Hotlist for Ms. Waltrip
Internet
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Free student email
accounts
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/index.cfm
Blue Web'n is an
excellent beginning place for thinking about the different educational uses of
the internet. It is based on a useful typology of web-based
tutorials, activities, projects, lesson plans, hotlists, resources, and
references and tools; see its quick definition page for an elaboration of
these distinctions. A more elaborate elaboration and discussion may be
found in Tom March's "Sorting Strands of the World Wide Web for
Educators" and in his "Working
the Web for Education." The selection of
teaching-oriented sites, subdivided by subject area, is particularly fine and
is kept up-to-date. This is very likely the best education site on the
internet.
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/
This web site has a wealth of information in all subject matter and grade levels. It is constructed in a very organized manner and is very easy to navigate
www.Funschool.com is a website for children ranging in age from Pre-K to 6th grade. This site has a variety of games and skills for students to take part in. From the beginning of the site there are clear and easy to follow instruction on choosing an activity. The graphics are eye-catching and enable the site to get a students full attention.
http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/
The
Busy Teachers' WebSite K-12 offers
specific lesson plans and projects for many subjects, as well as opportunities
for classes to participate in ongoing "interactive
web projects."
180
Technology Tips for Educators provides 5-minute instructions on how
to do all sorts of useful things with computers and the internet.
http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/108.html
Room 108
contains
links to all sorts of online educational games and interactive sites in the
music, science, math, social studies, and more. An unusual and very
entertaining set of resources.
Teacher Resources on FunBrain.com
FunBrain Game Finder
Find the perfect game for your class to play.
http://www.iknowthat.com/com?COOK=
standards driven learning interactively
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
Kids' Games, Animals, Photos, Stories, and More
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/index.cfm
Blue Web'n is an online library of
2083 outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools, references, lessons,
hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects). You can also browse by
broad subject area (Content Areas) or specific sub-categories (Subject Area). See "About this Site" for a scoring rubric
and answers to other burning questions!
http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edres.htm
This web page consists of thousands of links to lesson
plans and other resources of potential use to current and future teachers. It
also includes lesson plans and resources unique to this site. In most cases, I
have provided brief descriptions of the content of the pages listed so that
you'll know what to expect when you enter them. Though I have developed this
page primarily for use by teacher-education students at the College of Saint
Benedict/St.John's University, I hope
others will find it useful as well. Scroll down the page, and click on one of
the topics below to find the resources you need.
Eduweb develops award-winning digital learning games and interactives about art, history, science and technology. Our mission is to create exciting and effective learning experiences that hit the sweet spot where learning theory, digital technology, and fun meet.
Math
The Abacus: The Art of Calculating with
Beads
http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/~elf/abacus
Learn to use bead counting (ancient calculator) for adding, subtracting,
multiplying, & dividing.
http://math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org/index.html
Math and Reading Help for Kids is a
user-friendly directory of hundreds of articles and resources to help parents
and children make informed decisions about school related issues. This website
also recommends children's tutoring and educational games to help kids improve
math and reading skills. There is a wealth of practical advice and information
here, useful for teachers as well.
Daly Educational Games: http://www.dalymath.simplenet.com/
This site as great.
It offers games for different games for ages 5 and up and 7 and up It explains how to play these games and applies them to
mathematics. I feel this is a very important part of the students learning
because it makes math fun. If it is not fun, then the students loose all
interest. I also think that playing these games relates math to our real world.
Like the doctor on that tape stated you have to relate the information you are
teaching to a past experience the child has had or you will have to create the
experience with the child. These games provide that experience between the
students and the teacher.
Another thing the site has to offer is reactions to the games and feedback. The comments are from teachers and parents and explain how these games have benefited their students or children. I would have liked to see more than three responses though.
The final thing the site offered that I found to be greatly helpful was that they spoke of packets you could buy to teach certain aspects of mathematics. These packets included prices and even an order form. I would think that as a teacher you would run out of places to look for games and new ideas This site provides these things at your very fingertips. You can even have them shipped to your home or school. If you did not want to buy these, you could at least get an idea of a good game to teach a certain aspect of mathematics and create your own strategy. It left the possibilities endless.
