Although it's July, I'm kind of in school this week and next. I'm participating in some training that goes along with a technology grant my school was awarded and I'm being introduced to some interesting websites. Check out delicious.com. It's a place to store your favorites which you can then access from any computer. Very convenient if you sometimes work at school and sometimes at home.
Some of the interactive sites I've saved are honorpoint.com, arcademicskillbuilders.com, and internet4classrooms.com. I teach 5th grade and if my students don't know their basic math facts when they come to me, they will struggle during math class. These sites can help them with that.
When talking to students, I refer to this as unwritten homework. There's no paper and pencil task that needs to be completed and turned in, but those kids who need the practice should be doing this nightly.
I'm also working on a website at classjump.com. They'll host your site for free. They have a message board feature I plan to use for students' literature responses and for students to reflect upon, summarize, or ask questions about what they learned in math class.
There are about 10-12 teachers and a couple of principals participating in these training sessions and some interesting philosophical discussions about teaching and learning are popping up among us. I'll post about some of those as the session goes on.
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