Digital
Passport
Digital Passport are web-based games and videos
meant to be used by 3rd through 5th grade students. This
is a website that is intended to be used for independent learning. There are
many different modules that focus on digital safety, respect and community.
Each Module teaches the students something different about digital citizenship.
There is a communication, privacy, cyberbullying, search, and how to credit
module. Each module has a video, tests, and materials the teacher can assign to
her class for completion.
There is an Edmodo app that can be used with Edmodo.
There is a new edition coming out that will allow students to use the website
on their iPad’s or on student cell phones. An elementary school teacher or
maybe 6th grade teacher could use these teach technology awareness.
The students can watch videos, answer questions on printed PDF handouts, and
take quizzes to show their content mastery. Because the students are able to
see what they have done and a printable poster is available, students will be
excited about completing the modules.
As a teacher, digital citizenship is always
important. As I discussed in a previous discussion post, I set rules for my
students when in the computer lab or in the classroom. I am often asking my
students to use their phones for research purposes and require them to follow
all the rules. This website, although age appropriate only for 6th
grade and below, can be beneficial to the classroom and the teacher. It is not
content based but does help to create digital citizenship and falls in the
guidelines of common core and the national education for technology standards
for students. If time is an issue in the classroom, this can also be used
outside the classroom as homework.
Professor
Garfield
Professor Garfield is a website that focuses its
attention on creating literacy for all children. This is a completely free
website that caters to students up to grade 8. It promotes literacy in the form
of materials and educational computer links. There are instructional materials
available to teachers and parents in an effort to get all students, regardless of
their disability, reading and writing. For each grade there are a multitude of
different games and activities the students can play. For example, one game at
the 8th grade level allowed me to play against other players or
Professor Garfield. The questions asked were of a trivia type of question. Many
of the questions were facts based on common core goals.
I would use this in any level prior to 8th
grade. There are very limited games or instructional opportunities for 8th
grade but the three I played with helped to master content based learning.
There are comic strips, trivia games, music videos, interactive content for
learning disorders and dyslexia, and for the older children – a career section.
Because the kids can compete with one another, a room could be set up where
students ask a series of questions and compete for highest score. Competition
at any level is great!
I would recommend this resource but only on a
limited type use. Although the content matches national requirements, there is
not determined content area. As a science teacher, I want my students to learn
what I am teaching in my designated time. For this grade level – and for other
grade levels – this type of separation is necessary. The website is free, there
are many resources, and many links but I don’t find it to be acceptable for
classroom use on a regular basis.
KidsHealth
KidsHealth is a website teaching health to students.
This website offers teachers free lesson plans to teach students about health
and eating right. There are experiments provided to help students understand
the effects of certain foods on their bodies. All the lessons include standards
that follow with the national standards. All Questions are written in language
appropriate for the grade level and allow teachers to use this is as a guide in
teaching students the required content.
There are tips on the website that help the teacher to
use this website in the classroom. The first is to share articles with students
that are related to the health of the child. These articles could be used for
core writing in the classroom. This website is a great way to share news with
parents, coordinate with other educators including nurses, coaches, and
counselors. Because cross-curriculum education is so important, this website
can be used to support this type of learning environment.
I would recommend this website to any educator
looking for some type of lesson in regards to the body of a teen and younger
person. The resources are great and also offer quizzes to be used in the
classroom after a lesson is given. The resource is absolutely free and can be
used from any computer lab if the teacher is looking for something technology
based.
Remind
101
Remind 101 was designed to assist teachers in their
communication needs with students and their parents. Because communication is
one of the largest problems between teachers and parents, this website allows
the teacher to send a bulk text to all in the group for reminders and
assignments due. This is a safe way to
extend the classroom outside the brick and mortar without the normal problem
with exchanging phone numbers and such.
Remind 101 can be used in just about every school
setting. For the middle school and above students, the teacher can send a class
reminder for upcoming assignments or needed supplies for an up-coming
assignment. Because the classroom often ends at the end of the students’ class
period, it can be impossible to contact students for reminders. For my
classroom – I use Remind 101 to remind about studying and supplies the students
may need.
I recommend, from experience, the use of Remind 101.
Many schools do not agree with the use of Remind 101 because they have an
all-call system in place. In my past school, I had to explain that Remind 101
was completely different and safe. When I needed to connect with my students on
a Sunday night, I was able to send a message. It is a phenomenal source that
allows the students to be connected outside of the classroom.
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