- View and comment on the Web 2.0 presentations created by the Ed Techs to take a tour of some of the fabulous UEN tools available:
- World Book - Link coming soon...
- Thinkfnity
- Illuminations---I am so excited about this site!!! I want to focus on math, and this is a place I hadn't visited! I am already planning to use the data grapher in class tomorrow. I have already bookmarked this on My Delicious for future use.
- Wonderopolis--Hmm. Well, just figured out that Voki doesn't work on my iPad. I even created an account until I realized I might need an app or something for it. So back to the laptop. I can see how Wonderopolis could be a great discussion for students entering the classroom. This is just fun. Especially liked the additional (fun fact) information that is obtainable when you click on the question. Last thought--what a great way to encourage students to think and question things around them!
- Smithsonian Wow, what a great site. I am excited to explore this more to see how I can utilize these resources with my social studies units. Will be following this site via RSS.
- NatGeo --Another excellent source for social studies. This is great news because I am desperate for better resources.
- ReadWriteThink I have used these resources and they are wonderful! Just wondering how much I'll be able to use them next year with the new language arts program.
- EconEdLink Just wondering (before viewing) how helpful this will be since economics has nearly been eliminated from the core. This might be a good resource to use to integrate math into real world applications.
- EDSITEment!-- Hmm...humanities in third grade? Yeah...there are resources for the younger elementary grades. Another resource for social studies. I'm liking the lesson, "Oh, Say, Can You See What the Star-Spangled Banner Means?" Might need this one next week!
- eMedia--I use eMedia often for my social studies and science videos.
- CultureGrams Could not view due to bad address.
- K-12 Student Center
- My UEN Bad address, so didn't watch.
- SIRS/EBSCO
- Mission US--What an incredible resource for 5th grade teachers who teach U.S. history! Sounds like so much fun!
- Time for Kids--I've used this site before. Great place to get current events. I've used it with the Time for Kids weekly publication. Great resource that I haven't used in awhile.
- Utips--I feel better knowing how to create tests using the new Utips; however, can you simply print the test and do pencil and paper. I want to use these for review practice, but the computer lab is being fully utilized for CRT testing. Hmm? How do you add students? Need to find this out.
on your Weebly blog and link your blog on the "UEN Resources" assignment under "Weekly Application of Tools."
- Illuminations---I am so excited about this site!!! I want to focus on math, and this is a place I hadn't visited! I am already planning to use the data grapher in class tomorrow. I have already bookmarked this on My Delicious for future use.
- Reflections on your 3 favorite UEN tools:
- Illuminations--I am really excited to have a math resource to develop better lessons that incorporate technology. I spent a few minutes playing on this site and already found a resource for data and graphing. So fun!!!
- Utips is another favorite. I've used this in the past, but haven't since it has been re-vamped. I do need to spend some time playing with this. I am hoping this could be done with pencil and paper or via Clickers. Using this in the computer lab doesn't seem feasible with such little time in the lab. We already have to take quarterly CFA's. It will be nice to see the type of questions the state is creating. I have been relying mostly on Scotts Foresman's test questions, and I need to have different perspectives on the new Common Core.
- Wonderopolis--I am liking the simplicity of this question of the day that can be delved into deeper depending on time constraints. I think this would open up students thinking up their own questions that they could do a little research. It's jsu
- What tools did you like?
- Why did you like them?