Friday, September 24, 2010

Module C Integration Exercise



While researching through Chapter three Integration corner I came across many interesting websites for all ages. I chose three to share with everyone. The first website I chose is Goodnight stories. I think the website is wonderful for younger children that can help them improve their reading and writing skills. Kids from all around the world post their stories to this child friendly website.  The website also provides fun games for children to play. The next website I found interesting is Math in daily life. Everyday I hear a child ask the question “When will I ever use this is my life?” When I was younger I asked the same question for many subjects that I was learning in school.  Now that I have found this website I cannot wait to share it with students.  Kids do not exactly understand how much they use math in their daily life.  We use math when cooking, shopping, doing bills, etc.  This website allows students to see how math is very important to our everyday life. The last website I found that I enjoyed was News central. This site is online newspapers and my thoughts are now days we are trying to teach children how to learn computers. And I think this website would benefit many students. It will help students learn how to research and navigate through Internet pages and how to share links from different articles. The website has many different categories of articles for students to choose from. Chapter three Integration corner has many different websites that will be beneficial to many students. 

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Module B Integration Exercise

Searching through the Integration corner I found the Burlington County Library Internet for kids. I like this website because it teaches kids the basics of the Internet. The website shows students how to practice using the mouse, learn how to scroll, and how to use links. Students who use this site will have a basic understanding of the Internet and what it is about. In my classroom I would use this website. I would take a day and go to the computer lab and let the students search and play with the website and see what they learn and if they like it. That way if the students needed help I would be there to assist them. Once they were comfortable with the website they could use it elsewhere than school. This website provides many useful features that will keep the students entertained and they will want to use the website to learn more about using the Internet and the many features it has to offer. Another website I found that I would like to share is Surfing for ABCs. This website is very beneficial for students who are learning their ABCs. The website provides and example for each letter and what the letter stands for. This website is great and I would use it to help my students learn. The integration corner has many useful websites but searching through them I found two that are beneficial and will help many students as they continue through school.