Knowledge+Constructor

Name - Jasmaine Bartee On this site, kids learn about the U.S. Government, how it works/works together, decisions presidents must make and the processes of those decisions, the three branches of government, articles about notable U.S. citizens and the impact they made on U.S. History, and how elections work. It is an interactive website that includes soundbites, hyperdoc type interactive quizzes, opportunities for feedback, opportunity to get newsletters about updates, and an internal search engine. 3c Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions. 3d Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions.
 * Name of Resource : Congress for Kids []
 * ** Identify the resource as an educational website, software program or app: educational Resource **
 * Rating: 10/10
 * **Brief description of the resource including how it can be used with classroom instruction or professional development in 3-5 sentences:**
 * **Explain how the resource aligns with the instructional strategy examined. This site aligns with :**

Name- Jasmine Grant Students can use this website, which is an online magazine to learn about animals. There are facts, stories, photographs, puzzles, and outdoor activities for students to explore. Teachers can assign students an animal to research, and this website would provide students with ample information. 3a Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits. As mentioned earlier, students will be able to research this website to locate information.
 * Name of the resource- Ranger Rickhttps://kids.nwf.org/Kids.aspx
 * educational website
 * **Rating-** 9/10
 * **Brief description of the resource including how it can be used with classroom instruction or professional development in 3-5 sentences.**
 * **Explain how the resource aligns with the instructional strategy examined.**
 * Posted evaluation sheet, if you would please. (not graded but preferred)

**Student Name:** Kristin Clifford Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others. ISTE Standards 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d
 * **Name of the Resource:** Google Cultural Institute https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/
 * **Identify the resource as an educational website, software program or app**: Educational website and app
 * **Rate the Resource on a scale of 1 to 10**: I would rate this an 8 out 10 after reading reviews, found it fun to explore
 * **Brief description of the Resource and how it can be used with classroom instruction or training in a work setting. (3 - 5 sentences)**: Students can use this app as a resource to learn more about art, history and geography. This app allows the students to explore art museums and learn about specific art, see exhibits exploring historical moments and travel the world using Google Street View. Students can see the world without leaving their classroom. Teachers can use this app to reinforce what is being taught while using technology.
 * ** How does the resource align with instructional strategy examined for the week (2 - 3 sentence) **



3a) Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits. This application is a library of multi-media information on a wide variety of topics. It is available in a variety of settings for students to use, //as they see fit//, to further their learning goals.
 * Student Name:** Jessica Earley
 * Name of the Resource:** Khan Academy
 * Identify the Resource:** app for Android and iPad; also web-based version
 * Rating:** I would give this app a 10/10. It does precisely what it claims to do, and the interface is smooth and easy to use. The content is robust enough that it can be used confidently as a K-12 resource. The material is comprehensive, presently clearly, and accurate.
 * Brief Description:** Khan Academy is an online educational program that offers instruction, interactive exercises, and practice questions in Math, Science, and (increasingly) other content areas. It offers content for K-12 through college-level learning. It is free to create an account, and the program tracks your learning across different modules and courses. It is a fantastic research for brushing up on content before teaching a new lesson; as a supplement for traditional instruction, and as a home resource for students to use alone or with parents.
 * Alignment: **


 * Khan Academy **



= = = = = = https://jr.brainpop.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = == = = = = = Student: T'Iara Smith = = Name of Resource: Feedly = = Link: https://feedly.com/i/welcome= = Rating: 10/10- This app is a great teaching tool using real life situations. Its free to use which makes it very convenient. The app also does not send any spam so the only updates and news that gets sent to the user are things that they personally clicked on to get updates for. = = Description: Feedly is an app that sends the user information of their choosing to help the user stay up to date in their desired industry. Feedly is connected to 40 million different news feeds so it allows the user to find the exact information that they are looking for in a desired industry. This allows the user to keep up with different trends in their desired industry which can potentially help their business prosper. = = ISTE Standards: This app aligns with 3a because a student could use this technology to get news and current updates of a specific industry and apply it to their own personal life or business. =
 * Student Name: **Karlye Pickelhaupt
 * Name of the Resource: **Brain Pop Jr.
 * Identify the Resource: **Educational Website
 * Rating: **I would give this app a 9/10. It could be an app used for young learners to support them in language or content development. It is easy to navigate but there aren't a lot of instructions. It is very kid friendly and students would want to pick this app to learn from. The issue is that the app is free but a family subscription is about $99 to have.
 * Brief Description: ** This app is cross curricular and could be used to support almost any lesson taught in the K-3 curriculum. The videos are engaging and help students learn by being both visually and auditory stimulating.
 * Alignment: **
 * 3a:** Students can use this app to look at the video which provides both clips, pictures, and multi-media to support students learning.
 * 3b:** Students could look at the relevance of the data provided. What images are old, which images are new. Students can find out history from the past but also see information that is currently and current to them.
 * 3c:** Students can find the videos under sub-topics that can help them make connections and keep information sorted for importance.
 * 3d:** Students can view things that are historically current and real life issues for them. They can also find real world problems in these videos and scenarios that they might come across one day. They can also take quizzes to view their own knowledge.

