Wow! I had no idea there were so many different resources available that can be used in the classroom! Technology can be integrated into practically every area of the curriculum and can be a very useful tool for teachers. Many of the websites we were shown can make teaching and grading easier for some activities without diminishing their importance or effectiveness. I really like the spellingcity.com website for this reason. Students can learn and practice their words and then take a test on them all in one spot. It's graded immediately which will be a big help to me as the teacher.
I'm also excited about storyonline.net. I think it's important to read stories aloud and it makes for a nice change having people other than the teacher read the story all the time. It can be fun and motivating for students to see actors and celebrities that they know reading and enjoying the same stories that they do too.
The wide range of resources we were shown on the YETC website and through teacherlink will be very helpful and beneficial to me as a teacher. It's very encouraging and motivating to see that I can quickly and individually create worksheets for each of my students. I can also download various programs and movie clips that I can use for different classroom medias. There is so much available and it's all so informative and helpful. It makes me wonder why more teachers don't use these resources. Technology is a huge part of the world now and it's vital to know how to use them and to be able to beneficially incorporate technology into the classroom.
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