Teacher Resource Websites

Website #1
The Teacher's Corner is a really useful website. The site contains lesson plans on every subject imaginable, it has "printable worksheets" containing tons of useful material, and it even has a "Teaching Jobs" link in which contains tons of teaching opportunities. These are just a few of the many benefits this site provides.
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/

Website #2
PBS Teachers site is really an interesting site for teachers who are looking for educational online lessons and worksheets that correlate with one another. The online lessons range in grade levels from kindergarten all the way to twelfth grade. The lessons also range in all the subject topics one could imagine. This would be an excellent way to bring useful technology in the classroom and to excite the students about a topic. This site also contains valuable articles and resources students and teachers can access for any type of research.
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/

Website #3
BrainPOP is another website that is really interesting when teachers are looking for interactive videos, online, to teach their students various lessons. BrainPOP has videos on every subject with the main characters that provide the students with humor and helpful hints on how to remember various facts. The students relate to the characters they see and are able to connect to the material on a deeper level because of how memorable the lessons are depicted. BrainPOP also has a "curriculum calendar" which keeps the teacher on track with the lessons they wish to learn in the present and in the future. BrainPOP also allows teachers to form "graphic organizers" to assemble students thoughts and ideas on to a single page.
http://www.brainpop.com/

23 Things "Mappr" #6

While searching on "Flickr fun, mashups, and 3rd party sites " I found an interesting link entitled "Mappr" where anyone can go onto a map and add in text or pictures where ever they desire. I thought this was an exceptionally fascinating tool for teachers because they can create their own version of a map and put in valuable information right inside it! This would allow the students to comprehend what the map was attempting to unveil to them throughout their lesson. Using this tool can also help build memories when learning about various topics, if a student sees something that gives more than just a geographical depiction they find it memorable which will help in their better understanding of the topic at hand.

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Technology in Education

Technology in education engages students no matter what area of curriculum they are learning. Students can relate to today's technology because they spend their free time playing video games or watching T.V. Therefore, anytime technology is used within the classroom students are willing to pay attention to the lesson. Technology provides teachers to show videos, allows students to use Internet resources, and allows everyone to be interconnected. An example of how technology is successfully used within the classroom was demonstrated to me in the fifth grade classroom I recently observed. The teacher used a website entitled "Brain Pop" which is filled with educational videos on every imaginable subject. As soon as the video was uploaded the students squealed with excitement and immediately listened intently about what the video was displaying. This is just one example of how technology can engage students into various lessons.