Integrating Technology and Literacy, Alaa

Popplet?!         Last week reading introduced to us many technological tools that help in analyzing the data and connecting the information and ideas. One of the interested graphic organizing tools is Popplet, which has two different way of accessing it a website and an app. Popplet is a technological tool that holds a diversity of graphic organizing samples. It is the area where a teacher or a student starts the creativity in organizing their thought or studies. I enjoy discovering Popplet website and I found it very useful in many ways. For example, a teacher might ask students to analyze their understanding of an article to be able to assess the student comprehension level. Also, an English Language Learners teacher may ask the students to analyze the new word and connect it with the diversity of meaning that would apply under the same word. In addition, I notice that this tool could be one of the best tools for teachers to apply some of the l...

Pbskids.org        Most 21-century teachers’ agreed in the super strength of learning through games. Butler, a professional teacher in teaching primary school kids, said, “Through joyful, healthy play, children begin a love of learning and prepare for life itself,” which mean learning through play would help kids to succeed in life. That’s why as teachers we need to be aware of the most popular education games. Also, it is necessary to make sure that the game has a goal, which matches the lesson goal. Looking to the websites, there are a diversity of pages that support learning through games but not all of them are useful. Public Broadcasting Service (Pbskids.org) page is a highly recommended tool for learning through interactive games. There are a diversity of interactive games related to many subjects like reading, speaking, and listening. For example, the rhyming game helps kids to recognize the similar rhythm between to different words. Moreov...