It's hard to remember life without the convenience of internet. Now, when I want to learn about something, I just pop online and have numerous resources available. One of the biggest challenges in education is teaching students how to access the specific information they are seeking and teaching them to filter the information available for accuracy. I'm really pleased with the technology education at my elementary school. My daughter, in 4th grade last year, really learned how to refine her searches. It is a very useful skill.
I'm pretty excited about this resource. http://www.toolsforeducators.com/ I need to make a couple of games for the “make-and-take” portion of my family game night next week. This website may really save me some time. I'm also intrigued by the comic strip dialogue maker.
I'm pretty pleased with this resource, too. http://www.grantwrangler.com/ I'm always seeking another grant source.
http://nces.ed.gov/ This one sounds interesting, as well. I do a lot of educational research. I can always use another resource. http://scholar.google.com/ This will help with research and locating articles for the other teachers to read, too.
Sarah,
ReplyDeleteGreat to see you continuing your journey with working with curriculum and technology hand in hand. It really is a matter of it just making sense to save time and find more ways to reach all of our learners. Listen to the testimonial you are giving your your daughter. I am still in conversations on a daily basis on how kids can't type or possibly figure out how to search online. It can be done they can do it we juat have to provide them an opportunity of course in a pertinent and educationally sound manner.
Keep up the thinking and sharing of resources!
Mark