Raquel+Elguezabal

 1) www.mypyramid.gov - There is so much to offer on my pyramid and even links to other sites to get educated further. You can us this site to analyze your diet and plan a healthy menu for yourself or anyone by typing in your age, sex, height and weight. You can calculate your BMI as well as learn all the food groups to help incorporate them into a healthful diet. I would use this in a classroom to show the importance of maintaining a well balanced diet. 2) www.delicious.com - This website allows you to save all your most used/favorite sites. It's like a bookmark on a computer, but your bookmarks are made available to you on any computer. I would use this as a student, a teacher and even in my personal life. This is helpful for any profession as well. 3) www.epsilen.com - this website is an electronic portfolio. It is free to create one, and you can simply upload all your important papers, certificates, accomplishments or resumes. You can use this site as a student or as a professional. You are able to store your information online without having to worry about a binder filled with important information that can easily be lost, or carrying around a flash drive. 4) www.activelearning.org - This website is great for teachers to use more hands-on activities. There are very creative and engaging ideas for teachers to use in their classroom. It enables the students to get more involved and encourages them to be creative as well. I love this site and find it very useful when creating lesson plans. 5) www.servicelearning.org - This site is another great way to get the students involved. It has many creative ideas to incorporate lessons into the classroom as well as learning about the community and helping others. Service learning will definitely be used in my classroom and students love the rewarding feeling after helping others in need. 6) www.pbskids.org - This site is great for children to search and find answers to many different topics. They can play educational games and there are also great ideas for teachers to make learning fun and exciting for children with all the facts and creative ideas. I would use this in my classroom as a resource when discussing the topics covered on the site with any age group 7) www.youtube.com - This site is useful to get the visual and audio parts of your brain involved. There are millions of results and an unbelievable amount of different subjects that can help aide in a classroom. You can relate a video to a topic you are covering and incorporate the students into your lesson. 8) www.scholastic.com - I like this site because I feel it is similar to the PBS site and you can get ideas for lessons. They provide educational activities, games, and videos. It is useful for children, parents, or teachers. You can buy products, or get the latest newspapers/magazines. 9) www.uen.org - I like this site because it applies directly to Family and Consumer Science. You can see other teacher's lesson plans and use them in your classrooms. They have a great way to approach lessons and make it interesting for children. 10) www.discountschoolsupply.com - I find this site to be useful for either parents, or teachers. They have discounted toys, children furniture, crafts, or classroom supplies. You can blog or ask them questions. They have a links for grants and even about communities. They provide activities you can bring into the classroom as well as a home.