Pioneer+Library+resources

[|Thinkfinity]- Has interactive websites for all different types of activities. It has links to other websites that you can get information off of for other lessons plans; it connects you to other information out there so that you have a variety of information on a certain subject. New information is constantly being added to this website so that it is accurate and current, you are able to see what other teachers have been doing, and what technology, or new activities, if any are being used. Once on the actual website the information is very easy to find, you can link to lessons plans, interactive plans can also connect you to "A Day in History" so if and when teaching history you can connect it to the current days. I would use this when trying to find fun ways to teach a lesson, it has amazing interactives that children will love! It is also on more than one subject as well, it can turn the most boring subject into something challenging in a fun way. Children love games, in some of the interactives it is having the student compete against the computer. I would connect my students to this website so that they could practice more on what was taught in class, also the website gives some free homework help so they can get extra practice in, and many of the activities and interactives are fun and it makes it so it doesn't feel like you are doing homework! Counties- Right on the Pioneer library page you can choose the “Utah Collection” and take a look at newspapers and archives about only Utah. So if you are having a child do a project on current events, or on a specific county or town in the state, they are able to locate and read from different newspapers and from different outlets, as well as get history on towns in the state. They newspapers on the site are posted daily, so students and teachers alike can read up on the current events of today, the information is from an actual newspaper so all of the information is current and accurate. [|eMedia]- This website contains all sorts of different information, lots of variety. They have a certain months “Featured Items” Right now its February and it’s all about heart information! It’s great! The quality seems well, but it some of it also seems very mature, and I suppose if a parent is reading it or a teacher was trying to get information it would be helpful. There is also a few links that are for children where they can learn about other countries and about the people living there. There is also a few ways that you can learn about all different things that Utah offers, such as: school, dance, science, and all sorts of other things! It holds a lot of information. It is very easy to navigate, if you can’t find it, you can search it right on the home page, it also has links to what is new in technology, I haven’t searched a whole lot so I’m not sure if it holds plentiful information. I would use it as an educator, it looks like it holds all the information that I would probably need to set up a lesson plan, and I would use this website as well as others to compile all the information gathered. I might not send them to this website just because most of it does seem very mature, like the parents or teachers seem like they could gather all the information from it and make it easier for children to understand. I think older students could get on and get the information they need, but younger children, I really don’t think it would help them understand anything better, I think that they would just get more confused.