Today in class Dr. Crovitz gave us some links to explore different programs online that we could use in our classroom. We were asked to explore them as well as decide on their usability for class.
My personal favorite was the site that featured word clouds. Ashley suggested that we could use them for vocabulary assignments. I loved the idea, but I also think that presenting the assignment in a visually pleasing way would be a great way to present it. Getting beyond the ordinary is something that I really want to do for my class.
The museum boxes were pretty cool and I can see their usage for things like an alternative book report or maybe a presentation on the history of a novel. I’m really glad I found about these two sites just because I see a clear way to incorporate them into my lesson plans.
As far as the other sites were concerned, they were interesting and have their uses, but the two previously discussed seemed a little easier to use.
dc Said:
on October 20, 2009 at 10:28 am
As a teacher, your task will be to use such tools both creatively and in ways that get students to do some sustained thinking…