I have been tasked with viewing and reporting on these resources
The first link is to Nasa.gov. On the home page is some thrilling news.
Which felt a little like this:
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The next site is https://www.usgs.gov/ - the U.S. Geological Survey. This site was similar to NASA but the information was more geared towards how we interact with the Earth under our feet (earthquakes, volcanoes, oil and natural gas, etc.). This would also be a great school resource for a topic that related to this field.
http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/webclient/ is the next site. I spent way longer in this site than I needed to. This. was. so. cool. I am remembering ten years ago when my astronomy professor was extolling the virtues of google earth when it was first launched. This could inspire an earth science class.
https://www.globe.gov/ this site was interesting to peruse but the "news" section was the most interesting part. I think this would be a useful resource for researching current events for a science project.
https://www.nsta.org/publications/freebies.aspx this was an interesting site, the first thing that drew my attention was the "lexile analyzer" published Oct. 18th 2019. This is a tool that helps educators determine the level of a text based on common core standards. This would be incredibly useful to use in the classroom. If you were to use any of the other resources above, you would need to know if the article vocabulary is appropriate for your students levels. I'm sure this resource is filled with useful things like this.
http://www.viewpure.com/ this site helps educators remove ads from youtube videos in order to enhance the viewing experience and not distract from the content of the video. Some ads may be inappropriate for school viewing, but the video could be a vital resource. This is a great tool to use.
Next, I was asked to sleuth out some fake sites. Here's the list:
The first one looked fake from first click. The pictures were broken, the images were distorted and low quality. Also, this website is offending to genetically modify your baby. NOT REAL.
Next up: Dog Island: NOT REAL. no one offers anything for free.
Exploratorium: Real. This place has an address that is fact check-able. The site is easy to navigate (ie someone was paid to make it). This place exists.
Emma,
ReplyDeleteI have to agree that digital libraries is not appropriate all the time. I think there is very important for students to read print books. Children can not expect to read off a computer screen (or have the computer read to them) everywhere they go. I think it is nice that the digital libraries have so many books to select from, but there is something special about going to a library and choosing a book. Maybe I am biased because I am a librarian, but that is how I feel. I also HATE reading long texts off the computer screen. It is not good for the eyes and causes me to have migraines. I do not like e-texts at all, I much rather have a printed book in front of me.