URLS
URLS are special addresses that tell the web exactly where
to take you. The URL can tell us many
things about the website we are trying to view: the protocol, the domain name,
the folder it is in, and even the specific file.
Search engines
Learning how to use search engines can help students be able
to find great resources more easily.
When they know how to search for specific things, the quality of the
hits will be better. This link is to a kid-friendly tutorial about using search engines: it teaches the basics!
Internet tool
One internet tool that I was recently introduced to was
Spotify. It is an online social music
website which can be found at www.spotify.com. A teacher could create a
playlist for their classroom to use whenever they have internet access. Just like they talked about in our Globe
training, you could use educational songs to teach concepts. One artist to search on Spotify is Having Fun
Teaching who produces a lot of catchy educational songs.
Web-based lesson
Recently all of us became Globe certified, which is exactly
why I chose www.globe.gov to be my
example. Basically this website has a
lot of stellar resources for teacher and activities for students. Plus, it’s free!
Favorite websites
Obviously, one of my favorite teacher websites is www.pinterest.com. Pinterest is a social
pinboard-style bookmarking site. This
website fulfills Roblyer and Doering’s (2013) definition of a social networking
site which, “focus[es] on building communities of individually designed web
pages” (p. 225). The authors also talk
about having “connected friends or supporters” (p.225) who are actually called followers
on Pinterest. Lastly, the authors say that
in social networking sites, one can “share media and interests in an online,
easy-to-use website environment” (p. 225) which is one attribute of Pinterest. In conclusion, Pinterest if the perfect social
networking tool to use as an educator!
My next favorite website that I will use as a teacher (if it
isn’t blocked by the school system) is www.youtube.com.
Youtube has various videos that would be beneficial as an educator. There are things from educational songs to
documentaries that are free to watch online.
As an educator, I could even “upload video and photo files for online
sharing” (Roblyer and Doering, 2013, p. 225) with my students and parents. I could also tag my videos for “increased
searchability” (Roblyer and Doering, 2013, p. 225). Lastly, I could use the “easy-to-use tools” (Roblyer
and Doering, 2013, p. 225) that Youtube offers to make and edit videos for my
students. This would be the perfect
website to use for any flipped lessons.
M3 My fav internet resource is Pinterest ! Here's the link to my "playing school" board on Pinterest: http://t.co/CLheOJR6yi #ED447UM
— Rachel D (@RachCB2) October 3, 2013
I love Pinterest! Like Roblyer and Doering said, social networks allow students to share photos and reflect on them for themselves. (pg 225) I know I love using Pinterst to come up with ideas and keep up with other techniques especially for management and organization techniques.
ReplyDeleteRachel,
ReplyDeleteI also love Pinterest! It is a great resource for teachers! Doering and Roblyer (2013) state, "In this type of learning (web-based lessons), teachers use online materials to help themselves and/or their students on a topic or skill (p. 207)." There are a lot of great ideas and resources on Pinterest to help reinforce the material that students are learning.
Jennifer