= Student: Rachel Creed = = Name of Resource: Popplet = = Link: [] = = Type of Resource: Educational Website = = Rating: 10/10 = = The website is user-friendly. It gives the user instructions step by step on how to create a visual representation. It can be used in the classroom, in the home, at work, or on the go. = = Description: Popplet is a collaborative organizational tool available as an app and on the web. It allows users to create graphic organizers, timelines, and a variety of other visual representations. It is a tool that gives users effective ways to present their information. = = ISTE Standards: = = 3a. Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits. = = 3c. Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions. =

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 **2) The link: @https://www.vocabulary.com/play/** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**4) Rating:** 9/10 – Vocabulary. com is very interactive app between the English language instructor and adult learners. and easy to navigate. It provides the construction of knowledge through improving the performance of adult learners as a self-directed and a self-motivated. The worst thing is that app is not free, but they can access the website free. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **5) Brief Description:** This app aims to improve vocabulary learning and motivates adult learners to interact and develop their skills through direct them to the knowledge.Instructors and adult learners can use this app in the classroom by having their devices. The instructors log in it and establish their own profiles and enable students to join and share their answers. Then, the result of answers appears. This app is supplied with a sound speaker. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **6) Alignment with ISTE:** Vocabulary. Com app aligns with the Knowledge Constructor ISTE. Whereas it updates and improves an adult learner’s professional knowledge and skill. It improves the performance of learners and helps instructors to use technology as knowledge constructor tool rather than attempting to instruct the learners. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Student's Name: Asma Alwadai **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1) Name of Resource: **__<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Vocabulary. com __
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3) Type of Resource: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Application and Website


 * Student name:** Jerry Sloan
 * Name of the resource:** Canva
 * Type of resource:** website
 * Rate the resource:** 10/10
 * Brief description:** Canva is an online tool for creating all kinds of visual media: posters, magazine covers, infographics, book covers, graphics formatted for various social media platforms, etc. It helps you design engaging, exciting-looking materials without needing any experience with graphic design. It is free and very easy-to-use.
 * Alignment:** There are nearly infinite ways that this website could be used in alignment with ISTE Standard 3c: "Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions." Students could use Canva to display how they have worked through a topic and engage in dialogue with others about it. For example, they could build an attractive blog, post on Facebook/Tumblr/Instagram/etc., or make graphics for a YouTube channel.

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 * Student:** Tammy Sauer
 * Name of Resource:** Science for Kids
 * Identify the Resource:** Educational Website
 * [|Science for Kids]**
 * Rating: 10/10** Using this site this week to complete my educational hyper doc was very fun. The site was full of useful things teachers can do with their children in order to teach them new things, and have fun doing so.
 * Brief Description:**
 * Alignment:** 3a, 3c, and 3d The website engages children and teachers alike with educational resources for many different things. It is a very effective tool to be used in or out of the classroom.


 * Evaluation: [[file:Science4Kids.pdf]]**

[|NEWSELA]
 * Student**: Samantha Jones
 * Name of Resource:** Newsela
 * Identify the Resource:** Educational website
 * Rating:** 10/10 I gave this website all of the points because it is an educational website that is an instructional content platform. It provides opportunities for every subject to construct knowledge.
 * Brief Description**: Newela.com is an online educational website that allows teachers and students to interact with the text. All articles can be found under a core subject, current news, texts, or units. Teachers are able to select the content and distribute it to students using a class code. It has text-to-speech articles, and different lexile levels. The website can be connected with Google Classroom to provide easy distribution.
 * Alignment:** 3a, 3d Students can build knowledge by actively exploring real-world problems arising in the "news" section. It will allow students and teachers to employ effective research to locate information and strategies to construct knowledge using a digital tool to critically evaluate articles. It is an instructional tool that can be easily used to integrate several subjects.




 * Student: ** Kate Albert
 * Name of the resource: ** Go Noodle
 * Identify the resources as an education website, software program or app: ** website
 * Link: [] **
 * Rating: ** 10/10 I gave this website a 10/10 because it is a place my students can go and let loose but still have the opportunity to practice a previous learned skill. It is also a safe location to fined music that is just right for their age group.

