I was recently catching up on my Twitter PLN. *Quick explanation for those not yet using Twitter to develop professional ideas - I follow #edchat, #spedchat, #edtech, #technology, #kerncue as well as some others to share and get ideas with other educators. * I came across this teacher blog, Better Than Worksheets (http://www.betterthanworksheets.com/ ). The blog is written by two teachers, Julie Johnson and Patrick Johnson. I was looking around and found two other wonderful parts to this blog, Pop Lit Station and Game Based Learning, developed by Julie. Julie has some create ideas and has taken action to get them implemented. (Way to go, Julie!!) Games Based Learning has some great links and activities to do with your students to develop language, math, Science, PE, and other subject area skills through playing some Wii games.
Pop Lit Station is for the teachers/students in Julie's district, although others may view, please read the note to Out of School Visitors. Julie uses videos and Google forms with activities for students to complete. The responses are collected on a spreadsheet for Julie to view and give the students credit for completing. What a great idea!
Julie addresses the district standards in creating her activities. The point to both of these sites is to encourage teachers to try new things to reach students who struggle in school. Although Special Ed and ESL students could benefit especially, ALL students would benefit from using these approaches.
I think I am going to try out these ideas. I'll get back to you!
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