M4 Blogging Assignment
Wiki Spaces: The wiki space that I found was that of a Canadian teacher or 6th and 7th grade. Haultain Math is the name of the site and it is strictly a math site for both teachers and students. This teacher has put links to most of the different math lessons that the 6th and 7th graders will cover. I thought that this would be beneficial to have to help not just the students but also the parents. Not every parent will know how to do upper level math, and it would be nice for them to be able to come on wiki spaces and review the lesson before helping their child.
Web-based Lesson:
We have just been taught about one problem-based learning project that students could do on the internet. The GLOBE program is a program that students of all ages can participate in gathering information about the weather and the environment around them and compare it with information from around the world. This program does have certain projects for certain grades, but it doesn't mean that your class couldn't start a project of your own using similar information gathered from the Globe materials. Even if the school doesn't have Globe materials, a teacher could still recreate many of the projects in his or her own classroom for the students to enjoy.
Widget #1:
This widget could be used for many different uses throughout the classroom. If your students are working on a project and they need to search the internet, but you don't want them searching just anywhere, this is the widget for you. This widget only searches safe sites for students and will not pull up anything that your students should not be reading.
Widget #2:
This widget would allow a teacher to show students a list of books that they can choose from to read at home. This could also be used in their blogs to show other students what kind of books they have read and what they thought of the books.
Web-based Lesson:
We have just been taught about one problem-based learning project that students could do on the internet. The GLOBE program is a program that students of all ages can participate in gathering information about the weather and the environment around them and compare it with information from around the world. This program does have certain projects for certain grades, but it doesn't mean that your class couldn't start a project of your own using similar information gathered from the Globe materials. Even if the school doesn't have Globe materials, a teacher could still recreate many of the projects in his or her own classroom for the students to enjoy.
Widget #1:
This widget could be used for many different uses throughout the classroom. If your students are working on a project and they need to search the internet, but you don't want them searching just anywhere, this is the widget for you. This widget only searches safe sites for students and will not pull up anything that your students should not be reading.
Widget #2:
This widget would allow a teacher to show students a list of books that they can choose from to read at home. This could also be used in their blogs to show other students what kind of books they have read and what they thought of the books.
I LOVE the sweet search!!! I am writing it down right now and WILL use it! It is just so hard these days to trust websites. I like selfari too. I like that you can post books on there that you would like to read and see other's reviews on the books.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Samantha! I am writing this website down too and I plan on using it on my wiki for our web page assignment! Thank you for sharing this! I also like the GLOBE web based learning especially since I have just learned how to use it!
ReplyDeleteI am also in agreement that Sweet Search is a fantastic website! Every teacher and librarian's dream is to be able to share something so beneficial and practical with their students. Shelfari is wonderful, and I agree that it could be used on teacher's blogs for both students and parents to refer to in choosing books to read!
ReplyDeleteThese are all great resources to use with your students. Sweet Search is a good, safe search engine to rely on. Also, it's exciting to see that Shelfari has a widget!
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