I feel that this website gives children many different choices
 * Brief Description: **
 * GoNoodle is an educational website that lets children learn in a different way. The website allows children to take brain breaks from learning too by doing fun, moving activities. Many of the activities can be selected to match what the students are already learning within the classroom. There are many categories to choose from. From different academic areas to sensory, mindfulness and different movement type of activities. Any student can find something fun and that interests them on it. The website is free unless you want to pay for the GoNoodle plus which you will get more videos!

GoNoodle is a great resource for children to practice skills that they have previously learned. Students can navigate the website on their own and they can build on to their existing knowledge..
 * Resource Alignment: **

**3a** Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits.

**3d** Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions.


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Student: **<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Cheryl Flannery
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Name of Resource: **<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Tween Tribune


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rating: **<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> 9/10 - This is an amazing resource for students to learn about multiple subject areas through current events via self-guided exploration of the site. The photos are engaging and help to attract students to this digital tool. The only negative of this online resources is the fact that there are multiple ads including pop-ups.


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Description: **<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 12pt;">This free resources is a digital tool that students can use to learn about multiple subject areas through current event articles that are structured like an online newspaper. The site supports grade levels K-12, includes articles in Spanish, and teacher lesson plans that will support the articles displayed. Each article description is headed by a vibrant photo of the information topic. The site is visually stimulating, engaging and inspire multiple viewpoints. The articles support a student crafted learning experience and promotes transfer of knowledge that is student selected based on interest of subject. The lesson plans support any of the applicable articles based on subject. The articles are very timely/current and are available by lexiles. Educators can set up free accounts to engage with students in a private setting.

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 12pt;">3a Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits. <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 12pt;">3b Students evaluate the accuracy, perspective, credibility and relevance of information, media, data or other resources. <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 12pt;">3c Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions. <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 12pt;">3d Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions. <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 12pt;">
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 12pt;">ISTE standards: **<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 12pt;">This site supports the ISTE standards for the student by empowering them to play an active role in their learning goals. Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.

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 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Student: **<span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Nikki Butler
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Name of the Resourc **<span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 10pt;">e: Trello
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Identify the resources as an educational website, software program or app: **<span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Trello is an easy to use ,organizing and project management online software program. It is also available as a desktop app for Mac and compatible with iPhone, iPad and Ipod touch.
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Link: **<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[]
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rating: **<span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 10pt;">I give this organizing and project management software a 10 out of 10. The website is easy to use and can be used in multiple different ways. It can be used to create lists, map out processes, create visual boards and so much more. It’s a fun and creative way to manage projects, organize and engage others.
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Brief Description: **<span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Trello can be used on group or solo projects. It can also be used to help organize student with to-do checklists. Due dates and calendar notifications can be added to cards on the board. Engaging others is easy by assigning task, commenting on items and customizing workflows. Information is easily tracked on a timeline. Inserting pictures, videos, attaching files and stickers is a great way to get creative and make it fun. This site fosters an environment of collaboration and <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 10pt;">constructing knowledge, which is important for both learning and teaching.
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Resource Alignment: **<span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Trello aligns with C and D of the ISTE standard 3 (knowledge constructor). The program and app is a digital resource that uses a variety of tools and method to help create collections of meaningful connections or conclusions. And it builds knowledge by actively exploring. By using Trello to map out processes or create list, a new sense of relevance and relatability can be formed.

**Student:** Lauralea Taylor **Name of Resource:** GoNoodle **Link: [|https://app.gonoodle.com]** **Type of Resource:** Educational Website I feel that this website is very user friendly! My preschool children would need help reading the categories of what video they want to watch but any student that can read can definitely navigate and figure out what video they want to watch. My preschool kids would have their parents help or if they just start pushing videos they can watch what they want.
 * Rating:** 10 out of 10


 * Description:** GoNoodle is an educational website that lets children learn, or take a break from working/learning, or if they just need to get up and move. You can choose what category you want to dance/move/learn about and do what the video promps you to do. The categories you can choose from are curricular, mindfulness, sensory and motor skills, school type, and movement type which each of them have sub-categories listed under them! Any student/child can find something fun and interesting to learn/do. The website is free unless you want to pay for the GoNoodle plus which you will get more videos!
 * STE Standards:** GoNoodle is good for helping kids remember what they have learned and also help them with new subjects to help them remember something. They can navigate through the website alone to use their creative imaginations to help them learn. They build lots of knowledge from the videos on the educational site.
 * 3a** Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits.
 * 3d** Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions.


