Websites

This website, Beanbag Learning, sets students up with tutors without the middleman in the way. It is a very direct way of obtaining help outside the classroom. The website makes it easy to choose a tutor based on your location and the subject you wish to have help on. There are descriptions under each tutor that explains their background information and what they are interested in teaching as well as how much it would cost to hire them.

 

In teaching, I could use this website for students that need more help in certain subjects. I could offer the parents to check out the website and perhaps get a tutor for their child during summer or even after school (either way that is a lot of school).

The webpage in general worked well, however I was a little puzzled after typing in my desired location, the tutors that came on the list were worldwide so it seemed pointless to ask for my location.

 

The website is intended for adults, specifically parents, and can be for any age student struggling in a subject. I didn’t go as far as to sign myself up for a tutor, however I am very curious how the process would look like.

Twistynoodle is a website intended for teachers and adults. Its purpose is to give access to coloring pages and handwriting practice worksheets that teachers and parents can then print and give to their students. The functions of this website met my expectations: it was simple and easy to navigate through different worksheets for boys and girls, as well as a large variety of seasonal worksheets.

In teaching I would use this website for younger students. The coloring pages can be used for students at the age of preschool and older and the handwriting practice worksheets can be introduced by kindergarten. These worksheets are helpful for fostering small motor skills the students need to acquire at the earlier stages of their lives, as well as learning how to handwrite.

Little Bird Tales https://littlebirdtales.com/ was an awesome website. I expected the website to have real books and tales that children read, however students can record and make their own tales and present them to their class. It really encourages creativity and the student’s self-expression through this interactive way of learning.

Even though this website is leaned more towards a younger audience, I feel like students as young as second grade until all through middle school can use this website. You can upload your own pictures to slides and record your voice and the audience will get to see your visuals and hear your narrations. You can also draw your own illustrations.

In teaching I can have my students use this website to present a project. This project can be about anything such as learning about states or places or even subjects such as science.