CURATION
Phases of the Moon
The link below will take you to a curation intended to be used along with the GPS science standards for second graders. S2E2 states that "Students will investigate the position of sun and moon to show patterns throughout the year". EdCanvas: Moon |
Energy
The link below will take you to a curation intended to be used along with the GPS science standards for second graders. S2P2 states that "students will identify sources of energy and how the energy is used". Bag the Web: Energy |
Reflection:
I ended up using edcanvas for my moon curation and bag the web for my energy curation. I found pros and cons with both tools. I thought that bag the web was more user friendly than edcanvas. For example- I spent quite a few minutes on edcanvas trying to figure out how in the world I could add a webpage directly in to a tile. It was much more straightforward on bag the web. In my opinion, edcanvas is much more visually, appealing than bag the web. When dealing with little ones- or students of any age for that matter- something that looks nice, snazzy, or brightly colored stands a better chance at grabbing their attention. Bag the web was more of a list, which can be very helpful and useful to a teacher. However, I would not show my bag the web list to my students; I would just show them the different resources on the list.
I ended up using edcanvas for my moon curation and bag the web for my energy curation. I found pros and cons with both tools. I thought that bag the web was more user friendly than edcanvas. For example- I spent quite a few minutes on edcanvas trying to figure out how in the world I could add a webpage directly in to a tile. It was much more straightforward on bag the web. In my opinion, edcanvas is much more visually, appealing than bag the web. When dealing with little ones- or students of any age for that matter- something that looks nice, snazzy, or brightly colored stands a better chance at grabbing their attention. Bag the web was more of a list, which can be very helpful and useful to a teacher. However, I would not show my bag the web list to my students; I would just show them the different resources on the list.