6 Productivity Post

I stumbled upon The Lyme School in New Hampshire. The class pages were divided into each grade (K through 8^th) and had references to the library, online search engines, computer lab, and elective classes. One thing I found interesting was the link from the 8^th grade square. There was a link to a virtual earthquake, which brought me to the page where I could explore different activities about measuring earthquakes. This site also had the option for viewing in Spanish, which I found very accommodating to a child whose parents may not speak English. After clicking on the teacher’s site I was brought to a calendar which the students could view to know what the homework is, or when their next day off is!

I cannot wait until I start planning lesson plans and incorporating different activities to keep my students engaged. Many teachers have their lesson plans in a large binder which they use to refer back to during lessons. When creating a week or month schedule I will definitely be utilizing the computer and Microsoft Office suite to keep my work available for change at all times. Just as the podcast mentions, planning is very time consuming the first year of teach, but having everything in digital form allows for revisions to be made for the next year. Diigo can be used while web browsing to not only bookmark the website, but attach little notes to easily organize each bookmark into the appropriate places for later use.

I found the Web Resource Evaluation assignment we recently completed to be very confusing at first. As I continued to use the Google site and become familiarized with it, the assignment got easier. I think this is a great tool for professionals and teachers to use for collaboration on a presentation for a specific topic. I was surprised by how unreliable some websites were. After making our checklist of different points, I realized how much goes into checking each website for reliability and ensuring it will be a good resource for future students.