Thursday, April 22, 2010
Visualizing with Technology
I really like this new website http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm . This site has lesson plans with animation and video. You can search by grade level or subject area. It also has the Read Write capability in which you can click the sound button and it will read it to you. This is good for special education students who have trouble reading. It makes it possible for them to listen and still be able to gain the material. I did several searches. I did a search under science for elementary. I found the virtual lab. This was so cool. The students can try experiments and change variables one at a time. This is good to teach trial and error. This is good for analysis which brings about deeper thinking. There are lesson plans listed. In the lesson plan it lists the objectives, materials, procedures, website reources that go with the lesson plan, evaluation, and vocabulary words with definitions listed, and it lists the standards. It is all there in one little package that is put together for you. The students can use this site at home as well for practice. It has useful information for the parents too. I have shared this website with several teachers at my school. Please give it a look. You might find it useful.
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ReplyDeleteHi Whitney, I like how you found the Read Write capability and mentioned the benefits for special education students, that's awesome! I also really like how Discovery Education streaming allows students to become virtual scientists. I couldn't agree with you more it is very beneficial for students to learn trial and error. Students tend to struggle with science experiments because they think that their hypothesis in the experiment should always work. This program will give them a better understanding of how to conduct a science experiment.
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