Web 2.

0 Bibliography
Melanie Johnson
Middle Grades

Reading Websites
Title

Description

Web Site Link

Youth Voices

Allows students to express their

thoughts on various topics,
including what they are learning in
the ELA classes.

http://youthvoices.net/

RHL School

Provides worksheet resources for

reading comprehension.

http://www.rhlschool.com/r
eading.htm

Grammar Book

Gives explanations for grammar

rules, how to use the rules, and
quizzes to test students
knowledge of the rules.

http://www.grammarbook.c
om/

Utah Education
Network

Word and grammar games,

vocabulary practice and quizzes.

http://www.uen.org/712interactives/lang_arts.sh
tml

Math Websites
Title

Description

Math Tutor

Buzz Math

Math Play
Art of Problem
Solving

Provides interactive tutoring

sessions to students. Teachers can
assign tutors to students and track
their progress.
Online homework system for
students that allows them to check
solutions instantly, access
examples, and retry problems.
Math games designed for middle
schoolers to practice math
techniques.
Math videos that give step by step
instructions to completing math
problems.

Web Site Link

https://mathtutor.web.cmu.
edu/
https://www.buzzmath.com
/
http://www.mathplay.com/Middle-SchoolMath-Games.html
http://www.artofproblemsol
ving.com/videos

Choice Content Websites

Subje
ct

Title

Scienc
e

Periodic
Videos

Description
Videos explaining the
elements on the periodic
table and other chemistry

Web Site Link

http://www.periodicvideos.
com/

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related topics.
Scienc
e

Ed Heads

Scienc
e

PhET
Interactive
Simulations

Scienc
e

Learning
Science

Games and activities

designed to enhance
students knowledge of
science.
Simulations designed to
provide a visual and
interactive explanation of
certain phenomenon.
Community based tool for
teachers to share lesson
plans and resources for
teaching science.

http://edheads.org/

http://phet.colorado.edu/

http://www.learningscience
.org/

Presentation Tools
Title
Capzles

Animoto

Glogster

Description
Create timelines with pictures and
videos. Teachers can assign
students to groups for
collaborative projects.
Video production website that
provides templates for short videos
made of photos and video clips.
Produce multimedia posters. Can
be used for the classroom,
explaining new topics, and student
presentations.

Web Site Link

http://www.capzles.com/

https://animoto.com/

http://edu.glogster.com/

Webquests
Title

Description

Math Do I
really need to
know this?
Matter with its
Many States and
Changes

Allows students to search the web

to find out how they can use math
in their everyday lives.
Students will understand the states
matter can be in and how matter
changes from one state to another.

Web Site Link

http://questgarden.com/13
5/95/8/111127100129/
http://zunal.com/webquest.
php?w=116721

Summary of Implementation:
For my reading websites, I would have my students use Youth Voices
to share what they think about a selected reading passage. I feel this website
would show my students how important it can be to share your thoughts with

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others in a respectful manner. I could partner this tool with the reading
comprehension worksheets from RHL School by having students complete
this worksheets in order to understand their reading passage more clearly. I
could also use Grammar Book as a resource for my students when they
complete essays or research papers.
The math websites Math Tutor and Buzz Math would be good
homework websites for my students for extra practice and maybe even extra
credit activities. These tools would make it easy for me to track my students
progress. Art of Problem Solving would provide help in accommodating
different learning styles in the classroom. The videos from this website could
contain different ways of explaining topics for students who may not
understand my method of explanation at first. Also, the webquest Math
Do I really need to know this? would be ideal for me to use since I once
asked my middle school math teacher this same questions. I feel it is
important for students to understand that math is a critical part of many
professions that they will choose from for their future.
Learning Science is a great tool I could use to acquire help from my
peers. I could find lesson plans and supplemental items to use in my
classroom. While it is limited to a specific area, Periodic Videos has great
videos I could use to help my students to better understand the elements.
These videos show experiments being done that may not be possible for me
to complete in the classroom. Also, PhET Interactive Simulations is a great
tool I could use to give my visual learners a better picture of how certain
phenomenon occur. Matter with its Many States and Changes is one
webquest that I would use in my science class to help students understand
and have fun with this concept.
Each of the game websites, including Utah Education Network for
reading, Math Play for math, and Ed Heads for science, would be
wonderful for my students to use during free-time. In my ideal classroom, I
would have a computer station with at least two computers. When my
students have finished their in class assignments or tests, I would allow a
couple at a time to play in these websites while the other students are
completing their work. I believe my students would enjoy these websites as a
sort of reward, and I would be happy that they are still learning while having
fun.
As for the presentation tools, Capzles would be a fun tool to use to
show my students what our upcoming unit or class period will consist of. My
students could also use this as a presentation tool for projects. Animoto
would be ideal to use when recapping my students presentations. I could
use this as a sort of slide show to display each students or groups work.
Glogster would also be fun to use to create presentations for a lesson.
Especially in reading or science, I could use this tool to present topics as a
whole, such as a story the class has read, or to make a detailed and
interesting graphic organizer.