 * Evaluation Sheet:[[file:Story Jumper Web Eval.pdf]]**

**Student:** Kevin Jakeway

**Name of Resource:** [|Google Cultural Institute]

**Type of Resource:** Educational Website


 * Rate the Resource (1-10): ** As a rating, I am giving this website a 9.2 out of 10. It is a very good website that has a great collection of artifacts from a variety of American and World art/events. As an AP World History teacher, I can say that I will now be using this website in some of my classroom activities. If the search function on this website was a little more user-friendly, it would have received a higher score, but a 9.2 is a very good score, as this is a very good website.


 * Description: ** This website is a collection of artifacts from some of the most important world events. The site is broken up into four different pages - "[|Home]", "[|Explore]", "[|Nearby]", and "[|Favorites]". The "[|Home]" page is well organized into a collection of featured works, stories, collections, and events. It offers a nice introduction into what you will find in the "[|Explore]" section. On the "[|Explore]" page, visitors can explore some of the greatest artists, mediums, art movements, historical events, historical figures, and places that can be found in the United States and across the globe. Visitors are able to explore these fields that contain articles, artifacts, 360 degree videos, and pictures that have been compiled from over 1,000 museums worldwide. The "[|Nearby]" page shows users art and historical collections in their area. Finally, the "[|Favorites]" page allows visitors to create their own collection of art or historical pieces found on the site.


 * ISTE Standards: ** 3c: Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.

Students, through the "[|Favorites]"section, are encouraged to collect artifacts that can be tied into school research projects. The amount of digital resources found on the site is astounding and students will be able to explore them using a variety of tools as explained above. This website certainly fits the ISTE 3c standard.


 * Evaluation Sheet: [[file:EDU 590 - Knowledge Constructor Evaluation.pdf]] **

**Student:** Kathryn Maust

 * Name of the Resource:** Popplet
 * Type of Resource:** App
 * Rating:** 9/10
 * Description:** Popplet is an app students can use to create concept maps. Students can change the size, color, number of attaching bubbles, font, can add photos and drawings, etc. to the concept map. Multiple concept maps can be created within the same board. They can then be saved and shared. This is a very effective tool for organizing ideas during brainstorming, summarizing new information, or making conclusions about different topics being learned.
 * Alignment with ISTE:** These concept maps would be good examples of the "creative artifacts" described in the ISTE Standard 3c. They also make learning more likely to be meaningful, as described in Standard 3. After students have consumed information, Popplet will help them organize it into a meaningful, coherent graphic they can refer back to later or share to help others learn.

**Student:** Cansis Rigg

 * Name of the Resource: ** Epic
 * Identify the resources as an educational website, software program or app: ** Epic is a website and an App
 * Rate the Resource on a scale of 1 to 10 ** : I would rate this as a 9 out 10
 * Brief description of the Resource and how it can is used with classroom instruction or training in a work setting: ** Epic is an online resource where students can read books. It is very user friendly, I have introduced my second graders to it this week and there was minimal confusion. To access my class, they simply type in a class code and then select their name to access thousands of books. I am rating this a 9 out 10 because unlike Raz-Kids the educator can’t assign leveled books, and not all of the books can be read aloud to the students. Epic does have “Read to Me” books and audio books though. I have my students use this app during Daily 5 when they are doing Listen to Reading.
 * How does the resource align with instructional strategy examined for the week (2 - 3 sentences): ** Epic allows students to fill their library with books that interest them, and therefore, students take control of their learning. Students take into consideration their interests a choose what topic they want to learn more about, and through that expand their knowledge base.

Student: Kelly Chase

Name of Resource: Sock Puppets

Type of Resource: App

Rate the Resource (1-10):


 * I give this resource a 10. The app is fun and easy to use and there are up to 6 puppets available in the free version. This could allow six kids in a group to have their own character if they wanted. This app could be used for students to demonstrate their learning on a number of different subjects, and the ability to share the videos lets the students present information to the class in a fun way. Teachers could also use this to teach material. There is a more advanced version that can be purchased for $3.99, but the students can collaborate and create a puppet show with the free version.

Description:


 * Users select puppets, a background, and props and then create their own puppet shows. Users can record their voices into the app and their puppets will lip dub their words. Users can even add music to their shows. It is easy to share the completed shows to youtube, facebook, email, etc.

ISTE Standards:

3c: Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.

This resource aligns with the standard because students can take the information that they have learned and work together to demonstrate the connections they have made in a fun, and engaging way.

