Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Educational Activities Here are 2 educational activities Early Childhood teachers can use to help in teaching pre-schoolers. Educational Activity 1: Two Player Math GameThis activity allows 2 players and is a Math game based on Addition only. The level of difficulty is appropriate for pre-schoolers who are learning about Math. There are a total of 12 tries for each player. One player plays at a time and player 1 and 2 takes turns in playing the game. A scientist will determine the player's answer, whether it is correct or wrong. The player who answers the most number of questions correctly wins. Teachers can use this game to allow children to have a mini competition and compete among themselves who has the most number of questions answered correctly. A chart can be drawn and teachers can record the scores of children after they played the game. It can also be used to monitor children's progress. Educational Activity 2: Batter's Up Base Ball Math - Addition Edition This activity is about Math-Addition as well. Although it is based on Addition, it is presented in a different way as the first game. This game allows children to select the level of difficulty they want to tackle. The game has 3 levels, 'Single' for the easiest level where children add only single digit numbers, 'Double' where children add 2-digit numbers and the last level, 'Home Run' where children add 3-digit numbers. There is also a timer in the game to time how fast children take to answer the question. If they answer it correctly, the baseball player will play the game gain a point, if they answer wrongly, they will get a strike. Once they accumulate to 3 strikes, they are out of the game and they will have to choose another level and answer the question. Teachers are able to use this game to help teach children Addition in a fun way which, in this game, in the form of a baseball game. Also, teachers are able to record the number of questions children answer correctly or wrongly to monitor their progress. Teachers can also use this game to occupy children while doing small group teaching.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Web ToolsWeb Tool No. 1: Photobucket (http://www.photobucket.com/)
Photobucket is a website that allows you to post your pictures and videos and share them with the world. It also allows you to edit your pictures with all sorts of different background and provides you with the HTML code so that you are able to post your edited pictures in any other websites to share with the world. It also allows you to create a video of your own pictures and post it on other websites to share with others. It has a 3D Avatar which allows you to create a picture to represent oneself. There are functions where you can choose whether you want to represent yourself with short or long hair and post the picture for others to see. It also helps organize your pictures in a photo album so that viewing of your pictures is easy. Buying of images is available too, where we can use images of children in various activities and to demonstrate what is expected by the teacher to the children. The videos in Photobucket provides information of children in different countries. This helps teachers to understand that children are taught differently in different countries and suggests ways of helping foreign children to adapt with the new environment. Web Tool No. 2: 5min (http://www.5min.com/) 5min is a website where you can post videos and also view videos which others around the world posted. All videos are within the time limit of 5 mins. They are all instructional and 5min believes in providing a solution to questions through a short 5 min video. It has different catergories and covers almost anything under the sun. It also provides videos on Parenting which helps in teaching especially in the Early Childhood Field where teachers, for example, can find ways in working with parents. When teachers needs a question answered, visit 5min and answers are provided through a video and not through boring articles professionals wrote. Compare and Contrast:
Both websites allows people to post videos although 5min only allows videos and no pictures. The content in the websites are different as Photobucket allows more sharing of photos and videos which are more casual and of a wide range whearas 5min provides only instructional videos. Both websites allows people to share with the world through videos and for Photobucket, pictures as well.
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