Tuesday 20 May 2014

Module 5 (Activity 5a: Exploring Websites Resources)

In today’s modern technology there are so many useful tools that can be used to help make teaching so much easier. The websites offer online provide a variety of useful teaching resources for students, teachers and parents. Before these resources came into existence teachers rely mainly on books to get their information. Now with different software made available for the different subject areas; teachers, students and parents can be on par with other countries who are advancing. The websites below are just a few I use to help me enhance my teaching, learning process and can be used with students from Grade K to 8.

http://www.education.com/  (This website caters for a variety of different subject areas such as Language Arts, Science, mathematics and more. It offers games, activities, worksheet, workbooks, articles, Science fair and more. However, to be a user you have to sign up to get in on the site.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/index.html  (Mathisfun software is a very useful software. It provides a variety of topics in which users can benefit from. Some of the topics highlighted are data, geometry, algebra, numbers, measurement, etc. The software also has games, a dictionary, worksheet and activities in which users can practice from.

http://www.makemegenius.com/# ( makemegenius website provides useful resources for K1 to K8 (year 5 to 12.) There are videos on Science for Kids, cool facts, educational Power-Point, Jokes for kids, see and learn videos and Science test, Quiz and questions.


http://kidshealth.org/     (This site is one I use a lot with my students because it caters for kids, teens, parents and educators. It also has a lot of useful material to work with. For example, video clipping, activities, quizzes, word find and an article with an audio player which reads the content offered.)

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