AAA Math features a comprehensive set of interactive arithmetic lessons. Unlimited practice is available on each topic which allows thorough mastery of the concepts. A wide range of lessons (Kindergarten through Eighth grade level) enables learning or review to occur at each individual's current level.
http://www.ecben.net/calendar.shtml
Collection of information about calendars and time in other lands, cultures, and throughout history.
http://www.aplusmath.com/
Welcome to Aplusmath.com! This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively.
Enchanted
It has many exercises enabling children to learn about different areas in math.
http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/welcome.html
Word problems for students & teachers -to
improve your problem-solving skills.� Grade 5-12
ShockWave Fun: www.sbgschool.com/kid_central/mathpath
Shockwave
Fun
Save the Eggs uses integers, fractions, decimals with addition to division.� When you answer correctly you �save� the dinosaur eggs and they hatch in the end.� If you answer any wrong they slat on the ground.�� MatchIt! involves matching different types of problems with the same answers such as 10/5 and 6-4.� It uses addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, division, and percentages.� Cross Number Puzzle is a crossword puzzle with numbers.� It asks word problems and equation problems to get the answers.
All Math: http://www.allmath.com/
Allmath.com is a fairly new math website which covers multiple mathematics principles and applications for multiple grade levels.� Its homepage emphasizes three main sites:� flashcards, math biographies, and Ask the Experts.� The learning doesn't stop there.� The glossary covers the simplest math terminology to more complex concepts (addition to vertical angle and whole number).� There is something for everyone here with their supplemental dictionary at ALLwords.com.� The site is user-friendly.� Other sites include their Flash Cards!!!, games, multiplication tables and so on.� Each site has its own benefits, but it also relates the math work to future uses:� increasing recipe servings, purchasing and receiving change, and metric conversion.� Other math links are listed as well.� "Biographies of Math" presents the opportunity to correlate language arts to the students' math studies.� Overall, this site provides practical practice and application for younger as well as older students.� It is easily accessed but the college student may not find much challenge in it.� I would recommend this website. The information shared was written in very simple and easy to understand terms.
Reading/Language Arts
Betty Crocker: http://www.bettycrocker.com.
I believe
that as a cooking site it can appeal to almost any age student.�
Recipes work in wholes and fractions and are constantly needing to be increased
or reduced depending on the amount desired.� Some
recipes idea of a serving size and mine do not match.
Home economics classes from middle school on through high school teach this kind of information.� This site enables the cook to put in available ingredients and get a recipe to fit.� Then it would be up to the student to decide proper proportions.� How do I fix something for four people when my recipe says to serves six?� Or how do I adjust a recipe to serve 25 when the recipe states it serve eight?� There are many other cooking sites available on the Internet, but the Betty Crocker site is about my favorite.� I feel that it is a user-friendly site that could be easy for a beginning cook to feel comfortable with, while providing information for any level up to advanced cooking skills. Classes such as Home Economics are not the only classes that could use recipes; they could be used as word problems for math classes also.� Recipes are easy to relate to because of them dealing with everyday problems.� It could possibly put students more in touch with the work they are doing by making it more realistic to them.
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
Use the templates to create games, mazes,
word searches, & puzzles for
the classroom.
http://www.cut-the-knot.com/games.html� This web site is defiantly worthwhile.� There are all kinds of activities for all ages of children from early elementary to high school.� It teaches the very basic fundamentals of math such as the vocabulary, which is important for children to be familiar with.� After all, a child should be able to understand the terminology we use in math if we expect them to excel in this area.�
You can then move on to more complicated topics such as simple
arithmetic, algebra, and geometry.� There are
all kinds of interactive games to play that teach mathematical principals and
that are fun at the same time. There are puzzles and mind-bending exercises
that can keep the attention of a child for a great while. Each area has a great
variety of exercises that is sure to spark an interest in every child that
visits this site.�
The illustration of real life situations makes it easy
for children to relate to the application of the process they are learning to
the real world.��
�The use of color is wildly creative and enjoyable to look at.�
Similarly, the characters used in most of the games are very exciting for
children to interact with.� Keeping the attention of a child is
vital in the learning process, and this site is very aware of that principal.�
This site has received numerous awards from various associations for excellence.�
It makes learning more fun.�������
Between the Lions is produced by WGBH Boston, Sirius Thinking, Ltd., and Mississippi Public Broadcasting, and is funded in part by a Ready To Learn Television Cooperative Agreement from the US Department of Education through the Public Broadcasting Service, and by the Barksdale Reading Institute.
