I enjoyed taking the week to check out various UEN tools and Web 2.0 tools. I browsed many different presentations, but I spent the most time on these three:
1. ArtsEdge Website - While looking at this site, I was mostly curious to find ways to incorporate music into my teaching. I am responsible for teaching a 5th grade Civil War unit to two classrooms. I was pleased to find that there were many ideas and already-made lesson plans for incorporating music that was used during the war. In these lessons, the students make generalizations about the lyrics and have to decide if the song was sung in the Union or Confederate army. I think this will certainly help my unit come alive. I'm eager to see if there are music lessons for other historical events.
2. eMedia Website - I've already used this website at the suggestion of a friend who told me about Liberty Kids videos. However, this time, I was curious to see if I could find resources to teach plate tectonics and volcanos. This site directed me to PBS, and I've found many short clips that demonstrate the shifting of plates and the four different types of volcanos. I'm not teaching this unit, but it follows my guided reading group books. Very useful!
3. ReadThinkWrite - I mostly played around in the Student Interactive area of the site. I found myself looking at ways students can write poetry in interactives. There is a place for acrostic poems and diamante poems. I think these would make a fun center or bulletin. I've also considered having my students create an acrostic poem titled Earth Changes to demonstrate their knowledge of our current science unit.
My favorite Web 2.0 tools I've enjoyed learning thus far are Pinterest, Twitter, Edmoto, Prezi, and Glogster. I have been using Pinterest for several years now, and I've used it for inspiration in finding others ideas and organizing my units in boards.
Twitter is a tool I used back in college for pop culture, and I'm eager to see its uses in the education field. I was happy to find that under the #csdendorse hash tag, that a fellow 5th grade teacher found a great science video I can use this week. If all teachers shared their resources, I can imagine that our students would recieve higher quality education.
Edmoto is my most recent discovery. I'm still learning how to navigate the site but it is fun to see teachers respond to other teachers requests for informative videos and lesson plans of various subjects.
1. ArtsEdge Website - While looking at this site, I was mostly curious to find ways to incorporate music into my teaching. I am responsible for teaching a 5th grade Civil War unit to two classrooms. I was pleased to find that there were many ideas and already-made lesson plans for incorporating music that was used during the war. In these lessons, the students make generalizations about the lyrics and have to decide if the song was sung in the Union or Confederate army. I think this will certainly help my unit come alive. I'm eager to see if there are music lessons for other historical events.
2. eMedia Website - I've already used this website at the suggestion of a friend who told me about Liberty Kids videos. However, this time, I was curious to see if I could find resources to teach plate tectonics and volcanos. This site directed me to PBS, and I've found many short clips that demonstrate the shifting of plates and the four different types of volcanos. I'm not teaching this unit, but it follows my guided reading group books. Very useful!
3. ReadThinkWrite - I mostly played around in the Student Interactive area of the site. I found myself looking at ways students can write poetry in interactives. There is a place for acrostic poems and diamante poems. I think these would make a fun center or bulletin. I've also considered having my students create an acrostic poem titled Earth Changes to demonstrate their knowledge of our current science unit.
My favorite Web 2.0 tools I've enjoyed learning thus far are Pinterest, Twitter, Edmoto, Prezi, and Glogster. I have been using Pinterest for several years now, and I've used it for inspiration in finding others ideas and organizing my units in boards.
Twitter is a tool I used back in college for pop culture, and I'm eager to see its uses in the education field. I was happy to find that under the #csdendorse hash tag, that a fellow 5th grade teacher found a great science video I can use this week. If all teachers shared their resources, I can imagine that our students would recieve higher quality education.
Edmoto is my most recent discovery. I'm still learning how to navigate the site but it is fun to see teachers respond to other teachers requests for informative videos and lesson plans of various subjects.