Evaluation Sheet:

**__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Katrina Reeves __**
<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**Description**: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This website is categorized into several different tabs so that there is relevant information for different ages. The categories are for K-4th, 5-6th, 7-8th, and 9-12th graders. In each classroom setting, it can be used differently. For older grades, it can be used as a current event tool where students have to summarize articles and give their opinion on the issue. In high school, students can begin to identify biases and viewpoints in articles and discuss those as well.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Name of Resource: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">TweenTribune
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Type of Resource: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">educational website
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Link: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|TweenTribune]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rate the Resource (1-10): **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">9: I really enjoyed exploring TweenTribune and seeing how many relevant and easy to understand news articles there were for a broad range of children to read and understand. It was easy to navigate and full of useful and relevant information.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Instructional Strategy: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">TweenTribune aligns with the instructional strategy for the week because it allows “students [to] critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge[…] and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.” Students can learn how to access informational websites such as TweenTribune to broaden their knowledge of the world around them and create discussions with teachers and classmates about these topics.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3a: “Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits.” <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3d: “Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions.”
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">ISTE Standards: **



**__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Darcy Sheppard __**

 * Name of Resource:** Padlet
 * Type of Resource:** Application and Website
 * Link: Padlet**
 * Rating:** 9.5/10 - Padlet is an excellent resource that can be used as an "idea catcher" of sorts. On top of that, it easily lends itself to collaborative activities. The website is fun and easy to navigate, as is the app for iPhone. The only downside is the cost for premium features, which start at $12 a month for a teacher that would like unlimited student accounts.
 * Brief Description:** Padlet is an application and website that is collaborative in nature. It is currently available in 29 languages - creating an opportunity for collaboration with students all around the world. Students can post to a digital bulletin board by copying and pasting, dragging, or clicking on content from outside websites. Padlet supports almost every file type. This means students can upload files from their computer, images/videos from their phones, songs, spreadsheets, documents, links, etc., to the Padlet. The Padlet is updated almost instantly across all platforms, allowing students to see what others have posted to the digital bulletin board via a small preview. The possibilities for the use of Padlet in a classroom are virtually endless.
 * Alignment with ISTE:** The Padlet app and website aligns particularly well with ISTE standard 3c - "Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions." Padlet works as a collaborative digital bulletin board, allowing students to curate digital resources of all types in order to create a meaningful product. The collaborative aspect of Padlet allows for students to build knowledge from one another, as well as evaluate each other's posts to the bulletin board for relevance and credibility, which are also indicators of the Knowledge Constructor ISTE standard.


 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Josh Balfour __**


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Name of Resource **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">: Diigo


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Type of Resource **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">: Educational/Research Extention


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Link **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">: [|https://www.diigo.com]


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Rating **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">: 9 - Diigo provides a browser add-on that can really improve your research productivity. As you read on the web, instead of just bookmarking, you can highlight portions of web pages that are of particular interest to you. You can also attach sticky notes to specific parts of web pages.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Brief Description **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">: Diigo enables effective collaborative research. You can easily share your findings, complete with your highlights and sticky notes, with friends and colleagues. A project team, a class, or a club can create a group on Diigo to pool relevant resources, findings and thoughts together. all the information highlighted paragraphs, sticky notes, and the original url are saved on Diigo servers, creating your personal digest of the web. You can easily search, access, sort and share this collection from any PC or even iPhone.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Alignment with ISTE **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">: Diigo aligns with the resources presented this week, by focusing on students’ ability to locate and use digital tools skillfully and critically in order to create artifacts that showcase their understanding and learning journey. Diigo is much more than a simple web annotation or social bookmarking service. It is a new kind of online research and collaborative research tool that integrates tags and folders, highlighting and clipping, sticky notes, and group-based collaboration, enabling a whole new process of online knowledge management, learning, and teaching in the information age.

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">STUDENT: NATHALY ARVIZU **__

 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Evaluation: [[file:nathaly-arvizu-teachthought.pdf]] **
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Name of the Resource: **<span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> TeachThought


 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Type of resource: **<span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> Digital tool for educators


 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Link: **[]


 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Rating: **<span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> 9 out of 10. The website is very informative and straight to the point. The background of the founder is easily found making it a reliable source. The formatting of the website itself (headings, images, font size, internal links, etc.) is well designed and built making it adequate for its users.


 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Description: **<span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> As stated on the “About” section of this website, TeachThought is a resource devoted to revolutionizing teaching and learning for the 21st century student utilizing a macro view approach of the learning process. Its mission is to grow teachers through resource curation, curriculum development, thought leadership and other learning tools gathered with the collaboration of organizations and technology. TeachThought uses a “category” method for delivering its contents, there are 5 categories:


 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">//Critical thinking:// Provides educators with information on how to encourage students to practice different modes of thinking utilizing their imagination and creativity.


