Today, I want to share with you a great internet resource that will bring life to your classroom. This resource is a website, which you can browse through for many fun and engaging activities and ideas. You can reach this website at the following link: https://www.weareteachers.com
I will do a brief overview of the website, so that you know what to expect once you access it. I will also point out some of my favourite resources that I have pulled from this website.
When fist accessing the home page, you will see some of the featured links to resources. I like to click the “view all” button, to see the full list of featured resources. By doing this, you are then able to search for resources by grade or by topic, which can also help refine your search. To give you somewhat of an idea what this looks like, some of the featured resources that I am viewing at the moment as I access this page, are as follows:
- Science Resources for Middle and High School
- LGBTQ-Inclusive Classrooms
- Reading Lists by Grade and Topic
- Your Guide to a Happy and Healthy Virtual Classroom
- Resources for learning at Home
- The Fifth Grade Classroom
Links to above:
- https://www.weareteachers.com/science-resources-for-middle-and-high-school/
- https://www.weareteachers.com/lgbtq-inclusive-classrooms/
- https://www.weareteachers.com/reading-lists-by-grade/
- https://www.weareteachers.com/online-teaching/
- https://www.weareteachers.com/resources-learning-home/
- https://www.weareteachers.com/the-fifth-grade-classroom/
As you can see, there is much diversity in topics, which should pique the interest of teachers from all grade levels. I am often interested in the games and activities, which make learning enjoyable, while also hitting curricular outcomes.
The Classroom Ideas page also contains hundreds of interesting activities, ideas, experiments, resources, tech tools, or videos. To my fellow classmates in the Internet for Educators class, I would suggest that you check out these links, which provide suggestions for tech tools:
https://www.weareteachers.com/best-tech-tools-for-student-engagement/
https://www.weareteachers.com/best-tech-tools-for-student-assessment/
This may afford you with ideas for completing some of the Tech Tasks in the course. I know I may have borrowed some ideas from here. As an educator, why not borrow resources? Thinking of engaging activities is time consuming, so if you are able to see things that worked well for other educators in their classrooms, then that will make your life easier. Additionally, with access to great resources, and extra time to think about implementing them, there is a strong chance that the quality of education you provide will go up. So do it; borrow these resources; they are free!
I first stumbled across this website while looking for interesting science videos to show to my students. I am quite fascinated by the many videos of little experiments that can be found online, and I enjoy browsing through content like that as a pastime. If you are the same as me, then you may find yourself enjoying this website in your spare time, or out of curiosity, as you browse through short videos for entertainment. You can check out the following short science clips as a starting point: https://www.weareteachers.com/free-science-videos/
On a final note, with such a massive amount of content contained on this website, I cannot possibly do it justice by writing about the various themes of material contained within. You will simply have to check it out for yourself. This will be one website that I can guarantee many of you will add to your teacher toolkit. Enjoy!
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