If you’re like me, you are NOT satisfied with your textbook resources, and most likely rely upon them very little, if at all. They’re outdated. They’re stale. They don’t engage the students. What then do you do? What resources do you share with your students?
We turn to the wonderful world wide web!
In our technology rich age, we have a wealth of wonderful up-to-date information at our fingertips, and we love to share that information with our students. Sometimes, it can be challenging to efficiently provide our students with a list web resources. For example, my Constitution unit includes two YouTube videos and at least three websites (my units are always being changed and updated!). Instead of telling my students which website to access or providing them with a Google Doc with a list of websites, I can simply share a “urlist” for the unit with my students.
How is this different from providing them with a Google Doc with resources, you ask?
Sharing a urlist with my students provides them with the actual website, not just the URL on a white screen. Students can scroll through my urlist until they find the website that is pictured on the whiteboard in the front of the room. This can be much easier for students who need visual clues!
Teachers can create a urlist for each course that they teach, and then create subsections for each unit. These sections can be named for a chapter or unit covered in class to make locating websites easier for students.
Teachers can embed their urlist on their class website or blog, and can share urlists with their students by link, email, or social media.
To access a urlist I quickly and easily created, please click here.
Could this tool be helpful in your classroom?
Thanks for reading 🙂
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