YETC

I learned about so many different resources online today at the YETC. I had no idea how many different ways we could use the internet as a resource in our classrooms. I really liked how there are so many of these resources that are free. I think these will be great resources in my classroom and in my home. I don't want to lose any of these ideas, so I am going to list some of these websites here for easy remembering and access:

www.theopendisc.com/education (Provides software for free. It covers a lot of subjects and has an office program similar to word. I really liked the stellarium and celestia downloads for learning about space.)

www.zotero.org (This is a fabulous tool for research papers.)

storyonline.net (These are stories read online with some activities that go along with them.)

kiddyrecords.com (These are old records converted to mp3 format.)

pioneer-library.org (Using emedia we can find great resources for teaching.)

We also learned about using itune podcasts, Google's advanced search, phun (a drawing program), and format factory and video monkey (These sites help you download and watch videos. They change the formats to .wmv and then you can put them in your powerpoints!

I really enjoyed learning about all of these resources and I think I will be able to use them in my practicums as well as teaching.