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Ch 11 How is Technology Changing Education Wiki Assignment This is where you get to find a web based technology activity that supports your chosen area of teaching. ([|How To Video])

Teachers will be pleased to know that if they enroll their classroom the students progress is tracked within the free software provided - which is entirely online, meaning you can access your information from anywhere - and everything is incredibly easy to use for both the students and the teachers.As a student and an aspiring teacher, I can say without a doubt that **Khan Academy** is by far the most extensive and easy-to-use website on the internet, and if you have not taken the time to use and appreciate what is offered here you are absolutely missing out. || Link ||
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 * Dr. Tim || Fiegen || [[image:edfn338sp2013-online/ch11game.png width="122" height="130"]] || This is a vocab game that allows students to figure out why the first pair of words go together so that you can finish the second word pair. For example, "Cat is to MEOW as dog is to __.(bark)" It increases word knowledge and vocabulary. || Link ||
 * Amy || Acheson || [[image:edfn338sp2013-online/photo_2_94d98a4eb2d69cee3d4147a4aaa13777.jpg width="240" height="120"]] || This is a great website to use for the early elementary years. Children grades preschool through first grade could use this site. It has several activities with sorting by color and shapes. Counting with numbers and exploring the alphabet are also other options that can be utilized. It is perfect for learning early developmental skills. || [|Link] ||
 * Spencer || Adams ||  ||   || Link ||
 * Justin || Barnett || [[image:Business game.JPG width="240" height="126"]] || This is a great educational game for Business Education. The student help the head of the 3rd World Farmer who is in charge of making the farm a commercial success. He or she will need to balance their budget, decide on what to grow and which crop will make them the most money. Basically, this game puts the students in a management position. || [|Link] ||
 * Kathryn || Brock || [[image:edfn338sp2013-online/starfall.gif width="269" height="92"]] || Starfall.com opened in September of 2002 as a free public service to teach children to read with phonics. It is aimed at learners from preschool through 2nd grade. It begins with learning letters, progresses to phonics, and offers reading practice. || [|Link] ||
 * Abigail || Bulock || [[image:edfn338sp2013-online/Life Cycle of a Plant.png width="160" height="152"]] || Life Cycle of a Plant teaches children between the grades of kindergarten to ninth how a plant progresses through a life cycle. Children can interact with a flower dissection activity and experiment with the different parts of a flower, sort them into the correct categories, label them, and learn useful information. || [|Link] ||
 * Timothy || Furness || [[image:screenshot-large-khan.jpg width="247" height="211"]] || **Khan Academy** is not especially linked to my particular area of study but I felt that I had to post this website simply because I see that nobody else has yet.The most wonderful thing about **Khan Academy** is that anybody can learn so much from this website absolutely free. I can say without the slightest exaggeration that it is very likely that the only reason I was able to understand and pass my own math courses is because of this website.All of the courses are short, precise, and well presented. Those who need assistance with math will be please to find that **Khan Academy** has extensive practice tests that lead logically from one topic to another.
 * Ashley || Geditz || [[image:edfn338sp2013-online/easybib.jpg width="138" height="138"]] || Easybib allows for students to correctly cite their sources in MLA, APA, or any other format teachers may ask you to use. It is a very useful tool, especially for English courses. It is probably used mostly by 9th grade and up; however, I think it is easy enough for middle school students to use as well. || Link ||
 * Amanda || Gilbertson || [[image:edfn338sp2013-online/Screen shot 2013-04-01 at 10.27.43 PM.png width="240" height="149"]] || ABC mouse is for ages 2-6. It is based off of in school classroom activities. I work in a daycare where each child is signed up with this program. However with my link, only a 30 day trial period is offered. The step by step curriculum is deigned by actual teachers that tracks the child's progress. || [|Link] ||
 * Lilian || Harmer || [[image:http://www.ixl.com/static/math/images/logo_ixl_2.png]] || IXL is a math website that helps kindergarten-8th graders develop their math skills. The website has comprehensive and dynamic content, helps last skills retention, focused learning system, a fun and engaged environment, and insightful reporting and tracking. || [|Link] ||
 * Tyler || Hennagir || [[image:pe central.JPG width="303" height="59"]] || This is a great website for PE ideas, lesson plans, games, support, and pretty much all your PE teaching resources. || [|Link] ||
 * Stacey || Hopf || [[image:edfn338sp2013-online/math game.PNG width="160" height="114"]] || This Who Wants to Be A Millionaire game allows upper elementary and middle school students work on interpreting algebraic expressions from words to numbers. For example, ten more than twice a number is 2x + 10. || [|Link] ||
