Internet for classrooms

Internet for Classrooms

The link above will take you to a website that is awesome for that teacher who wants the training but doesn't have the time or money. It is a website that focuses on teaching teachers how they can use the internet and how to use technology in the classroom. I literally accidentally found this site, but I'm glad I did!

IMMEX

I came across this site while I was looking for critical thinking and problem solving tools for an assignment in my Integrating Technology into the Curriculum course. IMMEX is a pretty interesting site providing critical thinking activities for students of all ages. The students would have to use problem solving skills to come up with answers to the problems posted. For instance, I checked out a problem for an elementary class where the student would have to figure out how many pizzas would need to be ordered for a baseball team. There is information that the students can choose to look at, some useful, some just fluff information (which helps students learn to weed out unneccesary information). To look at certain items, you had to "buy" the hints (you are alotted 200 pepperoni's to spend on useful information). A detailed description of the answers and scores are available to the teachers so that he/she may understand why a child may be struggling in a specific area. Check out the site and let me know what you thought!

Technology and Education Reform

Techonology and Education Reform - Effects of Technology on Classroom and Students

Here you will find WHY integrating technology can be important for a child. This is link will take you to the article, but if you would like to look more at the website, there are lots of interesting facts. It is all linked to a research project that was sponsored by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement.

Linked below is an article of course dealing with technology integration in math. Marilyn Western (the author) gives concrete examples and explanations of how she uses technology in her math curriculum. She also mentions computer software that she believes are great for enhancing math learning.

http://www.edzone.net/~mwestern/elemath.html

Cool Math

Another site I stumbled upon is Cool Math 4 Kids . This site is for children and has a wide variety of educational math activities. You may have to preview the games before sharing the site for early elementary students.

Another dedicated teacher...

I was looking for things to add to my classroom writing center in attempts to enhance my class's writing scores when I came across Mrs. McDowell's site for teachers.

There are so many useful things on this site from fonts and forms for teachers to games to ideas for literacy centers. There is just a wealth of information on this site.

Message Board for teachers!! Good Stuff!

When we had to find a collaboration website, I came upon many and joined a few. My favorite one thus far is Proteacher . It is free to join and you can chat with other teachers all over as well as share lesson ideas, classroom management ideas, worksheets, projects....anything you can think of!

The website caters mostly to educators of grades K-8, but we are teachers....we can adapt any lesson!

Department of Education

The US Department of Education has a specific Educational Technology department in attempts to integrate technology more into the curriculum. Here you can find up to date information that aligns with the U.S. Department of Education's push for technology in the classroom.

Technology Tips For Classroom Teachers

http://www.edzone.net/~mwestern/

This handy dandy site is something I came across just browsing the net. There are several useful things you can use in your classroom...Tell me what you thought!

Reflection - Week 4

I have begun to utilize several of the things I have researched in my class. During our Friday computer lab trips, I am able to allow the students to use the "kid friendly" sites I have found. I also signed up for several teacher collaboration and communication sites where I have found a load of resources for my classroom! One site that I really find EXTREMELY useful is www.jmeacham.com . This teacher is truly dedicated to her work and you can tell she spends lots of time planning to make sure her classroom is fully engaged at all times. I don't know if my days in the classroom will be totally technology efficient right away, but I am begining to gradually introduce the importance of technology so maybe one day, my students will find the usefulness of learning how to use it.