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Posted admin on April 21st, 2008 | Filed under Educational Resources, Technology in Education, wingsed.com

In recent years, it has become a priority for technology integration into education.  As an educator, sometimes it was frustrating because of either lack of supplies i.e. computers or the increasing amount of material to cover within the same time period. 

For one, I don’t believe in just ploughing through textbooks and saying “Read pages…” and  “Do workbook pages…”.  Where does the practical application come in for the student(s) so that they can better understand why they are learning what they learn? 

Secondly, with the preparation time, teaching time, administration time, grading time, supervision time, parent contact time and numerous other responsibilities placed on teachers, when do they have the time to spend hours on the computer finding appropriate technology or websites that can be used for their students?  Frankly,  you have to go to about 50+ to 100+ sites to find one good one and usually that one is limited to one or two subjects.  Been there!  Done that!

I’m not saying that technology is not important in education, it is!  However,  I think there needs to be a balance between requirements, student practicality/application, quality (not just babysitting of the students by the computer/games) and personal interaction. 

In my opinion and experience, students who have not experienced a balance of the above, can greatly lack in interpersonal communication skills.

I also believe that teachers and homeschoolers could/would greatly benefit from a variety of quality resources and subjects in one place,  saving hours searching through garbage sites, many of which are not developed by individuals with educational credentials, background and/or experience.  So many things are developed with playing and not development of skills in mind and then labelled “Educational”.

Keeping this in mind, I have developed a quality, online educational resources website for K-4 (5 & 6 may be added later) which contains not only Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts etc. in one place, but it also fulfills learning outcomes required by provinces/states/regions.  Additionally, there are materials which will educate one on practical skills i.e. Home Ec, Survival Skills, Secondary Languages, Music, Art …

It is very important to me for students with various styles of learning (visual, auditory, tactile…) to have quality educational materials available to them.  Thus, there are text, worksheet, video, music, downloadable and interactive educational software programs etc. available within each subject area.

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