Today we looked at web applications and how we can use those applications in out classrooms. There were a lot that I looked at (and if you really think about it, they're just games) and a few that I really liked.
I was looking at games for fifth graders, and one that I really liked was found at www.history.org/kids/games/foundingFather.cfm. What I really liked about this one was that it taught about the founding fathers in a game show kind of a thing. It asks questions about a founding father (like Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, etc.) and the children would have to decide who did that. This game would fit the fifth grade Standard 2: students will understand teh chronology and significance of key events leading to self-government. In my classroom, I would use this to reinforce what I was teaching my students about the founding fathers during this time.
Another fifth grade game I found was for math and it reinforces about the order of operations. The website was www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/alg.cgi. What I like about this game is that there are different levels, so the children can do it at their own level instead of having it be too easy or too hard. This works for Standard One: Students will expand number sense to include integers and perform operations with whole numbers, simple fractions, and decimals. I'm focusing on the performing operations part of this standard, which is one of the objectives.
All in all, I think that web applications are a good thing to use in the classroom.
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ooo gameshows are fun
ReplyDeleteThose sound like wonderful web applications that we could use in our classrooms. I think it's super important that the activities are able to be completed at various levels, so students aren't bored because they're too easy or discouraged because they're too hard. Also, the founding father website looks like a really fun way to review facts about the founding fathers. :)
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