The vastness of the web can be overwhelming, Lee, p.371 (2008) I think I can
agree with that statement. The effective
use of technology in my classroom is going to take my becoming more comfortable
with navigating the internet. Third
grade students are moving from learning to read to reading to learn. Therefore, as the classroom teacher, I will
need to find the resources and have them available on a wiki site or other site
so they can look for pre-assigned information.
One area
that may be easier to incorporate into classroom learning would be the visual
dimension. I have been on National Geographic’s
website for science but not for social studies.
I found under history tab bibliographies of Abraham Lincoln and Martin
Luther King Jr. as well as a video on Native Americans. These could be a nice introduction into a study
on these subjects as well as an assessment for students’ background knowledge. People and places was another tab that would be useful for comparing and contrasting cultures. I found links to a China Elementary School and Diwali: Festival of Lights both would make students aware of differing cultures. Homework help has a link to interactive maps that would be very good for learning their geography and I believe they can actually create their own maps.
The
Gutenberg Project while interesting would not be a valuable resource for my
grade level. Most of the books seemed to
be at high school level or above.
Voicethread
and glogster are both interesting tools that could be incorporated into the
third grade classroom but at a minimal level.
I do not have a technology specialist at my school to collaborate with,
nor do we have enough devices in our classroom.
It would be something I would integrate slowly.
You could create one glogster as an intro to a unit and share the website with the students. You could offer them to create something at home with their parents if they were interested as well. It could be interesting to see what they come up with on their own.
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