Using Internet in our classrooms is our next topic.
Visit the Kathy Schrock site at http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/
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one of the links and in your comments to this post give a short review
of that link. Please read your colleague's reviews (comments) first and
then choose a link that has not been reviewed.
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Dr. Topp
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/aged.html
ReplyDeleteAbove is the link I reviewed. It is the Agricultural education link. I found this a very useful link when looking at Ag. education. It had several links that allowed students to gain knowledge on their own as well as play games to help them review information gained. I feel that sites like the one provided allow for students to navigate through technology in a safe way with a strong educational backing. As a teacher the more resources I can find like this the more comfortable I feel allowing my students to navigate themselves through their own learning. :)
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/shows.html
ReplyDeleteThis sight is an incredible resource for teachers!! I went on the right side under TEACHER HELPERS and then clicked on "Slide Shows for Teaching." From there I saved a pdf of "ABC's Of Web Site Evaluation." It's a great guide for teachers to use with other students (3rd grade on up) when they are using a web site. It would also be an excellent presentation tool to use at a parent information night. I can't wait to discover more of what the site has to offer!!!
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/referenc.html
ReplyDeleteI reviewed the section "librarians and reference". As a primary level teacher, I was curious on ways to teach students to cite their sources and understand where things come from. I think it is so important to teach students these important basics early on in life, so that it becomes natural! I loved how she had a specific link, "Bibliographic Citation Format for Elementary Students" which broke down easy ways to teach citation to every grade. It is a very eaasy format that I could use with my second graders including writing (Name of the author.Title of the book.Date book was published). I am so happy to have this site on my teacher references list and will be using it throughout the year!
Kathy Schrock's site is one that I have bookmarked and use frequently. I visited her Health, PE and Fitness link. Within this link, there are lots of great teaching ideas and lessons that I can use with my 8th grade Health students. The site also provides links to other greats websites also.
ReplyDeletehttp://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/edspec.html
ReplyDeleteI reviewed the Special Education and Counselors link. I will be a special education teacher in the fall so I am always looking for new resources and information. On this site, there was a wide variety of links to general special education information, teaching resources, how to incorporate technology, speech-language resources and paraprofessional resources. There is also a section of this link for school counselors and psychologists. These links deal mostly with study skills and coping strategies for students. Most of the information was very useful, but I found a few of them that were very outdated. When using this link, always consider how current the information is.
One link I found very useful was http://udltechtoolkit.wikispaces.com/. This wiki includes a list of websites that can be used with students with special needs. The websites are organized into age groups and content areas. I will definitely use this source in the fall for my students!
http://classrooms.tacoma.k12.wa.us/stadium/eschlytter/index.php
ReplyDeleteI reviewed Mr. Schlytter's Mathematics Site which has many links for Algebra and Geometry activities. I looked at the Algebra options. There are various links for practice with exponents, slope, graphing lines, etc. Some of the links are more game-oriented, but they provide practice problems as well. I will keep this site in mind and search for activities throughout the year.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/edres.
ReplyDeleteI looked at the educational resources site. I found out that some of the links on the site don't exist anymore, but some of them gave me great ideas to use for the beginning of the year and gave it gave me links to calendars and templates I can use within my classroom. It had great ideas for organization and planning. I'm excited to search through the links more detailed information.
http://www.accounting-basics-for-students.com/index.html
ReplyDeleteMy site was accounting basics. I thought it was very detailed in a step by step basis and user friendly.
It broke introductory accounting into 6 links and then broke those links into subcategories.
For example under financial statements they had sub categories for the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement
http://www.aaamath.com/index.html
ReplyDeleteI looked specifically at the above site, from Kathy's site. Wow, there is so much out there! I loved this site. I liked how there were all sorts of topics to look at as well as interactive practice. I think I will put this site on my school page to help parents encourage math at home.
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ReplyDeletehttp://www.mymcpl.org/books-movies-music/based-book
ReplyDeleteMy website was from the Literature and Language Arts resources link. The site listed a plethora of movies which are based upon novels. I find this very helpful because I like to have my students write comparative essays throughout the school year. This site is a nice reference for students wanted to compare movies to literature.
