So many children’s publishers and writers have allowed librarians to share their books online. The librarian I work with has been posting read-alouds to our library’s website for students to experience. She pairs them with learning activities that all of our elementary students can complete at home. I know many others are doing this asContinue reading “LIS 568: Take Advantage of Novel Effect”
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LIS 568: Exploring Artifacts from Around the Globe
I’m a big fan of museums, especially history and art museums. So I was pretty excited when I saw an app that lets you explore artifacts right on your phone. No museum trip necessary. The app is called Civilisations AR. If the “s” in that word looks weird to your American eyes, it’s because theContinue reading “LIS 568: Exploring Artifacts from Around the Globe”
LIS 568: Making a Matching Game
This week I looked at Educandy, a site that allows you to create your own matching games. Science teachers to English teachers could use this to help their students learn vocabulary and become familiar with terms in a fun way. Using it was honestly pretty easy. To create an account, I made a unique nameContinue reading “LIS 568: Making a Matching Game”
LIS 568: I Try to Make a Timeline
This week in LIS 568 was the first time I learned about TPACK. We read a Practitioner’s Guide to Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Knowledge (TPACK): Rich Media Cases of Teacher Knowledge. The authors elaborated on a class of third graders who assembled a digital timeline of important historical events based on their prior knowledge. StudentsContinue reading “LIS 568: I Try to Make a Timeline”
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