I checked out the webpage http://www.kidsclick.org/. The best thing about this site is that is a "websearch for kids by librarians." So, right off the bat it is a LEGITIMATE webpage for the kids to use. There is no doubt in a teacher's mind that if he/she tells his/her students about this search engine that his/her students with be obtaining accredited information. That is a weight off the shoulders of any teacher. As current students, we even know how there are thousands of useless websites out there because they pretty much contain bogus information.
At the bottom of this webpage I clicked on what the page looks like through a librarian's eyes, and it is set up in the Dewey Decimal System. That was pretty neat to see.
I then clicked on the sound search tools. That is pretty kewl because kids are able to hear things like nature sounds, human body sounds, national anthems of the world (that sounds very kewl to me), great speeches, history and politics outloud and much more. I like the idea that kids can hear politics...this option of Kidsclick allows kids to know what is actually going on in this chaotic world. It can keep them well informed if they decide to use it. Just wanted to blog about this webpage and give it props :)
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Hey Willis,
This website definitly sounds like it would be stimulating and creative for students to use. Although it is not too difficult to find legitimate websites to use in classrooms, there are several steps that we as teachers need to take to make sure the websites we choose are not only stimulating for our students, but that they are indeed not "bogus". Hearing about politics is a very important issue especially today because so many young students have no interest in reading the newspaper or even watching the news. Since technology has given us so many different ways to be updated on what's going on in this world, maybe allowing them to HEAR it will gain their attention and will help them learn. Like will said in his presentation, we need to catch up with the use of technology because it really is becoming the way to learn.
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