Meebo Communication Tool

This is an easy and free way to connect and communcate with others. You have chat with other people from outside of the country and there is even a chance to use a video to chat and instant message. You are unable to file share so that is a dissadvantage, but you are able to set up a chat room if yo have any questions and there is ahelpful page with frequently asked questions if needed. This can be used in my future classroom by sharing information with my students and getting in touch with my students easily in a reliable way. I could post answers to questions that studnets had in class on meebo too if that was nessecary.

Skype

Skype is a free software that allows people to connect with family members, loved ones, or businesses around the world. It is basically a telephone call with video. There is also an instant messaging provided with Skype. Anyone is able to use Skype all it requires is access to an internet broadband connection. There are many advantages to Skype for many reasons including it being very efficient, effective and enhancing in many ways. There is really only one disadvantage os Skype which is that one using Skype is only able to Skype with one person at a time which not true with Ichat where you can video chat with up to 3 other people at a time. Skype is a great tool for all different types of people and it would be very helpful to use in a classroom especially if the class is learning about different cultures around the world they wold be able to Skype with other students their same age from a different country. Skype is a great tool and is becoming very popular with men and females of all different ages all around the world.

Leap Pad

DESCRIPTION:

Leap Pads are a great tool for younger students to follow along with a story being read to them. If they would like a word to be repeated if they do not understand the word or missed how it is pernouced they are able to just click on the word and hear it being read to them. It teaches reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling, parts of speech and emotions. Some, for example "Ratatouille" even teach a language and culture of a different country. It also allows children to play interactive learning games which is a great and fun way for studnets to learn without feeling like they are doing work. Leap Pad is also made to help students with math, writting, science and social studies. Many different stories and games can be bought for Leap Pad which is great because then the children can pick out a topic or story he or she is interested in so that it makes the learning even more fun and not feel so much like learning, just as a game.

Teachers use this tool in classrooms in order to allow their students to fully understand the material they are covering. It is very helpful because the teacher is unable to always help every student with for example every difficult word in a story, so leappad helps each student move ahead and be caught up with what is going on in class since one teacher can not go around and help every student individually at all times. Leap Pad is being used in over 100,000 classrooms across the United States.

EXAMPLE FILE:

TUTORIAL LINK:

http://www.leapfrog.com/en/families/leappad/leappad_learning_system/leappad_readwrite.html

ABC Ya! - Efficient

http://www.abcya.com/
I choose this website because I feel as though it is a very efficient website because it allows students to play games that they find fun and enjoy while still learning and advancing in what they are studying in school. It also has games for all different subject areas which I think is great because it allows the students to play games in the area in which they are struggiling in and can help them catch up in a fun way!

On Course- Effective

https://oncourse.iu.edu/portal

I choose this website because I believe that is a very effective website because it keeps students informed with what is going on in class and what and when it is due. It makes all information being learned very accessable and clear. It is also a great way of communication between the teacher and students and the students to other students.

Discovery Education-Enhancement

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/

I chose this website because I believe that it is an enhancement website. It has a lot of current news and information that is very useful for both students and teachers.

Two Important Resources for "TAL"

Assesment:
http://cse.edc.org/products/assessment/elementary/default.asp
I believe that this is a good assesment website that will be very helpful for teachers to understand what they need to be teaching their students better and more clearly and it will provide them with much information.

Lesson Plan:
http://k6educators.about.com/?r=9F
I think that this website has many lesson plans that can be very helpful in creating lesson plans for teachers and when I become a teacher because there are many lessons that conver various topics and they seem to be very good and well planned out lessons that will really enhance the learning of all different types of students.

Elizabeth Leeser- igoogle Page

Here is my igoogle page. I selected these websites on here because my major is "Teaching All Learners", so therefore I seleted websites that include lesson plans and just helpful information for both elementary education and sepecial education for teachers. I believe that these websites will be very helpful to me now as a student studying to be a teacher as well as in the future when i become a teacher.