There are a million websites and apps galore that our children are exposed to everyday! Research is showing that our 21st Century learners need time to explore GOOD websites - where they can practice, extend and create new products. One really good source of organized videos is Interactivesites. This site has a lot of great websites categorized for you.
Butsometimes I want to pick and choose what sites I want my students to use. How do you manage that? I use www.portaportal.com .
This is a FREE site that you can sign up for to use from home or school or anywhere you can access the internet. You will have a Member login which allows you to edit the websites into categories that make it easier to assign your students practice work. They have a separate login under Guest Access (so they can't mess up our system!)
Once they log on they will see your categories and be able to choose websites that you have found underneath.
I like this because I can be as specific as I want to be...assigning sites under a topic like Ecosystem or Poetry or as vague as I want like Math. The website is always a work in progress and you can edit and change it as needed.
Butsometimes I want to pick and choose what sites I want my students to use. How do you manage that? I use www.portaportal.com .
This is a FREE site that you can sign up for to use from home or school or anywhere you can access the internet. You will have a Member login which allows you to edit the websites into categories that make it easier to assign your students practice work. They have a separate login under Guest Access (so they can't mess up our system!)
Once they log on they will see your categories and be able to choose websites that you have found underneath.
I like this because I can be as specific as I want to be...assigning sites under a topic like Ecosystem or Poetry or as vague as I want like Math. The website is always a work in progress and you can edit and change it as needed.
This is a great way to make your learning experiences with computers meaningful - whether it is in the computer lab, using ibook carts in the classroom or even assigning it for homework .
Portaportal is a great site and it works for me!
I love symbaloo.com for this. I can categorize the websites by subject, and I create different colored tiles the titles right on them beneath each subject. It's definitely worth taking a look!
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