One Minute Essay

Through out the semester, so far, I have learned how to use many different websites and programs in the classroom. My 3 favorites so far were Blogger, Webquests, and Timetoast. These were the easiest for me to use, understand, and potentially apply to my classroom. Blogger allows you to make a blog and post any updates you would like, it can be made public or just shared with some people. Blogger in my opinion would be great for class updates to the families. Webquests are great for specific lesson plans and are easy to find and make. Time Toast is the most recent one that i got to use, which allows the students to make a timeline.

TimeToast

Time Toast is a Web 2.0 that allows you to make a timeline. I think this is a great website and allows students to make a timeline in a more interactive and creative way. The timelines can be shared with anyone (just like a power point) and the website is completely free to use. I will use Time Toast in my classroom with my students for projects that require knowledge about the sequence of time. I really enjoyed this website and looking at the other timelines available.

 *Here is a Sample of my Time Line*

Scavenger Hunt - Music

Website Evaluations

This activity helped me to understand what is important about different websites. I never really realized how hard it was to find the author, publisher, and sources for a website. It was interesting trying to find information like that with such a corporate web page. I will be able to use this in my classroom to make sure that the websites i use benefit my students.