Amanda Adams’ Web Index Page

Required Instructional Activities

Web Link Bibliography – This is my bibliography. Here you will find links to ten homepages of terrific author sites. Use these pages when performing an author study in your classroom, or just to gain some background knowledge to share with your students.

View it at: http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/adamsa/webbib.htm

Search Engines – Here is a listing of the best search engines for shopping, news, government, general, and kid-friendly searches.

View it at: http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/adamsa/searche.htm

Course Module – Here is an online activity that I have created in helping an internet user learn about filtering.

View it at: http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/adamsa/module.htm

Elective Activities

Citing Internet Resources – This activity describes a web site useful in high school classrooms as an aide for students, describing how to properly cite internet research sources. There are also examples of MLA citations of four websites.

View it at: http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/adamsa/citing.htm

Clip Art – Here is a list of five useful and FREE clip art sites that are applicable to teachers for use in the classroom in the creation of worksheets, websites, as well as by students in the creation of original projects.

View it at: http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/adamsa/clipart.htm

Collaboration – These activities have been created by teachers, for teachers to use in collaborating with other classrooms around the globe. Here are five useful projects that could be used in a primary classroom.

View it at: http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/adamsa/collaboration.htm

Emailing Rules – Here is a list of rules applicable to primary grade students to keep in mind when emailing students and teachers in distance learning activities.

View it at: http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/adamsa/email.htm

Filtering – A list of five pros and five cons in the use of internet filtering in schools. I have also added a brief reflection on what a teacher’s role should be in filtering student Internet usage.

View it at: http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/adamsa/filters.htm

Instructional Worksheets – Here is a listing of useful math related web pages containing links to many first grade related math reproducible worksheets.

View it at: http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/adamsa/worksheets.htm

Key Pals – Here are five instructional activities that can be used in teaching students while utilizing a shared emailing system. I have also linked to two sites that are useful in beginning a key pal relationship.

View it at: http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/adamsa/keypals.htm

Online Shopping – This is a guide to five different types of online shopping. A description of each type of shopping is provided, along with recommended web sites to visit.

View it at: http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/adamsa/shopping.htm

Safety Online – Here is a document listing student guidelines about proper Internet usage. I have also included a student contract, as well as a parent letter to inform them about our school guidelines.

View it at: http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/adamsa/safety.htm

School Library Media Sites – Here is a list of items that I would like to include in my own school media site.

View it at: http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/adamsa/schoollibrary.htm

Translation – This is a list of five ways that translation can be used as an instructional tool.

View it at: http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/adamsa/translation.htm

Digital Drop-Ins

Dropin #1 – This dropin requires students to visit a web site on seed dispersal. They will use the information presented on the website to answer questions about the topic.

View it at: http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/adamsa/dropin1.htm

Dropin #2 – This dropin requires students to visit Eric Carle’s web site in order to learn more about him. This activity would be used as an introduction to an author study on Eric Carle.

View it at: http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/adamsa/dropin2.htm

Dropin #3 – This dropin requires students to visit a web site which posts results of a children’s survey on favorite sports to participate in. The students will use the statistics and graphs on the web page to compare to our own class survey data.

View it at: http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/adamsa/dropin3.htm

Dropin #4 – This dropin requires students to visit three websites about Kevin Henkes in order to gain background knowledge of this author before beginning our author study unit on him.

View it at: http://www2.mdcdaniel.edu/slm/student/adamsa/dropin4.htm

Dropin #5 – This dropin presents students with a project directly relating to a fairy tale unit. This project provides students with the opportunity to write their own fairy tales. A plan sheet is provided.

View it at: http://www2.mdcdaniel.edu/slm/student/adamsa/dropin5.htm