Evaluating and Identifying Online Resources

This week we are reading articles about the brain and the learning process. I was curious about the way I learned and strategies I can use to guide my student’s learning process. I found these websites that provide us information about the development of the right-brain and left-brain thinking. I hope you can enjoy them.

http://www.funderstanding.com/content/right-brain-vs-left-brain

To be able to address our student’s needs, we need to understand the way the brain works. Our brain is divided in to parts: the right side and the left side. Usually people demonstrate characteristics of one side more than the other. Some persons have a balanced brain.

This website tells us about the difference between the right-brain or left-brain thinking. As teachers we usually attend the needs of left-brain thinking students. The space for creativity and feelings is limited. This information is valuable to help us plan the best way to meet our student’s interest and needs.

http://blogthings.com/areyourightorleftbrainedquiz/

Do you want to know if your are a right-brain or left-brain thinker?

Answer the following quiz and share with me your results.

These are my results:

Useful Instructional Design Blogs

Learning and Technology: A Blog for Reflection

http://leekraus.blogspot.com

Lee Kraus presents in his blog different topics about today’s technology.  Many of the examples provided come from his professional experiences.  He calls his blog a reflective Blog.  Technology changes every day, bringing challenges to us, as educators.  New equipments, websites, software and social networks are being part of our students’ daily life.  This Blog is a good resource, to find information about the latest technologies and changes.  This is information is helpful for me as a teacher and for my students.

Computer Science Teacher Association

  http://blog.acm.org/csta

The CSTA is designed for computer science teachers.  It is intended for the educational area of grades K to 12.  It is curriculum aligned focused on the use and integration of technology in the educational area.  This Blog is an effective tool to find information to support instruction in my computer class.