On www.evalutech.sreb.org/criteria I found a plethora of useful classroom tools. Not only was there disaster preparedness software, but Praxis tests for the teacher to study for a credential test! Education software was available for all ages to purchase. The lastest computer hardware was also available to purchase.
I really enjoyed the math link with free classroom visual aids. "Great Circle Navigation" was fabulous. You can rotate the world around to look at it at all points of view. If you click on one major city and the click on another major city is computes the distance and shortest path from city to city. Now I clearly understand why my husband flies over the North Pole to go to London from San Diego!
This math area also had various interactive geometry problems that could be put up on a projector and run from a computer so the class can watch. For instance the liquid in a cone fills up a cylinder. Before you have the program pour the colorful fluid, you have the students guess how high the liquid will go into the other body. I had a great time with that.
There is also sections for showing various shapes so you can name them. There are areas for drawing various geometric figures, unit conversion areas, showing the difference between chords and inscribed angles.
There were also free lesson plans for various subjects. That's how I found the math links. I can't wait to go back and look what there is for physics. Now that would be a wonderful subject for computer visual aids of the same quality that the math visual aids are.
All in all, I think that I'll remember this website. It was fun, colorful, attention grabbing, and a fabulous tool for teaching.
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Hello! I did not see the part about disaster preparedness on the site, but I wish I had... that sounds like a great tool all teachers should be aware of! I also agree with your enthusiasm for the study tools that are available for the credential test! All in all, I think this is a great site for teachers!
I was mainly looking at the evaluation tools and did not get deep into all the fun aspects of the website you did. I think that physics in high school would of been a lot easier to understand with interactive and technology to show some of the concepts. I will definitely go back to this site not only to explore it now but when I am teaching as well!
I agree there was sooo much info on this site. This will become very useful when we are teaching. This site will also be very useful for the parents to use with their kids as well. This can also help supplementing any student who needs extra help in a certain area.
Hi Tristen, I really liked what you said about using the math section in the classroom. As a child, I always struggled with math and sciences. I also happen to be a visual learner. Showing geometry and physics stimulations on a computer in the classroom is a great way for students to learn the material visually. I agree that the evalutech softwre is very useful on multiple levels.
Hi,
I am so glad you mentioned about the tests for teacher to study for a credential test. I am gonna have to go back and look at that. I agree with you in that this site is a fabulous tool for teaching.
Wow! I seemed to have missed quite a bit of the website as well! I was so enthralled by the website evaluation tools and their potential use in my classroom that I didn't notice nearly any of the stuff you did.
Great eyes!
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