Week 6

This week in class we worked with a program called Kidspiration. What a fun program! I could imagine so many things you could use it for. I love all the math application, especially the fraction boxes. It's so much easier to teach (and understand) fractions when you can see and manipulate them for your self. I also liked how you could create your own writing tree and how you can add your own notes in the writing view. That's something that's very hard to do just on paper when you're trying to keep all your thoughts organized! It's also neat that you can totally create your very own "worksheets" and make it interactive for the kids. So much fun!

We've also been working on our CultureGrams page. That is a really fun resource as well. I've been playing with the comparison tables and graphs to compare different countries. It's quite interesting to see where different countries stand in certain categories and sometimes very surprising. I've also enjoy reading the different culture facts of different countries. I think I might even use this for a culture presentation I have to do in my Spanish class! Great information and some really great photos, too!