 * Kayla || Kost || [[image:freerice.jpg width="155" height="155"]] || Freerice.com is a website where visitors can play games in various subjects such as humanities, language learning, math, and chemistry. It donates ten grains of rice for every question a player answers correctly. || Link ||
 * Jennifer || Lease || [[image:edfn338sp2013-online/rhyme.jpg width="260" height="166" align="center"]] || In this game, students learn rhyming words. They are given a base word, and then they help the girl roller skate and roll over words that rhyme with their base word. || [|Link] ||
 * Melissa || Ledeboer || [[image:edfn338sp2013-online/chapter 11 project.jpg width="181" height="134"]] || ==I like the website ABCya, because not only does it have several different educational games, you can also pick the grade level. A lot of the kindergarten games have to do with the alphabet.== || [|Link] ||
 * Alyssa || Masie || [[image:http://www.educational-freeware.com/images/autismgames/autgames8.jpg width="290" height="172" link="edfn338sp2013-online/url"]] || Matching Emotions is used to help children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The understanding and display of empathy and appropriate emotions of both others and ones self is very difficult for many people with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Facial expressions, other body language, verbal intonation and responses reflecting emotion are all often misunderstood, or not understood at all. Inappropriate responses to situations may occur, for example, laughing or giggling when someone is hurt or upset. These traits affect social relationships and may cause anxiety and behavioral issues. || [|Link] ||
 * Chelsea || Meyer || [[image:cookies for grampy.png width="240" height="155"]] || Cookies for Grampy is a game that helps students put fractions together to make a whole cookie for Grampy. This would be for later elementary students to help them understand fractions and common denominators. You put all of the correct fractions together to make all the whole cookies for Grampy, and you win the game. || [|Link] ||
 * Neal || Petersen || [[image:edfn338sp2013-online/MathBball.jpg width="240" height="142"]] || Funbrain.com has several different math games that you can play, no matter what grade you are in. The picture to the left is a math basketball game for third graders. You have to answer addition questions correctly to perform actions in the game such as inbounding the ball or shooting the ball. || Link ||
 * Kayla || Plimpton || [[image:edfn338sp2013-online/math is fun.PNG width="289" height="189"]] || Math is Fun is a website for any elementary grade level. There are various games from counting numbers, make number tables, or doing number patterns. There are games for any grade; all you have to do is click on the grade level, and it will bring games appropriate for the age level. There are many games for younger students just learning to count. || [|Link] ||
 * Kahryn || Ragsdale || [[image:edfn338sp2013-online/mathgame.JPG width="234" height="154"]] || This is a matching game that the student has to match the math terms with the right definitions. The link has games for all elementary grades, and different subjects for each grade. || Link ||
 * Dawn || Ruhlman || [[image:edfn338sp2013-online/Jump Start .jpg width="217" height="202"]] || The Jump Start website has games for students in Kindergarten through 6th grade in subjects such as math, reading, science, music, art, and other subjects dealing with the grade the student is in. These games help students learn their subjects as they are having fun at the same time. || [|Link] ||
 * Ashley || Ruud ||  ||   || Link ||
 * Sijing || Tian || [[image:edfn338sp2013-online/QQ截图20130401234550.jpg width="209" height="165"]] || This website is for learning English, here is a animal online game, for kindergarten children to learn more and more words. The first step, you can click on the wheel, and then there will be a word and a picture; you should choose the right animal from the picture according to the word. It is interesting and useful for children; to combine a game and a quiz together. || [|Link] ||
 * Angela || Wagner || [[image:Starfall.jpg width="269" height="176"]] || The Starfall Kindergarten Reading and Language Arts Curriculum method of instruction motivates children in an atmosphere of imagination and enthusiasm, provides opportunities for child-directed instruction, and supports English language learners and struggling readers learning alongside their peers. || Link ||
 * Christina || Warnke || [[image:edfn338sp2013-online/english memory.JPG width="227" height="155"]] || This game lets students play the "memory game", but they have to match opposites. This website has many other English learning games, such as ones that focus on compound words, vowels, describing words, etc. It is very helpful with providing a variety of different educational games. || [|Link] ||
 * Brianna || Wingen || [[image:edfn338sp2013-online/preschool game.png width="234" height="182"]] || This website is for preschool and kingergarten students. The website has games for the children to learn their numbers, animals, colors, letters, shapes, etc. They just have to click on the icon that will lead them to the game they wish to play. || [|Link] ||