READY-STUDY-GO-AHEAD!

The use of a Learning Management System could help this page and it would be more clear and you could easily find the information sought, as long as changes the page so it is more complicated to make a search there.

Besides that, the structure of the page would have a simple and clear format so you would understand all the structure of the page better.

Ready-Study-Go-Ahead!

Content Management System

After visiting the links, which I like are those that are made with drupal. I have found that they have the easiest way to find the information you are looking for and they have a clear and concise format.

Besides this I think that the simplicity of these pages make them better in the visual aspects. I have decided the school page of the Salesians of Alicante as my favorite web site.

Salesianos Alicante

Joomla

Joomla is a content management system (CMS) which enables you to build web sites and online publications.
I have chosen the extension called Youtube Gallery because I find it so useful and helpful to look for an special video in an easy wasy, also you can have a collection of your favorite videos.

From my point of view, this program gives you the option of create your own web sites easily. It is a free program, so you can use without any problem


Joomla

Newsletter

I have decided as a good newsletter this page

Discover Magazine

It's a magazine about the environment and science. I find it very interesting to people who like science and would like to be informed.

APPS TOOLS and aplications

This time we are going to talk about interesting apps, ebooks and lesson plans that I think that they are useful.

Apps for tablets

•          Science Microcosmos 3D http://www.appsta.com/science-microcosm-3d-for-android
•          Frog dissection http://sciencenetlinks.com/tools/virtual-frog-dissection-app/
•          3D Brain App http://sciencenetlinks.com/tools/3d-brain/
•          Project Noah http://sciencenetlinks.com/tools/project-noah/
•          Gene screen App  http://sciencenetlinks.com/tools/gene-screen-app/

I have found curious the application called Project Noah. With this application, the children can identify different kinds of animals and plants only with a photograph, so they can explore the environment and learn new things about it.   

Apps for Computers

•          The weather channel desktop  http://the-weather-channel-desktop.softonic.com/
•          Genomics digital lab http://www.vivetechnologies.com/gdl/home.html
•          Animals 360 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/animals-360/id339158840?mt=8
•          KAtomic http://games.kde.org/game.php?game=katomic
•          Google Earth http://www.google.com/earth/

The application for computers that I think is very useful is Animal 360, where you can find a lot of information and games about different animals.

Lesson plans for printing

•          How green are you? https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/how-green-are-you
•          Carnivores vs herbivores https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/carnivores-vs-herbivores
•          The fastest and the slowest https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/fastest-slowest
•          Climate change overview https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/climate-change-overview
•          Life on other planets https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/life-other-planets

The best lesson plan I have found is how green are you? It is a great lesson plan with information about our impact in the earth.

Lesson plans for whiteboard

• Hearth http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=eafe30be-099a-4da3-9220-237ee1212d13
• Savage Sun http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/savage-sun.cfm#mat
• The water cycle http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=2372b3a3-95c8-487a-9449-e0896dae351e
• Planet Earth http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=323cf3de-3011-4ab8-b49a-74167f871ec7
•  Respiratory system http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=f10fe5c5-4281-41b6-9422-63bb58d716a8

From these lesson plans I have decided respiratory system; it’s about all the respiratory system, lungs and muscles, inhalation and exhalation, etc.

E-books

• Scholastic Discover more. Planets http://store.scholastic.com/eBooks/Enriched-eBooks/Scholastic-Discover-More8482-Planets
• I am Albert Einstein http://store.scholastic.com/eBooks/Enriched-eBooks/I-Am-Albert-Einstein
•   Rocks and minerals http://store.scholastic.com/eBooks/Enriched-eBooks/Smart-Words-Science-Reader-Rocks--Minerals-Enriched-EBK
• Bones: Skeletons and How They Work http://store.scholastic.com/eBooks/Reading-Challenge/Bones-Skeletons-and-How-They-Work-EBK
• Insects and Spiders http://store.scholastic.com/Books/eBooks/Smart-Words-Science-Reader-Insects-and-Spiders-EBK

The e-book I think is the more useful is Insects and spiders, where you can find a lot of information about insects, an important group of animals that is not sufficiently valued.

This is the link of my linoit document.

apps

http://linoit.com/users/asikokobe/canvases/apps

CLOUD

Cloud or cloud computing, is a term that refers to the virtual space where computing resources such as networks, servers, applications, data files, etc. are stored. Computer companies such as microsoft , apple and google are prime examples of companies charged with this service.

As advantages of this cloud we have the ability to access any type of data we need from any computer, mobile phone or tablet, making easier to work with computer equipment from anywhere. The main disadvantage is the fact that access your data without your permission possible. Hackers could try to get  into your files violating the security of your password and the encryption cloud.

I use daily for work documents that, on my academy, teachers have in Google Drive. I also attach in Google Drive the photos I do when I have a meeting with my family or friends, so you can share easily.

With Google Drive and Carbonite we have important examples of companies that offer cloud services

Classroom interaction

When I was at the school new technologies were starting to be used in the daily lessons, only a few teachers taught using computers, web pages or videos

My speciality is science and I will teach it in ESO and Bachillerato. In these courses you always need a special material to catch the attention of a group of children with a subject that can be abstract for them.

I think a video that shows in the classroom a experiment and evidences a theory or a special program where the children may practice and prove something that, for them, is not real are two examples of strategies that could be interesting in a science classroom where the new technologies start to be essential.

In my science lessons I would like to use some strategies to bring closer science to children that are discovering it, videos with experiments, applications to put into practice a theory are examples of the strategies I will promote with my lessons.