 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">//Teaching:// Provides educators with a plethora of information on strengthening their teaching skills and abilities as well as enhancing the art and science of helping people learn.


 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">//Technology:// Provides educators with tips and ideas on how to take advantage of free technological resources to transform their classroom in turn improving their student’s learning experience.


 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">//Learning:// This category focuses on practical reflection strategies for improving information retention in students, motivating students, encouraging classroom creativity, generating curiosity in students and more.


 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">//The future of learning:// Provides educators with information on how to adapt to a growing and ever-changing student dynamic and knowledge based demands.


 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">ISTE standards: **<span style="color: #111111; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> TeachThought aligns with the “Knowledge Contructor” ISTE standard by allowing students (students in this case are the educators) to locate information and resources for intellectual and creative pursuits. Following a “student driven” approach, TeachThought uses a carefully designed “category” process to positively encourage students to expand their understanding on different topics allowing them to develop useful and innovative ideas for classroom practices.

==== **Rate the Resource - 9/10** - I give this website a 9 out of 10 rating because it can be used in so many different ways. Teachers or students can easily add any type of resource they find and add it to the same “space” so that all of their resources are in 1 place. They can then add descriptions of what that resources is and how it is to be used. They can also create their own presentations or documents and add them to the blendspace for collaboration. ====

==== **Brief description** - This website can be used by both teachers and students. Teachers can use this website to create guided lessons using whatever resources they want, which includes videos, documents, presentations, pictures, etc. The teacher adds all resources to 1 blendspace, adds a description of what the student is to do with that resource, and students work from there. Additionally, students can create their own blendspaces as a final product for a project-based assignment, or the teacher can have all students upload presentations or documents to the same blendspace to be able to collaborate together. The blendspaces are easily sharable and accessed. ====

==== **ISTE Alignment** - This website/app aligns with the ISTE standard for Knowledgeable Citizens because it allows students to see and gather sources of any type for a project that they can evaluate and change if need be. They can collaborate with their peers and then upload their presentations and documents to the same blendspace. It also allows teachers to create guided projects using a variety of resources that the students then work through and they can upload their final presentation at the end. ====

**Name of resource**: Seesaw APP https://web.seesaw.me.
 * Name of student: ** Fatimah Bookmany
 * Link: **
 * Type of resource**: educational
 * Rating**: I would like to rate this resource 8 to 10.
 * Describe this resource:** seesaw is an education app for students, families, and teachers. it is especially use in a class between teacher and their students. teacher and students share the works of class between them by this app. Seesaw APP is very beneficial to keep connection between teacher and students during a semester.
 * How does the resource align with instructional strategy..?** Now, I use seesaw app with my teacher in the English Language Institute (ELI), especially in the listening and speaking class. it's very helpful for me to connect and discuss with my teacher and other classmate students to share together about ideas. So, this app is very important in English Language Learner (ELL) to improve their language skills.


 * Kelly Acre-Piersma**


 * Name of Resource:** Coffitivity
 * Link:** https://coffitivity.com/
 * Type of Resource:** Website, Creativity Builder


 * Rating**: 4 I was initially excited about the site because my classroom is coffee themed and I needed sounds to help it sound like a coffee shop. It is very basic and easy to use but lacks substance. There are only 6 sound themes to choose from. Very disappointing and not very useful. It is not a tool to build a project like the others, but it fosters the creativity to keep the students creative and productive.


 * Describe the Resource:** This site is different from any of the other sites listed. The purpose of the website is to provide cafe themed white noise to boost creativity. There are 3 free cafe themes and 3 that can be purchased. There wasn't much difference between the free recorded cafe sounds. Even though there were no singular cafe sounds that I could use like a cappuccino maker, I decided to give the sounds a try. I listened to each of them for 3-5 minutes and slightly surprisingly they were calming. I didn't have any great epiphanies, but I can see how this could help calm the mind and allow it to focus. The website provides a study to provide proof and credibility to their claims of white noise boosting creativity. I think this would be better suited to adult learners or for high schoolers working on a project. I may used to block out home noise too. You couldn't create a lesson around this website, but it could be used as apart of a discussion on creativity boosting or anxiety calming resources.


 * How does the resource align with instructional strategy?** It is loosely aligned with. Knowledge Constructor 3a: Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits. It claims the cafe white noise can help students boost creativity like classical music helps students to retain information while they are studying.



