I look forward to using these cites to aid me in class and adapting the material to aide my student's learning.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Searching The Internet
This week in class we discussed the Internet and Internet searches. The Internet is such a great resource for teachers, if others are willing to post and share their activities. It always astounds me the amount of information that is out there for the taking. There are many great ideas for curriculum subjects if you are willing to spend the time to look. Many of the activities that are out there might not fit perfectly with the curriculum you are aiming to teach, but that is part of teaching; flexibility and adaptation to meet the needs of their class. There are so many wonderful applets that I can incorporate into my classroom and it is handy to have them pre-made for me. While it might take some time to sift through various lesson plans, it saves more time in the long-run. I am excited to frequent these websites such as Thinkfinity.org and IDEAS. These websites are easy to navigate and will allow teachers the ability to quickly search for activities to implement in the classroom.
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I hope that you are successful in finding additional web resources that will support your lesson planning.
When in a bad mood, I sometimes debate making kids do research the way we used to--no computers!!! He he he, all joking aside, it's scary how many resources are now available for our kids. I think the only thing holding them back from using those tools is having a teacher comfortable with using those tools themselves. I get some kids that haven't touched online tools before they get to me simply because their previous teachers haven't touched those tools. I'm glad to see that you are using them, though.
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