http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/heart.html
I liked this web site because it was very colorful and caught my attention. I also liked how simple it was presented and how it related topics about hearts that children would know and connect to before going on more in depth about the job of the heart. By first making sure that children had a background for what they were going to learn about helps children to incorporate what they are learning into their lives and build on the information that they already know, which will create deep learning. This website also had a very easy layout which made exploring the different things the web site had to offer easily accessible.
I wish that this website had more interaction so my students could experience something hands on so they would be able to remember what they learned.
I could use this website in my classroom for when I talk about the body or ways to be healthy. I think it would be fun to do a project with healthy recipes like on the website and have each of my students create a healthy recipe book with recipes from each student in the class.
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/groundwater/watercycle.htm
I also enjoyed this website because it had great presentation and was very easy to follow. It was also easy to understand, which I am looking for because I want to teach younger children. I liked how it had a simple drawing of the water cycle, and then you could click on each phase and it would describe it in more detail for you. I honestly liked most everything about this website the only thing that could make it better is if it were decorated a little more on the borders and stuff. I think that as a teacher I could use the poem they provided as an example and have the children write their own poems, which would help them connect the water cycle into their personal lives and create deep learning. Then they could also do the word search provided to reinforce the key terms, and at the end I could use the quiz they gave to make sure they understood the water cycle, and to see if the web site was beneficial.
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Hi Bryndy,
I think you are on the right track here. I like the connection you made to prior knowledge for the first website, and I like that you suggested creative activities to accompany both websites (creating a recipe book and writing a poem).
You mention that you wished the first site had more interaction ... I agree, but one thing to remember is that interaction itself does not necessarily create deep knowledge. Lots of students play video games, which are very interactive, but don't necessarily learn a lot from that interaction.
In classrooms, interaction can be really useful if it helps students see new relationships, or reason with information, or explain what they are learning. Keep that in mind as you think about adding technology to your lesson plans ... what outcomes do you expect from the interaction? We'll be working on this in class, so just keep it in the back of your mind for now.
Good job on this activity.
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