Kidspriation

Kidspriation is a vey easy tool for students to use. It allows them to practice certain skills and aslo to create things! This is a drill and practice. It allows students to drag the correct animal to the way that they defend themselves. Students are able practice what animal protects themself. After they do this activity, they can give feedback on how they liked the activity and how well it helped them. The education value of this is that they are learning how animals protect themselves and is important for students to learn about.

Podcast

http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=19252

Our favorite dinosaurs

Attention is given to the students recalling facts about dinosaurs, creating a KidPix background page, projecting their voice when speaking, while being video taped, and learning how to use a video camera. Fourth grade students collaborate by helping the Kindergarten students with the Kidpix page and with videotaping. The students talked about their own dinosaur that they picked and how that certain dinosaur lived. I really enjoyed this video and it really uses technology!

In class workout #4

1.http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/ekowalcz/math/elementary_web_sites.htmk12.az.us/ekowalcz/math/elementary_web_sites.htm

Elementary Math

A place where students can learn math by playing a variety of games using their math skills.
It is efficient because It saves teachers from having to do boring math worksheets that the students don't like doing. It is effective because the students will want to learn by playing these games to learn the math skills that they need to know. It also increases inhancement because the students will be highly engaged in what they are doing, and also be motivated to get a "high score" on a game!

2.Scholastic News for Kids

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/scholasticNews.jsp?FromBrowseMod=true&Ns=Pub_Date_Sort1&CurrPage=scholasticNews.jsp&TopicValue=Scholastic%20News

This is a place where students can go to learn about what kids there own age are doing around the world!
This is efficent because it saves time with a simple click of a button, where kids can learn about news around the world. This website increases their engagement because, I think the students will be more motivated to go to this website and read about news then they would in a book or magazine. It is also effective because they will be learning about news involving kids, and also working on their reading skills.

3.National Air and Space Museum

http://www.nasm.si.edu/

This is the site for the national air and space museum, and has lots of great links for kids to look at. It has news, upcoming events for the museum!
This website is efficent because students are able to see what the museum is like before actually going to the museum. It is effective because students are able to learn about the museum and what they have to offer. It increases enhancement because they will be motivated to now go to the museum and learn many things!