Webquest and Reflection

My webquest was fun to work on. I enjoyed finding resources that would help my students with their project. I have been studying Utah history with my 4th graders so this project fit in perfectly. My link is:

http://ia.usu.edu/viewproject.php?project=ia:12980

You may need to click on student and type in Brown.

I like Instructional Architect. Some of it is tricky but I just need more practice. I would have liked to add more pictures. My picture is actually a song which is mostly for fun. I do like how easy it is to access the links though. I suppose I wish I had more time to make this better. I would have liked to have done a second one because I had some great worksheets on packing a covered wagon. A lot of my original ideas I had to set aside.

The planning sheet was helpful for me because it gave me direction and helped me narrow down my ideas. The peer evaluation was helpful because someone else can spot things that you as the creator might miss. I've learned that the instructional planning process can take a lot of time but if done right it can make your lessons more meaningful and fun.

Decade Dress Up Day at Mount Logan Middle School

Since we talked about digital photography in class today, I wanted to share what some of the teachers at the Middle School do. Of course they use them for yearbook staff, but some of the teachers also use them to make bulletin boards and end of the year slide shows. They had a fun day yesterday with Decade Dress Up. This is my daughter and her best friend. Bet you can't guess which decade? :)

This is my Geometry book from Technology class. Annie and I did an awesome job, don't ya think?

My Geometry Book

Web Applications

Today in Technology we talked about web applications and how they can be useful. I found a fun one that I would use in 4th grade when we learn about dinosaurs in science. It is: http://www.funbrain.com/scramble/index.html. It is a dinosaur name scramble. I would have them do this in the computer lab when we are doing our fossil/dinosaur unit. This is a fun way for the students to learn their names and facts about them. This will fit in with Utah Core Curriculum Standard 4
Students will understand how fossils are formed, where they may be found in Utah, and how they can be used to make inferences.

The web application I found for math is: http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/

This is such a fun site. There are several academic games but I love the race cars that give the students multiplication fact practice. They can play against themselves, their classmates, or whoever is logged onto the same game via the internet. This game will help them gain accuracy and speed with their math facts. I would use it once in awhile in place of their math facts timings. It goes along with Utah Core curriculum Standard 1

Students will acquire number sense and perform operations with whole numbers, simple fractions, and decimals. Objective 3

Model and illustrate meanings of multiplication and division of whole numbers and the addition and subtraction of fractions.

The thing I like best about this web application is that it is really fun!! And math is fun!