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Brainpop, starfall, united streaming, and countless others…..they are interested and more motivated to learn…
I use United Streaming basically for reinforcement to my teaching. Students benefit from this website because not only are they getting re-taught, they can also see true models of what is being taught. Many students benefit from visualizing what they learn and since time in class does allow for much hands on activities, seeing non-fictional documentaries is of real benefit to them.
I rely on Google Images. It’s dead simple, but effective–for everything from nature identification (i.e., my daughter finds a bug or a plant we can’t identify) but also as an in-depth resource. On Groundhog Day, for example, we were able to find multiple pictures of groundhogs; when we were interested in finding out about the wolf teeth in horses, we were able to find drawings and pictures on Google Images–stuff that went way beyond our encyclopedias.
I like to use Google Earth to take my students on a virtual field trip. They love to see the places we are learning about and even the different types of landforms. My favorite is when we do Christmas Around the World and I take my students to Paris. They always enjoy seeing the Eiffel Tower.
Paola Villalon-Perezsandi - April 29, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Brainpop, starfall, united streaming, and countless others…..they are interested and more motivated to learn…
I use United Streaming basically for reinforcement to my teaching. Students benefit from this website because not only are they getting re-taught, they can also see true models of what is being taught. Many students benefit from visualizing what they learn and since time in class does allow for much hands on activities, seeing non-fictional documentaries is of real benefit to them.
I rely on Google Images. It’s dead simple, but effective–for everything from nature identification (i.e., my daughter finds a bug or a plant we can’t identify) but also as an in-depth resource. On Groundhog Day, for example, we were able to find multiple pictures of groundhogs; when we were interested in finding out about the wolf teeth in horses, we were able to find drawings and pictures on Google Images–stuff that went way beyond our encyclopedias.
I use united streaming, brain pop jr., kidz club, starfall, learning.com, and many others.
I like to use Google Earth to take my students on a virtual field trip. They love to see the places we are learning about and even the different types of landforms. My favorite is when we do Christmas Around the World and I take my students to Paris. They always enjoy seeing the Eiffel Tower.