Kathy Schrock certainly knows how to use the technology to communicate with other teachers and share resources. She is an excellent role-model for using the technology in a helpful way. I clicked on the Performing Arts and Music link. If I were teaching music, this site would be my first choice for research and development of new lessons.
ReplyDeletehttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
ReplyDeleteI visited the 'American Memory from the Library of Congress' website, from which historical documents and photographs can be accessed. This is a valuable tool for social studies, history, language arts, etc., as it has primary source documents. Students can easily use the site for research. There is a teacher resource section where the teacher can choose their state, grade level, and subject and be linked to lesson plans and resources fit state standards criteria. This site is appropriate for students at all grade levels from kindergarten up.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
ReplyDeleteThe above site was found under the Literature subject on Schrock's site. Called "Guide to Grammar and Writing," it received the Schrockguide Award. After perusing it a bit, I found numerous links to varying grammar issues, from tricky word pairings to parts of speech, as well as a vocabulary builder and more. I would say the site is geared for use of middle to high school students with quizzes for every topic on the site. This looks like a great resource for enrichment activities and extra practice. I'm bookmarking this one!
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/kidstuff.html
ReplyDeleteI reviewed the kids stuff link on Kathy Schrock's website. Wow! What a resource! All sort of links to a variety of student friendly sites. She had marked several as award winners. I looked at those plus several others. They were all great! There was everything from osprey feeding their young to national symbols. I bookmarked this site on my computer!
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/holidays.html
ReplyDeleteI reviewed the holidays and celebrations link on Kathy Schrock's website and found it useful for early elementary and even elementary teachers. The very first link in the Holidays and Celebrations link is an activity calendar which gives you one, if not several ideas for any given day of the year. If you simply want to look for something just by holiday/celebration you can do that as well.
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/index.html
ReplyDeleteAfter poking around on Kathy Schrock's site, and falling in love with it, I decided to follow the Mathematics link listed under Subject Access. The above listed link is one that received a Schrockguide Award. It proved to be a unique resource for teachers and students that supports learning. It is called "Ask Dr. Math." On this site one can ask or explore k-12 math questions and solutions. Users submit questions and credible mathematicians respond with detailed and personalized explanations via email. Good questions are archived and posted with Dr. Math's solution on the website for others to view. In addition to having a database of questions and answers, this site provided several links to course specific websites that have challenging math questions for teachers to explore. I don't know about you, but I am forever in search of good questions which I can use challenge my students with!
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/bulletin/index.html
ReplyDeleteI suck at doing the "creative" bulletin board thing. I never take the time to come up with many new ones over the course of the year. Generally, I try to have the kids' work involved in some way. This site gives tons of ideas about uses in various curricular areas, as well as grade levels. I did notice hat a lot of the sites are pretty old...2002-2005. I think that Ms. Shrock needs to update this portion of her site list. There are very similar ideas on more interactive sites like Pinterest. Yes...I've resorted to going to Pinterest for artsy fartsy ideas! I'll have to admit to it.
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/lit/authors.html
ReplyDeleteUnder literature and language resources I found a useful site with a wealth of information about authors commonly studied in school. As an American literature teacher, I was excited to find new sources of information that are easy to understand and useful for students. Some of the links are broken, but for the most part it is a helpful resource. I will definitely be bookmarking her site for future use!
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/redgold/
ReplyDeleteFrom the science, biological science & animal sites page. It is a page that talks about almost everything you could imagine about blood. It's from pbs, so it is reputable. As I looked through it, I saw that there are many different approaches a teach could take in regards to the information from this site. You could go from the basics of blood to more specific aspects, including the history of discoveries about blood. It also offers a few lesson plans for teachers to use, if they so wish. Otherwise, it is a great site for enrichment when talking about the circulatory system or blood itself.
http://www.ne-aitc.org/links.htm
ReplyDeleteI went to the agricultural education link to see what was offered. She has several web links for cattle and poultry, agricultural laws and even recipes. I was a little disappointed in some instances the web page had changed and I could not link to my desired site. That is probably something on such a big site to keep up to date though. I really like the diverse selection she offers and I have used it to help my daughter refresh her knowledge of math concepts for the ACT.