**Name of the Student:** David L. Davis Sr.

 * Name of the Resource:** [|WatchKnowLearn] Free Educational Videos. Organized


 * Link:** [|WatchKnowLearn.org]

[|WatchKnowLearn] is an educational website at which educators can store, categorize, and rate educational videos.
 * The identity of the resources:**

I rate this website as an eight on a scale from 1 to 10. This site is user-friendly and has an appropriate interest level for the intended audience. The service is free to teachers, parents, students, and everyone may have access to the archive of videos.
 * Rate the Resource on a scale of 1 to 10:**

The videos can be used in a training environment to build upon learners existing knowledge of a subject. The site is user-friendly for students, parents, and educators with a different level of simplicity of interaction for each group and their individual uses of the site. The reading level is simple enough for navigation and selection of videos along with a modest description of the video. There is a broad body of knowledge that a student can research and several subject areas to choose. Accessibility to some videos can be a little slow at times but nothing that will hinder the learning process. The site is free from commercial advertisement so distractions are limited and all of the links used during my sessions worked well.
 * Description of the Resource:**

The resource aligns with the current week’s instructional strategy, Knowledge Constructor, in that it allows the learner to build upon their existing knowledge and experiences. The video lessons offer another perspective to compare and contrast with what the learner lessons previously taught. The learner is afforded the opportunity to contextualize the new knowledge actively and construct a fresh understanding of a subject.
 * Instructional Strategy:**

This site supports the ISTE standards for the student by empowering them to play an active role in their learning goals. They can locate free resources like videos and other information relevant to their assignment. This exploration strategy is a great tool for student to use to broaden their perspective on a particular subject
 * ISTE Standards:**



Student: Josh Foster

Name of Resource: Jeopardy Rocks

Type of Resource: https://www.playfactile.com/mygames

Rate the Resource (1-10):


 * I will give this resource a 7/10. My reasoning for this score is because the website is really cool and I love how you can build your own Jeopardy game, however to do anything else, it cost money. With the Jeopardy board being completely customizable, I feel that this website would be beneficial to anyone trying to learn.

Description:


 * Jeopardy Rocks is a website that allows you to create a Jeopardy board and even gives you a link to the board so you can share it. This website also allows you to create Jeopardy boards with traditional topics such as History, Math, and Science. In a classroom setting, this website can be used to challenge students with traditional questions and allow them to provide answers. In a work setting, a manager could use this website to help staff understand a new process or become more acquainted with a new topic. Overall, a pretty cool learning website.

ISTE Standards:


 * The best representation of the ISTE Standards would be 3d. Jeopardy Rocks allows students to build knowledge while exploring real world issues and problems. The Jeopardy board is also completely customizable and can be used to teach any subject matter.

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Student: Kim DeLong <span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Name of Resource: Apache OpenOffice <span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> Type of Resource: software package

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> link: @https://www.openoffice.org/why/why_edu.html

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> Rate the Resource (1-10): <span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I will give this resource a 9/10. My reasoning is Microsoft Office software packages are very expensive and may have limited licensing available for multiple computers. OpenOffice offers a compatible productivity product that is beneficial for educators and students. Without a real world trial I am unable to rate a 10, which would be a perfect score implying this program does indeed work compatibly with Microsoft Office.

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Description: <span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Apache OpenOffice package includes a word processor, spreadsheet, database, and dynamic graphics. This is an open-source license product, meaning it can be distributed and used without need for a license.

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">From the product website: <span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> “Apache OpenOffice forms an ideal teaching platform for core computer literacy skills, without tying students to commercial products. The free software license means students can be given copies of software to use at home - perfectly legally - a useful 'added value'. For IT students, OpenOffice's component based software is also an ideal platform for developing IT skills and understanding real-life software engineering.”

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">ISTE Standards: <span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Apache OpenOffice allows users to build knowledge while exploring the products offered. Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves



__**Name: Tiaria Meadows**__

**Name of Resource: ZoomIn** **Resource Identification**: Education Website **Link**: http://zoomin.edc.org/

**My Rating**: I rate this website a 10 out of 10. I love everything about it. It is easy to access and navigate. It gives you the options of adding different classes to your account to keep you organized on which lesson plan is to what class. There are many different topics of already constructed lesson plans to teach from or you can created your own and store them in your account for the future or share with other teachers. The students are allowed opportunities for critical thinking and then essay writing prompts at the end of each lesson. This tool will make history more engaging for students.

