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Technology Sources:Technology Source:

1. Rubistar: www.rubistar.4teachers.org Rubistar is a helpful source of technology that can be used with helping the teacher to develop a more professional rubric for grading. This site takes you step by step in the process of making a rubric. This will be useful within my classroom as a FACS teacher by helping me develop rubrics for any projects or graded work that will help the student understand what I am looking for within their work. 2. Quizstar: www.quizstar.4teachers.org Quizstar has beneficial uses for the teacher but also the students. The students are able to go at there own pace when taking the quiz and they are also able to take the quiz over if the teacher permits the quiz to be set up that way. The teacher is able to use this site to conducted quizzes, grade students work within a certain amount of time. I will be able to use this website to format quiz either multiple choice quizzes, or short answer, even true and false quizzes. 3. USDA Blast off Game: http://www.mypyramid.gov/kids/kids_game.html This game that is provided by the USDA is useful for meal planning a balance meal at a student level. A game that provide nutritious facts to help students to make healthy and balance meals. I will be able to use this site for my student to understand how to plan a health meal to the recommended amounts according to the pyramid guidelines. Using it in my Food and Nutrition classes and FACS classes. 4. USDA Cost of Raising a Children: http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/calculatorintro.htm This tool is a calculator that is useful for the estimation of how much it will cost annually to raise a child. This calculator tool is based on the USDA’s expenditures on the children by families, 2008 report. I will use this in my facs class, by having the student to experience what it would be like to have a child at their age or even in the future. Showing the student that they will need a good paying job etc. 5. Mixin’ Math: http://www.powertolearn.com/games/mixinmath.html Useful because students are able to make decisions based on shopping, cooking, and how to divide a piece of cake. Bring the students math skills into use with FACS skills. Mixin’ Math is a game that is provided by Cablevision. Some of the games are challenging the games could be used for high school students more than middle school students. I will be able to use this game to help prepare my students to learn how to budget with buying store brands compare to name brands. Also help with measurements of kitchen tools. 6. Recycle City: http://www.powertolearn.com/games/recycle_city.html This site is useful for the student to engaged in learning how to recycle common household items. The site is provided by cablevision to expand the use of technology in the classroom thinking and going green. I will be able to use this game to promote recycle in a way for my students not only to learn how to recycle but actually apply the action to the word. 7. PBS Kids: http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/index.html This site is useful for sending the students on or even development lesson plans with certain parts of the curriculum. The site is provide by PBS channel the help integrated technology into the classrooms.I will use this site to help introduction the section with in the unit. 8. Crossword Maker: http://www.teachnology.com/platinum/bingnews.html Useful for making crosswords for lesson plan and even as busy work to keep the student focus on academics. This technology brings more advantages for the teacher to expand the range of the students learning ability. I will use this in my classroom to formulate lesson plan vocabulary words for future quiz etc. 9. You Tube: www.youtube.com Useful when it comes to past TV, movies or anything else that can be shown via by video. I will be able to use the site for parts of movies or shows that I feel will help my students have a better understand of the concepts that are being taught. 10. Kids Health: www.kidshealth.org Useful especially for the students learn about sexual development Giving diagrams as well as the programs for students to create and display a better understanding for the topic. I will especially use this tool in teaching child development and life span lesson plans as well as many other lesson still to come.