For technology review #3 I took a loot a www.funbrain.com. I had a lot of fun exploring this site. There is something for all age learners on this site. For non-readers, they will need some assistance choosing an appropriate level. I really like the fact that you can choose a difficulty level, so everyone stays challenged. I chose to do the math baseball, explored the most difficult level, and had to get out my pencil and piece of paper to work the problems out on that level!
The reading section really rocked! It has books, comics, grammar games, and madlibs! I loved madlibs when I was a kid. Not only is it learning about nouns and adjectives, but it is reading too. Reading what you have created is so much fun! The only part that I didn't like about madlibs was the words that they give you to choose from to go in your story are moving. It is hard to catch those words sometimes, because they are so fast. It has spot where you can type a word if you don't want to use one of the words provided, or if you are like me and can't catch it!
When I clicked on the Fun Arcade, it had several learning games that popped up first. I had to go looking on down on the page to find games that were not what I would call learning games. Although the one non-educational game that I played took some hand-eye coordination.
All in all this is a great site to utilize in the classroom or to make students aware of to use outside the classroom!
Tina, this sounds like a great site to use in my classroom and add to our computer lab activities! I also loved mad libs as a child. I actually did my tech review on a mad libs site! Funny coincidence! Thanks for the thorough review!
ReplyDeleteTina, I also reviewed this sight and thought that it had a lot of great resources! I agree with you about the mad lib games. They are really fun but can be hard to catch. I also really liked the reading section, especially the comics.
ReplyDeleteTina, Funbrain sounds really cool to use in the classroom or at home. I was thinking Caleb would love the math baseball. I think kids would like the comics and even the grammar games. Great post, thanks for sharing!
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