http://www.mrsalphabet.com/alphabet.html
Mrs. Alphabet, Anne Lynch, is the author and creator of children's books, certificates, learning tools, and updated educational materials to assist children in early learning and successful progress in alphabet recognition, phonics, beginning reading, math, and more.
http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/index.html
Each week we will post new Brain Teasers at each of three
grade ranges: 3-4, 5-6, and 7-8. Select one or all three and see if you can get
the right answer. Check back next week when we post the solutions, along with
three new puzzles.
Teachers /Standards
http://www.studyweb.com/
The Study Web Website was an expandable site, meaning that you could locate any
subject matter and get a guide on that specific topic.�
Therefore, it included math.� This site was an excellent source
because it covered material covered in K-12 and even into college.� It
not only split the general headings like Algebra, into categories, but also
specified the age group.
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/
This is a site where students in pre-school through college can go for explanations about any subject matter taught in schools.� This page also gives parents and teachers tips and ideas to enhance their children�s learning
This website provides educational activities for Pre-K through 6th grade.� Parents and teachers are also welcome to this web page.� When the child first goes to this site they will have the opportunity to choose a grade level.� The grade levels are separated into these three categories: Pre-K, 1-3, and 4-6.� Each category has educational material for the appropriate age level.� The discipline areas for this website include Numbers, Alphabet, Geography, and Math.
EduHound
is maintained by T.H.E. Journal (Technological Horizons in Education) and
provides a useful classification and listing of a broad range of educational
sites. Teacher-related topics such as standards and assessment and
educational software are included. T.H.E. Journal is available online and
also by free subscription.
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators provides an easy-to-use, subject-based
list of sites on the internet that can be used to enhance both classroom
activities and professional growth. There are a lot of very nice
websites collected here, as well as useful "slide shows" for teachers
about using the web.
http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edres.htm
Educational
Resources and Lesson Plans includes just that, including lesson
plans designed to make use of the internet and a variety of other useful
resources.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/
The New York
Times Learning Network offers a lesson plan related to a current
news story as well as a very useful archive of previous ones, along with news
quizzes and other teaching resources. The Times also maintains a useful
general purpose page used by its newsroom to navigate the web.
Find
Textbook Support Materials
Pre-K–6 resources for teachers, students, and
families to support instruction in the classroom and at home.
http://www.free.ed.gov/Science,
Math, History and Language Arts are all areas in which you will find interactive
activities or accurate information.
Social Studies
http://k-12historysocialstudies.com/boals.html
This History/Social
Studies Web Site includes humanities as well, and has a large
collection of relevant links. The size of the collection here can be
daunting at times and not all links are annotated, but there are many gems to
be found. The websites in the Creative
Applications section are chosen for the way they creatively utilize
the web's educational potential; check them out!
EdHelper.com
provides links to a large number of online lesson plans organized by
subject. It also includes on its entry page a useful set of links to
recent articles on education-related subjects.
Welcome to EDSITEment, The Best of the Humanities on the Web from the National Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the National Trust for the Humanities, and the Verizon Foundation. This educational partnership brings online humanities resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities directly to your classroom.
http://www.ecben.net/calendar.shtml
Collection of information about calendars and time in other lands, cultures, and throughout history.
SCIENCE
Bill Nye
the Science Guy has a site with experiments and questions that pertain to
science. Here students can go and learn
how to do experiements.
http://www.lego.com
I know this
is a site that many early elementary students visit and can be used by children
up through their teens as a learning opportunity.� Lego
has set up their web site to be developmentally appropriate by asking the child
to enter their age, thus helping them find the level the child will be most
comfortable with.�
It is a building site that can help develop math skills by teaching balance.�
This site reminded me of the PBS site I had visited from the list provided.�
The bridges I found in Nova where along the same concept lines, just at a
different interest and skill level.� This site offers a beginning to
architectural development and engineering skills.