Here is my posting from our class site:
I had an interesting experience in a school recently that I wanted to share. I was doing some modeling (integrating technology into teaching) at a small school recently and the topic was mental math. I had shown a couple of ideas to the teacher and the class, and noticed one little boy at the back who just couldn’t sit still.
I’ve since learned that he is autistic. He rocks and shakes his hands and is up from his desk quite often. Anhow…the last site I shared with the class is from iknowthat.com called “Leon’s Dojo”. It’s a math game that features Leon (iguana?) and some punching bags (not other characters :). Numbers appear on the bags and when the equation pops up, you have to make Leon hit the appropriate bag. You get the picture, I’m sure. Students are scored on accuracy and time and have to complete one level before moving on to the next. For this particular demonstration, I had the smartboard hooked up. I asked one student to demonstrate, and the whole class loved it.
Our time was up, so the students had lined up to go, when this little boy (mentioned earlier) came up to me and asked me if he could try the game. I asked his teacher if it would be ok, and she agreed. The kid took on his best karate pose at the smartboard and proceeded to get every single question right!! While he was playing, there was absolutely no ticking of any kind. I’d never seen anything like it. I wish I had it on film! Next thing I knew, another boy who wasn’t able to do the math himself was playing the game, looking to the first boy for the answers. Very cool.
Iknowthat.com-has a lot of good resources in general…but here’s the game. Ideal for an activity to break up the class or to have the kids working in centers. http://www.iknowthat.com/com?COOK=
My favorite resource site for French resources involves the use of a text with keywords and this site…can even download images. Mostly used by the teacher, but lots of resources to share with students. http://encyclopedia.erpi.com/
I like these on-line books…especially the french ones. Great review activities afterwards! I just applied for a free trial…use my username “russechd” and the password is “trial”. Would be great for centers or targeting learners who slip outside your main focus.
http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp
The more work I do, the more I love National Geographic. Use the site below for teaching weather, but we use the games with our classes to reinforce learning and I’ve used this site several times during my research for our global warming webquest. Amazing stuff..always well done and relevant! I use it mostly for presenting information or reviewing what we have already learned so that the students can see how it applies.http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/interactive/index.html?section=h
I had an interesting experience in a school recently that I wanted to share. I was doing some modeling (integrating technology into teaching) at a small school recently and the topic was mental math. I had shown a couple of ideas to the teacher and the class, and noticed one little boy at the back who just couldn’t sit still.
I’ve since learned that he is autistic. He rocks and shakes his hands and is up from his desk quite often. Anhow…the last site I shared with the class is from iknowthat.com called “Leon’s Dojo”. It’s a math game that features Leon (iguana?) and some punching bags (not other characters :). Numbers appear on the bags and when the equation pops up, you have to make Leon hit the appropriate bag. You get the picture, I’m sure. Students are scored on accuracy and time and have to complete one level before moving on to the next. For this particular demonstration, I had the smartboard hooked up. I asked one student to demonstrate, and the whole class loved it.
Our time was up, so the students had lined up to go, when this little boy (mentioned earlier) came up to me and asked me if he could try the game. I asked his teacher if it would be ok, and she agreed. The kid took on his best karate pose at the smartboard and proceeded to get every single question right!! While he was playing, there was absolutely no ticking of any kind. I’d never seen anything like it. I wish I had it on film! Next thing I knew, another boy who wasn’t able to do the math himself was playing the game, looking to the first boy for the answers. Very cool.
Iknowthat.com-has a lot of good resources in general…but here’s the game. Ideal for an activity to break up the class or to have the kids working in centers. http://www.iknowthat.com/com?COOK=
My favorite resource site for French resources involves the use of a text with keywords and this site…can even download images. Mostly used by the teacher, but lots of resources to share with students. http://encyclopedia.erpi.com/
I like these on-line books…especially the french ones. Great review activities afterwards! I just applied for a free trial…use my username “russechd” and the password is “trial”. Would be great for centers or targeting learners who slip outside your main focus.
http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp
The more work I do, the more I love National Geographic. Use the site below for teaching weather, but we use the games with our classes to reinforce learning and I’ve used this site several times during my research for our global warming webquest. Amazing stuff..always well done and relevant! I use it mostly for presenting information or reviewing what we have already learned so that the students can see how it applies.http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/interactive/index.html?section=h
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