**Description**: Zoom is an education website that allows social studies teachers the opportunity to teach from a “class room ready lesson plan” meaning from lesson plans on a particular history subject that was already created by a historian or fellow teacher. You can search through history lessons from 1763 to present. This website also allows you to give your students a student code where they will login, read, assess, and construct essays about each lesson in or out of the classroom. The goals of the creators of ZoomIn are to • Grab the attention of students throw complex text • Provide argumentative essay topics • Provide documents as evidence for support

**ISTE Alignment**: ZoomIn aligns with ISTE standard 1c and 1d. This tool allow students the chance to collaborate their knowledge construction with one another. It also give clarity to students causing them to participate ask questions and thinking in a creative way.


 * __ Kim LeMire __**


 * Name of Resource: ** Scrible


 * Type of Resource: ** Website


 * Link: [|Scrible] **


 * Rating: ** 10 out of 10. Scrible was quick and easy to download from the website. It was also very easy to open and use. I like that as soon as you open Scrible on a website or document, your work is automatically saved. You don’t have to push a save button.


 * Brief Description: ** Scrible allows students to annotate on webpages and documents. The tools that are available are a highlighter and a comments tool. When students open Scrible, it keeps all of their annotations in their library. From their library, they can send and receive documents from others. Students can also apply tags to their work so it is easy to sort through what they have saved. Lastly, they can add Bookmarks to keep track of websites they find helpful or interesting. This would best be used in an English or History class when they need to do research for a project.


 * Alignment with ISTE: ** Scrible aligns with the ISTE standard 3a- “Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits,” and 3c- “Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.” Students use this tool for research purposes. It allows them to highlight the useful information they have found, along with being able to leave comments on information they find interesting. They can organize their resources by using tags to help make connections between them.

=__**Sherryia Garcia**__=


 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Name of Resource: ** Go Noodle

**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Type of Resource: **educational website

**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Link: ** []

**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Rate the Resource (1-10): **9: I really enjoyed exploring Gonoodle and I loved seeing how many brain breaks there accessible on the website. Gonoodle was easy to access as well as navigate. I would definitely recommend this website for educators who teaches primary grades. Description: Gonoodle is an education website that has videos, brain breaks, fun learning activities that makes learning more enjoyable. You can search activities based on what you would like to do. Some activities consist of stretching, dancing, patterns, letters, etc. You can navigate through a free account or choose to purchase the premium account.

**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Instructional Strategy: **Gonoodle aligns with the constructivism because being that “People actively create their own subjective representations of objective reality”. Students can associate the videos and activities on gonoodle with what they are learning in the classroom. Gonoodle can give students a visualization on prior learning or new lessons.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **ISTE Standards:**

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3a: “Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits.”

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3d: “Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions.”

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">BECKY WIEDERHOLD


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Name of Resource: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Evernote]

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **Type of Resource:** Application and Website

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **Rating:** 9/10 – Evernote is very user friendly and easy to navigate. It provides a place to collect data and share information with others anywhere, anytime. Evernote provides a platform for digital learners to collaborate and discuss ideas for projects. The basic package is free, but there are different options for a monthly fee. It can be used for personal thoughts, school projects, as well as business collaborations.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Brief Description: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Evernote has 4 different plans the user can choose from, the basic, plus, premium, and business. All of the plans have a similar function with added features depending on the package the user chooses. All of the plans have a yearly or monthly fee, except the basic plan. The basic plan allows the user to take notes and capture ideas or clips from the internet. All the data the user collects is synchronized into on database and can be accessed anywhere. The user can use the computer, their phone or tablet and the web. Within the collection the user creates, there is a function to search, which means the user has the ability to find anything they need, including handwriting in images.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Alignment with ISTE: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Evernote aligns with the Knowledge Constructor ISTE, 3c, best. The indicator states “students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions (iste.org).” Evernote is a place to collect data, make connections, and share ideas with peers or colleagues.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Evaluation used: [[file:Wiederhold Web Eval_Evernote.pdf]] **

Student Name: Colleen McGoldrick Educational website
 * Tour Builder (Google)[|Tour Builder]**
 * Rating**: 10/10 rating
 * Brief Description**: Tour Builder is a way for students to view maps and events in a cohesive format. Students could view or create their own maps; to explain their understanding; guide their research for a project. I would primarily use this for understanding historical events. I could see how this could also be used to understand science impacts on geographical sites or other historical science concepts.
 * Alignment with ISTE**: Students can construct knowledge with this tool and produce their own artifact while they research and understand and plot meaningful places on a map. Students create the “stops”, add pictures and text to describe the importance of the “stop”. This can be done in a meaningful sequence and shared with other students to expand others interests in science or history mapping.