Week 4: Blog and News Alert

Through Google Alerts, I found another blog, Math Coach's Corner. This became very useful because one of the blog postings introduced free Smart Notebook activities where students can practice their multiplication facts. Being a third grade teacher, one of the key things students need to learn beginning third grade is their multiplication facts. What better way to learn them than by doing fun activities with technology.

I found that by my personal Google Alerts and blog subscriptions, I have already been able to incorporate many activities in my classroom my students can do with technology. Before getting this blog,I would not have been aware of this information that was simply a click away. Every week I am eager to find new tools I can use in my classroom. Blog subscriptions and Google Alerts is a great way to find resources that can be used rather quickly in the classroom.



Zoom.it is another tool I found through the blogs. It allows one to zoom any image on the web and get a closer look at it. One can apply this tool to get students thinking critically. The teacher can zoom as far as one can to an image and have the students predict what it could be. As the teacher starts zooming out the student can be changing their predictions. This is a good way to introduce any subject.