digital blog post # k

After reading chapter 6 I found the topic of 'standards connector' very interesting and potentially very useful in the future. To have resources grouped by standard, subject, topic, and grade level very convenient for new ideas or ways of introducing topics to students. Plus with them being published by other teachers or professors makes it a bit more reliable and easier than scouring the internet for hours to find information. This I would think would be good for all schools to set up since many subjects a taught in tandem across the different teachers in a particular grade and school. It would seem easier and better to share the lesson plans and ideas of what works with students and helpful for new teachers to be able to pull from.
The other topics I found interesting were about virtual field trips and skills practice websites. I have never taken a virtual field trip and think this is a great idea for students to be able to experience places and learn unique things without leaving the classroom. Many schools lack budgets and volunteers to do many if any field trips for students and this is a great tool to try and put them back within students reach. Skills practice websites I feel, especially for mathematics, would be a great thing to utilize for my students. Math is not everyone's best or favorite subject and to find 'homework' or 'group work' that they may enjoy or look forward to doing is always a win in my mind. I have looked into some of the websites for my own child, even though she is only 3 she loves playing the simple games of learning on them. I can only imagine to break it would give older students from the traditional paper pencil work.

Resources
Citrino, J. image created via storybird.com http://storybird.com/poetry/poem/3v6agv5bz9/
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O'Loughlin, Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A.,and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.