Republic of the Philippines

BOHOL ISLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

Calape, Bohol
Lesson Handouts in Technology in Teaching and Learning 1
ONLINE RESOURCES, EDUCATIONAL SITES AND PORTALS

The study finds that such resources are used by a substantial number of students to aid learning,
increasing productivity, and improving teaching. The availability of such targeted resources leads to an
improved student experience. — onlinejournal.org

TYPES OF WEB RESOURCES

There are many different types of online resources, some of them are appropriate for research and
some are not. It really depends on the type of content you are looking for. Here are a few that you may
find useful for research:

Current information such as stock quotes, sports scores, weather, and news
Books and journal articles can take a long time to publish. For current information and news, the web
can't be beat. Examples: CNN, ESPN, NYSE

Information on colleges, museums, government agencies or non-profit organizations

If you're doing research on a specific company or institution, you can find a lot of information directly at
the source. Examples: Department of Environmental Conservation, Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Network for Good

Online job postings, shopping, auctions, or travel services

While these sources may not be used in research often, they're still the best at the type of content they
offer. Examples: Ebay, Etsy, Orbitz

Library databases, scholarly journals, and eBooks

These types of scholarly sources can be found by starting at the RIT library website. Examples: Ebook
Central via ProQuest, ARTstor, Journal of Applied Economics

EDUCATIONAL SITES AND PORTALS

A lot of information are found in the net. These can be explored and studied to determine their
relevance to the lesson. These are concerned parties that host educational service through websites and
portals. Like a door, the portal opens to a virtual room where activities, tools, applications, articles
provide ideas and suggest ways on the use of technology tools.
One example that can be further explored is Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. This blog site
is a rich repository of tools and applications assembled and curated for teachers and educators by
teachers. The evidently understand the pedagogical needs, hence, the arrangement of categories with
corresponding suggested sites or tool and even applications for android or iPads. Tools, applications, ed
tech charts, books, links and many more are found in categories arranged by subject area or
competency.
The education portal is a uniquely planned site that gives a large group of educational information,
administrations, and content. The term portal was generally used to depict a port or area of numerous
stacking and offloading exercises.

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND MOBILE LEARNING

A resource of educational web tools and mobile apps for teachers and educators
Source: https//www.educatorstechnology.com/2017/02/the-ultimate-edtech-chart-forteachers.html
The administrator of this site allows users to download, print and share the materials just long as
proper citation is done and that the materials are shared free of charge. If you are interested in
implementing Free Educational Technology in the classroom, the administrator highly encourages you to
share this blog site.

What is the right Mindset of a teacher in using the digital tool?

With the fast paced development of technology, educational sites, portals, or applications, change
is inevitable. Working on a particular tool at the moment will for sure change, as designers continually
work to upgrade the features and design the tool to integrate new aspects. This is expected. That is why,
knowing a digital tool and its features may not be enough because there is a tendency of it evolving
through time.
As you prepare to become a teacher by learning how to utilize these digital tools, you need to have the
right mindsetor a way of thinking how these tools can be effectively integrated in the lesson. A lot of
teachers may find it daunting to use a technology tool in a lesson. The anxiety to explore the possibility
can be overwhelming, but for one who has the openness to learn and continuously study the features of
the tool can possibly lead to a more productive way of designing a technology-enhanced lesson.

Hold on to the positive attitude and openness to learn. Nurture the curiosity and sustain the
passion to improve practice. Persevere as you learn to adapt to the evolving digital tool.
Once you get the habit of exploring the tools perhaps taking one step at a time and expanding your
ideas on how to creatively use the appropriate tool in a class, you will eventually see your
transformation as a teacher who is becoming more relevant and effective in teaching content while at
the same time develop learners‟ capacity to be creative and think critically, and become collaborative
and effective communicators in the 21st century.

HERE ARE SOME EDUCATIONAL SITES PROVIDING FREE EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS:
1. EdX: edx.org

This website can be most preferred by students as it was founded by Harvard University and MIT in
2012. EdX is an online learning destination and MOOC provider, offering high-quality courses from the
world's best universities and institutions to learners everywhere. Out of the 90 universities, it includes
top global rankers.

2. Academic Earth: academicearth.org

The website gives huge array of academic options to students from traditional to contemporary
studies. They provide online degree courses for accounting and economics to engineering and also
carries materials on niche subjects like behavioral psychology. Moreover, it has have a collaboration
with a bunch as reputed colleges such as University of Oxford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Stanford University and many other. Keeping in mind the interest level of the students, the portal has
videos and podcasts in all the subjects.
3. Internet Archive: archive.org

From anything to everything, internet archive is am authentic website storing the originals from the
various big websites. For example, American libraries include the collection of free book directly
attached with the college libraries' websites. This is one of the best websites imparting free and
accessible knowledge. However, it does not give admission or certificates for lesrning.

4. Big Think: bigthink.com

Big Think has over 2,000 fellows who have receive great fame in their forte. These experts write
articles and record tutorials for students, later the content was further refined by editorial team of the
website, giving authentic material for the students. Students can make great use of this website by
creating their own distinct ideology,as it provide various opinions on one subject. Moreover, students
can get views from experts as well.
5. Coursera: coursera.org

The moment the students open this website, he is bound to get sucked into the number of courses
available in this topic of interest. It is a user-friendly website. Students can find big universities and a
shareable electronic Course Certificate. "Courses include recorded video lectures, auto-graded and peer-
reviewed assignments, and community discussion forum. When you complete a course, you'll receive a
shareable electronic Course Certificate assures the website.

6. Brightstorm: brightstorm.com

High School scholars can use this site as reference, rather an interactive reference website, which
will mitigate their learning problems. Of course, it is not easy for a student to comprehend the intricate
technical terminologies, so the website is making the textbooks easier for students. They provide help in
all subjects from mathematics to science, history and other subjects. Entrance exam is generally quite
gruelling for students, and this wensite can solve the problem. They have arranged the topics
symmetrically, clearing the air and structure of a competitive exams.
7. CosmoLearning: cosmolearning.com

Unlike other websites, this portal provides academic as well as skill-vased learning to the students.
Students can refer either to the materials being provided or enroll themselves in any of the 58 courses.
The website is synthesized with three main options, inckudibg educational material, courses, and
documentaries. The subjects have been divided into two sections namely extra-curricular and academic
subjects.

8. Futures Channel: thefutureschannel.com

This is not just an online portal, but also educational channel for the learners. Unlike other
websites, it only represents the significant data catering the problems faced by students. For example,
students generally faced problems in algebra, so they have created specials section for the same.
9. Howcast: howcast.com

It's a one-stop website for all the subjects, none of the above portals have these many arenas.
Keeping the essence of inquisitiveness alive, the portal functions on the common key words including
the word 'how'.

10. Khan Academy: khanacademy.org

Khan Academy is an online coaching website. Students who cannot afford a coaching can refer to
this website. It gives a win-win situation to the students by givibg them liberty to learn on their own
pace, as it has a personalized dashboard to guage the progress report. It has all the traditional school
subjects including math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more.
Moreover it has lessons from Kindergarten to calculus, all at one stop. To enhance the content for the
students, it has partnered with NASA, the Museum of Modern Art, the California Academy of Sciences,
and others. Also, the content is available in 36 languages.