Blog Post Week 5
Blog Post Week 5
Blog Post Week 5
Brainpop.com:
Brainpop.com is a great website that works for both students and teachers.
This website covers different areas of subjects: science, social studies, English,
math, arts & music, health and engineering & tech. Teachers have the option to
choose any of these areas and allow the use of the website in the classroom. The
teacher can choose specific areas on this website for example if the teacher is
teaching the class about science and the lesson is on plant life cycle. This lesson
can also be shown on the website after the teacher has covered the lesson in the
classroom.
The teacher can go into the website and search for plant life cycle and the
website brings up tools for the teacher to use to teach about plant life cycle. The
website gives the teacher lesson ideas, training material for the lesson, games, and
quizzes and how to teach the lesson. The teacher can also set up the website for
the students to watch a specific video and take a test on that video. Students would
be able to read and follow along in a regular school setting but once the teacher is
done the lesson can continue on the website. The website would reiterate what the
teacher was teaching in the classroom.
Brainpop.com can be an extension of curriculum in the classroom and help
teachers reach students in different ways. The website offers printable worksheets,
pictures, slideshows and videos. Then at the end of the lesson the student can take
a quiz on the website so the teacher will know if the students understand the
lesson.
turtlediary.com:
Turtlediary.com is another great website that can be used not only by
teachers but students and parents. This website has many sections that many
educators can look at: worksheets, games, videos, quizzes, lessons, coloring sheets,
etc. If you are a student or parent simply go to the website and click on the grade
you or your child is in then the activities page will appear. Student and parents can
work together on this website especially if a student is struggling in a specific area
the student can practice at home.
In this area the students can practice on the lesson the teacher has in the
classroom. Communication between parents and teacher is important using this
website because the teacher can send an email to parents letting them know what
lesson, worksheet, quizzes or games to complete. The teacher can find a lesson on
the website and the site will find the lesson in the subject and grade. This helps the
teacher to see what is needed for the lesson and what can be used on the website
to intermingle the technology with the classroom.
Technology is very important part of learning in the classroom. Using the
website is an important tool for the students as well as the teacher. The teacher can
find help in planning lessons and students can study and find help in areas of
struggle. In the classroom or at home there needs to be a balance where the
teacher can make sure that the lesson is being taught and understood. As a teacher
technology in the classroom opens doors and great ideas however the teacher also
needs to make sure that instruction is personal. Technology should not take over the
class but assist the class in learning.
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Ohio State University. (2011). Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears. Retrieved from
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