Safe Search Engine

Hey there !

If you are concerned about your kids' internet safety, here you are! Kiddle is a nice tool when it comes to search engine for kids.

Not only is it safe and childfriendly (definitely), but also it is visually enjoyable. It is not much different from Google search engine with its news and videos sections. 

If you try to look for something inappropriate, it warns you and does not display anything at all. The first word that I chose to search was “balls” without any intentions. Yet this came up to my face =)

Then I looked for “ball” only, and this came up. You will find loads of pictures, news and videos in the related sections.

Have fun  ^.^

Let the Wheel Decide

In some classes there are some kids who want to give all the answers by him/herself. If you don't pick him/her, he/she feels upset (or sometimes even angry). One of my collegues had this problem this week so it got me thinking.

I came up with this website where you can write the names of the kids and spin it (by clicking) and let the wheel decide. In this way, everybody is in destiny's hands =)

You might not be that kind of a teacher that picks students up one by one thinking that it might offend the introverts, but you can use it while grouping the kids. 

You can write up to 100 names, change the colours of the layout or letters.

 Hope you'll enjoy yourselves…

 

A Grammar-Based Writing Activity

In one of my previous blogs I mention a website full of different kinds of worksheets- Crekid. I was wandering in it only to find a perfect worksheet for my 4th graders. 

 We have been reading Peter Pan with them and also in the grammar lessons our main focus is on "have got/ has got". So, I saw a blank picture of a pirate and took a copy, gave it to the kids, asked to color and draw as they wished and describe their pirates using the target language. =)

Believe me, all the kids had fun!

                                   

             

                                        

QR Code? In Homework? {And There is a Bonus!}

Most of my kids complain about how much homework they have. The world is really difficult for them. They have so much to do. How will they manage to finish all the homework? Moreover, doing homework is dull!

With these in mind, to juice up the homework (both for me and my kids) I decided to use QR Code in the homework. I wrote a reading passage about an Indian festival (I basically simplified a text I came across in a website that I mentioned in one of my previous blogs.) There is a video about that festival and not only did I write the link, but also I put the qr code of it. The reaction from the kids was quite nice. They really enjoyed it and they said it was fun to use the ‘QR Code Reader’ in their phones not for “silly website” (as one of them puts it), but for homework.

You can type “qr code generator” on google and come up with many websites, but I prefer this one. Just copy and paste the website that you want your kids to see and save the image. Then copy and paste that image wherever you want =)

PLUS

I love riddles and tongue twisters and I love putting them at the end of each homework sheet. I use this website to write the riddle or tongue twister and the kids can see the answer or conundrum by using their phone. You just write whatever you want, and the website creates URL. You can write 30.000 characters.

 If you think you don’t have enough time in the classroom, you can also use it to give the answers, so the kids can check their homework by themselves.

In this way I’ve concluded that even the ones who do not like doing homework are excited. They wait for the next riddle/ tongue twister.

You can find a sample homework here =)

Walk in Web with Weebly

Weebly is a free tool that you can use online to create your own website. And surprise surprise ! It has an educational site, too.

http://education.weebly.com/

I haven't used this website yet as my school already has a similar website of its own.

With this one you can create your own classroom, follow (and monitor) your students, give homework or different tasks. You can make your classroom private or public - it's up to you!

Your kids have a different website to see your page that is easier. ( students.weebly.com ) 

P.S: You can even purchase a domain name if your pay for it