My top 3.
1. discoveryeducation.com
I LOVE this website. It provides access to a number of pictures and short videos. You search your subject and tons of results come back. You can sort the results by type and by grade level. The videos are commonly split up so you can view them in segments or watch the entire video.
2. adn.com
Anchorage Daily News has an online version of its newspaper. I commonly put a link to the newspaper on my daily learning log. It makes it so easy to make things current for the kids. They get to learn about biology and geology in Alaska. It helps make what we are learning relevant.
3. usgs.gov, avo.alaska.edu
These websites are tied in my list. The United States Geological Society and the Alaska Volcano Observatory have been great in the Geology classroom. The USGS provides information and definitions that my kids and I can access. Sometimes if they are confused about a term after we have discussed it multiple times I tell them to go to the USGS and read about it.
The AVO website has been great this school year. During the fall semester we studied Volcanoes and I was able to show my kids pictures of our active volcanoes and the history of eruptions. Then once Redoubt began to go crazy we checked the website at least once an hour.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Online Community Results
I joined a mail ring called Teachers.net. I was actually not too excited about it in the beginning. It was a mailing system that mailed all people signed up whenever something new was started by another teacher. Some of the topics ended up being “venting” and not actually about education. Some of the topics though were beneficial. Topics ranged from discipline to different lesson plan tools.
I do think that this mail ring was a good idea. I do think though that it should be more centered on teachers in a specific area for each ring. Some of the topics didn’t seem to apply to me and my area. Other topics were just general questions that could have been asked elsewhere. There were multiple mail rings that you could join such as; beginning teachers, science teachers and student teachers. Sometimes not much was going on and no one responded to topics so things were a little boring.
I think that after we all graduate from this program us Sitka MAT’ers should do something like this or start our own facebook group so we can keep in touch. Now that would be a relevant mail ring!
I do think that this mail ring was a good idea. I do think though that it should be more centered on teachers in a specific area for each ring. Some of the topics didn’t seem to apply to me and my area. Other topics were just general questions that could have been asked elsewhere. There were multiple mail rings that you could join such as; beginning teachers, science teachers and student teachers. Sometimes not much was going on and no one responded to topics so things were a little boring.
I think that after we all graduate from this program us Sitka MAT’ers should do something like this or start our own facebook group so we can keep in touch. Now that would be a relevant mail ring!
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Digital Story
This is the story of Iapetus; a water drop that goes on a huge journey. This story was designed to help students understand the water cycle as it would appear for a single drop of water. The story follows Iapetus through all the twists and turns in his journey.
My Story Map can be viewed by clicking here
The actual story can be found on You Tube.
My Story Map can be viewed by clicking here
The actual story can be found on You Tube.
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