this during free time or after a test.

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.

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.