Academic Search Engines
In this particular technology implementation exercise, I detected three awesome children friendly sites. Kidskonnect is an example of a user friendly tool which is high quality teacher worksheets with varieties of lesson plans that are in alphabetical order. It is easy to navigate and good for all grades levels for K-12 subjects. It is also designed to supports seasonal teaching such as monthly topics, celebrations, unique holidays, remembrance and covid-19, just by browsing the kidskonnect online library for seasonal and holiday teaching worksheets. The work sheets would help learners with questions and more information, I was able to view and access various free worksheet samples and lesson plan templates. It is free register for the basic membership and $5 to activate a premium membership for over achievers teachers like me.
BrainPOP Jr. I am conversant with BrainPOP jr, I enjoyed using when for kindergarten students when I used to be a substitute teacher at HISD. This learning web page has an in-depth of every online activities that would get young children very busy and engaged with fun learning materials. However, to be able to use BrainPOP jr, one would need to request for educator code to access and create an individual account before a teacher/user can start setting up classes and assignments. There is a code request form that needs to be completed as a teacher to access this page.
Refseek: Is a kind of dictionary that provides definition, vocabulary and supporting resources for users, this is a websites that looks like easy for higher education such as educators, high school and college students, but it also indicated that it is good for grades 1 – 8 online classes. I like this websites because it is free and accessible to any user. Refseek have a unique kind of search engine that gives users access to either search for documents or certain academic information. It can be searched alphabetically just like the Kidskonnect online teaching website.
One common thing that these three children friendly sites have is that it is easy to navigate and easy to print out templates. I will definitely utilize these user friendly sites to support my teaching resources.
To enhance my teaching ability, I read the Horizon Report for 2020 Teaching and Learning Edition: Scenarios: Growth, Constraint, Collapse and Transformation. Societies and industries around the world failed in previous decades to swiftly and adequately respond to global climate change and environmental depletion, and the need for restraint in material and energy consumption is the new global reality.
Currently, every planning for the future is probably as complex and as challenging as it has even been. Given well-known challenges such as the pace of change and the rapid diffusion of artificial intelligence, planning needs imagination, flexibility, and a willingness to consider options from a variety of possible futures. Any action plan we formulate today is based on assumptions about what is likely to happen tomorrow.
www.kidskonnect.com
RefSeek - Academic Search Engine