Week 1 assignment

Educational Site Tour

Presented By: Andrea ArceEDU 352 Foundations of Educational Technology

Instructor Orvie Mizzell-BullockSeptember 17, 2012

An examination of the best websites in education by subject

MATH

• Provides a fun interactive approach to learn math

• Lessons are available

• Students can play games based on subjects

• It also offers tips and tricks for learning and teaching math

http://www.coolmath.com/

Math

• Teachers have the option to become a member

• Focuses on math from pre-kindergarten to eighth grade

• Used in over 150 countries around the world

• Provides lessons based on standards given for each state of the U.S. including the Department of Defense Educational Activity (DoDEA)

• Subscribing as a member gives parents or teachers keep track of their students

• Each grade level offers a multitude of skills to accomplish

• For each level completed students will be awarded for their efforts with prizes

• The more practice children get the more rewards they will receive

http://www.ixl.com/

• Progress Reports• Identify strengths and

weaknesses• Goal setting

• What the website has to offer and their purpose.

http://www.ixl.com/

HISTORY• This history website

offers kids a fun way to learn different history facts.

• Offers games• Historical quotes

• Attractive colors

http://kidspast.com/

• Interesting facts and pictures to study

• Gives 20 different chapters that is not overwhelming to read and comprehend along with pictures

• Worksheets can also be printed and used as lesson plans in the classroom

http://kidspast.com/

ART

• The museum of art is located in New York City, New York. The website can be used for research in the art classroom.

• The museum offers a wide collection of art with and without the artworks displayed.

• Students are able to explore a various array of art from all around the world

• Each picture is given a description and background information

http://www.metmuseum.org/

• Within this website there is a massive amount of information shared for all ages.

• Provide teachers with lesson plans if needed for different grade levels

• Toolbox for teachers include: activities, assessments, free things, and much more

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/

• Offers links to other websites that have art activities for kids

• Gives everyone a way to communicate through blogs, art forum, and bulletin board

• It gives students a new perspective of art and the many ways it is used by many different kinds of people

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/

MUSIC

http://www.sphinxkids.org/

• Fun• Interactive• Music to the

ears with audio

• Engages the mind to discover and explore music as an art

• Students can learn many different kinds of instruments: how to play them and what they sound like

• Create their own rhythm band

• Watch videos• Games to play

http://www.sphinxkids.org/

SCIENCE

http://www.funology.com/

• Interactive lessons, facts, and information all about science

• Projects and experiements to try

• Arts and craft activities• Games• Jokes • Recipes• This science website

makes learning fun in the class or at home

• Shows picture experiments for children to try

http://www.amnh.org/

• Offers a wide variety of topics to discover and explore

• Each topic offers many different activities to learn about that specific topic

• “did you know?” facts appear on each screen

• The information is interesting and fun for all to explore

http://www.amnh.org/

SPELLING

http://www.spellingcity.com/

• A highly interactive way to teach spelling • Gives an area just for students, teachers, parents, and

school• Teachers are able to create a list for their class so that

students can learn about the words for each week• Vocabulary test• Games can be played• Membership is available and offers a greater variety of

features: reports, individual student log-in, interactive flashcards, student grouping, and much more

• Here is an idea of the free activities offered for student help with their spelling

http://www.spellingcity.com/

HEALTH

• Gives an insightful view about our health

• Offers the information in English and Spanish

• If there is a question about anything pertaining to health this website can answer

http://kidshealth.org/

• Topics located in the for kids section.

SPECIAL EDUCATION AND READING

• Interactive • Brightly colored• Gives stories • Practices leatters

and the alphabet with music

• Offers many great books, comics and plays to read from

http://www.starfall.com/

• The lessons are short to manage short attention span

• Applies music and animated characters to help learn the material

• Offers different levels of learning

• Includes poetry, tongue twisters, riddles and many more ways to read

• When a word or letter is pressed the interactive character reads/ recites the word pressed

http://www.starfall.com/

SPANISH

• Lessons • Games• Activities• Printable worksheets• Books

http://www.onlinefreespanish.com/

• A native Spanish speaker helps with the pronunciation

• It speaks slowly and clearly for students to understand and be able to repeat

• Offers: learning, studying, how to, syllables, and vowelshttp://www.onlinefreespanish.com/

GEOGRAPHY

• Discovering different animals and countries

• Interesting videos are available to watch with music and fun information

• Students are able to explore many topics on natural science as well on this website

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

• Students can discover all about the world from this one website

• Vivid photos and videos make it very fun for students to learn

• Offers crafts, recipes, science, cartoons, contest

• Games: adventures, animals, geography

• Puzzles• Quizzes

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

KEYBOARDING

http://www.typingweb.com/

• Free typing program• Can be used at home or school• No downloads simply log-in and start

typing• Many different levels are offered so all

ages can use it• Offers a teacher portal

• There are many fun and interesting games offered for this typing website

• Offers “tip of the day” to help your personal style of typing.

http://www.typingweb.com/

ANATOMY

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/

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• This website gives students an interactive way to familiarize and place different muscles, organs, bones, and nerves in the proper place on the human body.

• They will be able to study on their own time and will test their knowledge to recognize what and where things are located.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/

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REFERENCES American Museum of Natural History (2012). Ology The Museum’s Science Website for

Kids. Retrieved from http://www.amnh.org/ BBC (2012). Science Interactive Body. Retrieved from

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/3djigsaw_02/ Coolmath.com Inc. (2012). An amusement park of math and more… Lessons and

games designed for fun. Retrieved from http://www.coolmath.com/FTW Innovations Inc. (2012). Learn to Type. Retrieved from

http://www.typingweb.com/ Funburts Media (2012). Funology. Retrieved from http://www.funology.com/ IXL Learning (2012). IXL. Retrieved from http://www.ixl.com/ KidsKnowit Network (2012). Kidspast.org. Retrieved from http://kidspast.com/ National Geographic Society (2012). National Geographic Kids: Dare to Explore.

Retrieved from http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ Nemours Foundation (2012). Kidsheath from Nemours. Retrieved from

http://kidshealth.org/ Onlinefreespanish.com (2012). Study Spanish for free. Retrieved from

http://www.onlinefreespanish.com/ Starfall Education (2012). Starfall’s Learn to Read Phonics. Retrieved from

http://www.starfall.com/ Sphinxkids.org (2012). Classical Music Interactive Learning and Games. Retrieved

from http://www.sphinxkids.org/ The Incredible Art Department (2012). Art Education. Retrieved from

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/ The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2012). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved

from http://www.metmuseum.org/ VocabularySpellingCity.com (2012). Spelling and Vocabulary Website: SpellingCity.

Retrieved from http://www.spellingcity.com/