Monday, July 5, 2010
Another Math Resource: Games!
From Free Technology for Teachers comes a list of 5 top sites/sources for math games online. I haven't looked at any of the games, but being a "top 5" list from an award-winning blog researcher, I assume they can be useful. Best way of finding out? Have game day with your math students and have them play and rate which games they feel they learned from the most and liked the best. Enjoy!
Math Dictionary....AMAZING SITE FOR MATH!
The power of the Internet never ceases to amaze me sometimes. Where was the internet and a math site like this when I was young! Over 600 math words, some good for 1st graders and some for seniors in high school are explained in full detail with pictures and some animations. Wow! I can see teachers using this site in class, teachers having students use this site while they work on homework, and parents using this site with their kids. As you can see, I am excited about this site, but I am interested in what math teachers say. Enjoy and thanks to Jenny Eather (site creator) and Free Technology for Teachers for directing me to this site!
Site with Riddles, Brain Teasers, Etc.
Looking for some brain teasers for STAR time? Need some riddles to start or end class? Mind Cipher (thanks to Free Tech for Teachers for link) is a site that catalogs these items into 10 categories, allows you to open both the solution and the explanation when ready, write or read comments, and even help rate them on how hard or easy they are. You might even find you like this site to test your own brain. Have fun!
While Searching for Other Educational Blogs, I Found the 2009 Award Winner!
Wow....I now subscribe to this blog and will post some of the best stuff right here in our blog. It's title alone makes it stand out: "Free Technology for Teachers". The title says it all. In the few minutes I have searched the site, I have found numerous sites and technology tips that could help our teachers. I will likely be re-posting some of the best stuff I find while routinely copy/pasting their link to this blog since it is such a great source. Have fun exploring this blog and if you know how to subscribe to a blog or have a google reader account (highly suggest you set up a google reader account!), put this blog in it. Enjoy and thank you to Richard Byrnes, the author of the blog Free Technology for Teachers
Website about the Ocean
A real quick link to a great site about the Ocean, maybe the best one-stop shopping site for ocean information. With the recent oil spill, I wonder how many teachers will be talking about the ocean's importance to even the people of Iowa, so that is the purpose of posting this site....a site where any teacher can start finding information about our oceans. Enjoy!
MovieClips can be Educational too!
When I was still teaching science, I used to add clips of Hollywood films into my powerpoint notes if I could find clips that showed a science principle, talked about science in the conversation or plot, or was simply a funny clip that got the kids going for the day. MovieClips is a site where I found a lot of these and now the site is rapidly updating their collection of clips plus allowing for you to make "mashups". Maybe you aren't so sure about how to do all of this....well, have your students play around with it and make a mashup of clips about a topic. I am unsure if this site works while at school though and unsure if all clips are "student-appropriate", but I do know a teacher could use some of these clips to introduce ideas or topics in class in a fun and interesting way. Have fun! (even if it is simply searching for your favorite movie clips and watching them in your free time!)
Timeline and Map of the World
Ever wonder what the world looked like at different points/times in history? Ever wonder what was happening at those times? This cool site may be a great site for you to explore and for other students to explore. Lots to look at with tons of extra information to explore. I played around with it some and quickly found out that there is way more than I could ever find time to look at....so good luck to the social studies teachers finding all the fun stuff!
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