4 - Standards, Podcast, Web Hunt!

Standard: MAFS.K.G.1: identify and describe shapes (squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres).

Game: the game I chose on the website listen below is “Peg and Cat Chicken Blast Off.” The goal of the game is to build a spaceship that will get all of the animals on the farm to space!

Link: http://pbskids.org/games/shapes/

Classification tool: The tool used would be classified as “educational game software.” This is because the game” presents and reviews instructional content in a game format (chapter 8, pg. 188).” I would use this game tool to keep my students engaged. It seems that now-a-days children are so technologically inclined and all they want to do is play video games, so by using this tool all students will be both learning and doing what they love to do.

I have searched for and evaluated internet-based resources in school by using the ABCDT which stands for A: author B: bias C: content D: design T: technical elements. This acronym helps students evaluate websites. I have used this when conducting research papers. This acronym is important because you must know how credible the website is before using it as well as know the author in order to cite sources.

I learned a few new skills after doing the web hunt assignment. I learned about and how to use google scholar. I also learned that on google search, you can narrow your searches by certain times. For example, the past 24 hours, past week, past year, etc. Although I learned some new search skills I was not surprised by anything in particular.

1.  You would like to include a picture of a chocolate lab puppy in your power point about things you love. Can you find one?

2.     You want your students to blog for their history blog journals. Can you find a classroom-friendly blog?