Right away on the Kan-ed website, once signed in, I enjoy the fun fact like Daily History and the NatGeo photo as well as NASA astronomy photo of the day. Those are really cool. Really, I think this website can do everything and be everything a teacher needs in electronic form. There is a grade book, a way to search a directory of students, a way to create of build tests with the test builder and it allows students to upload their assignments directly to the page.
The Reference tools are incredibly valuable. This is a way to get students into the mindset of actually researching information using scholarly resources from an array of legitimate databases, as opposed to Google or Bing, for example. Also 4kids.org gives the students a website that they can get something out of and access fun activities as well as educational assignments while using technology.
KERC is almost to good to be true. Actually integrating the states' standards, which I thought could only be found at KSDE.org up until this point, while giving resources and links to ideas for lesson plans that fit fight into those standards. Thinkfinity falls along these lines as well and just offers up more resources than one could do with. My favorite part of Thinkfinity is the information it provides on Professional Development. A state-by-state look at the available courses to better teachers in their areas of expertise. I don't think a teacher can go on without these resources and I don't think we can go wrong using them. This Kan-ed website basically offers a solution to every problem in the classroom unless it is how to physically get yourself and your students into the room and in their seats.
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