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Thinkfinity

I choose Thinkfinity because I like the way you can navigate through the website and find information you need quickly and easily. I also choose this web site because I like what they offer to students and teachers.

I would use this website to get lesson plans and ideas from, try to incorporate the ideas and ways they have children in my class room, have my children use the web site for games and other activities, and connect to other educators.

Pioneer Preschool

I choose Pioneer Preschool because I like how it shares ideas on a calender that you could engage your class a certain topic or idea that day if its learning about shapes or a new culture. I like how it shows work shops you can attend for you or your child. I like how is has tips on health, nutrition, and preparing students for school. I like how is has links about early childhood development.

I would use this website for my own personal children or family. As well as students in a kindergarten or first grade that seemed to be struggling a think website with letters, numbers, and other games to get them involved in learning and help them to progress as a student. I would also tell parents and other teachers about it so they can help students that they think my benefit from ideas and programs on this website.

World Book

I like how this website has current events that you can search in, videos that you can pull up and look at makes it fun for students, research tools that you can use, biography center that allows you explore loads of information,and you can explore maps from all over the world, and it has quizzes and activities available to the students.

I would plan lessons that are my students go on the website to use all the tools available and to learn things that I can teaching in my class. I would also use it as a teacher to get information for my lessons and to help me plan lessons.

1. The site contains lessons linked to state core requirements. Gives you ideas to better engage your students in learning and gives examples of things in class and at home. In today's world it is critical that students learn how to critical think and problem solve, communication, collaborate, and have creativity and innovation. There tools are what is built into what is called the 21 century learning so that are students meet the requirements that this modern age sets on children. It also has a calender and tells what happen in history each day. It has Professional Development Community group you’ll be able to connect with other trainers, and find training updates and materials.It has Community one spot for you organize resources, links, and pass ideas to the education community through discussions with colleagues and friends.

2. The differences between these data bases and a Google search is all the information found on these websites are directly linked to what we should teach as a teacher for the state core curriculum. They offer games, lessons, links, activities all center around the state core requirements that teachers are to teach. While information on Google is just tons of information yet it is not a valid place to get information from because you don't know where the information is coming from and if its a reliable source. While you know that the databases are and they are a protected cite as well and don't have to worry about stuff that might come up on the internet that children should not be seeing. While on Google you have no control what it might bring up and valid the information is.

4. Thinkfinity, Pioneer Preschool, World book In all of these I have found information that connects to the laws of motion.

World Book



Pioneer Preschool

Thinkfinity

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1.I would have students look up any country in the world on world book, have them bring a picture an interesting fact about the country and interesting animal in that country. Then share the next day in class. This would engage all students to learn about different countries and animals and would interest students to see the different animals that their are in the world and will be fun for students to learn information. Then would also have a world globe and each student would have to find where there country was and show the class. This would get students out of their seats and looking at where countries where on the globe getting them more involved and engaged in the lesson.

2. I would have each student assigned to make one planet from the solar system made out of whatever they wanted and bring to class. In class we would have each student talk about there planet and teacher the other students what they had learned about that specific planet. This would engage all students to learn from each other and have the opportunity to have each student be engaged in the lesson that day.

3. I would play a game with the students and have them get into groups and see which group could name the most presidents. This would engage all the students in class activity and they would all have to work together to come up with an answer for each question. All students working in groups be involved in the class and to help each other find the correct answers.

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For older students I would have them use World Book to look up important people in history or maps that I wanted them to learn for class.

For younger students I would have help them go to Thinkfinity to find games to play related to our lesson.