For this assignment, we were required to use 4 different sites to create resources for a unit that we would teach in our classroom. I teach fourth grade, and I chose a science unit that I will be teaching in the coming weeks, Electric Circuits. The first resource we used was bubbl.us to create a concept map. I really liked this site, and I think that I can easily teach my students how to use the site. The next resource we used was Glogster. I must confess that I had difficulty using this site. It was fun to pick out the graphics and backgrounds, but I had a lot of trouble trying to embed a video. The site was not set up exactly the way it was presented in the tutorial video. The tutorial video said that you could click on SchoolTube, however SchoolTube was not an option once I got into the site. I tried repeatedly to embed a video from YouTube, and I could not get it to work. Finally, I chose a video from Google that was already loaded onto the site. That was the part of the assignment that I had the most difficulty with. I am planning to have my students use my glog page as a center activity during the coming weeks. The third part of the assignment was to use Animoto. I really enjoyed this part of the assignment which was to create a 30 second video complete with music and pictures. I can see how students would love to do a project like that, and I thought the site was very user friendly. I liked it a lot. The last part of the assignment was a Free Choice. I chose Classtools.net. I created 2 fun games for my students. The first one was an arcade style game. To create the game, you had to type in questions and answers and the site generated arcade style games based on the questions and answers. The other game I created was called PostIt. I used this game as a label matching game. My activity was to match the parts of a light bulb with the correct label. I thought this was a great site, and I will use it again in the future. My students could also work together to create games by making up their own questions and answers. I really liked this site. Overall, my favorites were Animoto and Classtools.net. I will use all of the resources I created in my Electric Circuits Unit this year.
The links to my Glogster page, Animoto video, and Classtools.net resources are as follows:
Glogster
http://www.glogster.com/warren4/electric-circuits/g-6lpkqplvr154t7mjqsklh87
Animoto
http://animoto.com/play/R6gkBS8rkOO34Tmn00kAQw
Classtools.Net
http://classtools.net/widgets/quiz_8/StCAY.htm
http://classtools.net/widgets/postIt_1/wUyZm.htm
Concept Map from bubbl.us
I have learned so much from this assignment, and I was introduced to 4 new resources that I can use in my classroom. It was a lot of work, but I found tools that I can definitely use again.
Stacy
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