After spending way too much time on Mr. Tepley's website, I am just bubbling with all the things a teacher can do with various web tools. I had no idea there were so many online applications for things so simple as grading, keeping track of assignments, typing practice, etc! After looking at his page, I'm kind of wondering why kids even need to go to school; they can just do everything online!
There were so many cool things on his site, but one of my favorites was his link to http://www.yappydog.com/
This site is absolutely incredible! I went through almost every one of it's various applications, and they are all SOOOOO cool. With this one site alone, you can create spelling word searches, practice math facts (and as a teacher be able to look at your students' participation and improvement), and keep track of assignments. With using an online application like this, it creates so many more options in terms of keeping everyone involved and "in the know". I would think it would be so much easier to keep the students, parents, and teacher all on the same page in terms of knowing what's going on and where the student is at.
This one is kind of a silly personal thing, but I also had a lot of fun with what he chooses to use as his typing program, Dance Mat Typing http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ It was so much fun and pretty cute, but above all, I just loved that it wasn't Mavis Beacon! It seems like everyone uses Mavis and it gets to be so dry and boring, so I had a lot of fun playing with the British rock dog :-)
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