Material Generators

I have used several of the material generators in my classroom. I have used Desktop Publishing, Webpage design, Worksheet and Puzzle generators, and PDF makers. I have not used Whiteboard activity software, Test and Rubric generators, IEP Generators, and Graphic document makers. I would like to learn to incorporate all of these into all of these tools into my classroom.

I have used Desktop Publishing in my classroom. When my class was studying explorers in Social Studies I had them make a brochure. They wrote the brochure as if they were the explorer and they were inviting people to come on their journey. They had to include information about their explorer, who they were, where they were from, and why they were exploring. They also had to include information about one of that explorers most famous journeys. The students included a map that marked where the journey started and where they ended. All of my students enjoyed using Publisher to create their brouchres and I will continue to use this activity in my classroom.

I have not used any thing to help me make my rubrics and test, I always make these up on my own. I use rubrics most often in Social Studies since most of that work is more hands on and I do not use our text books. Rubrics are easy to use because my students  know what I am expecting of them and it is easy for me to grade. I would use a rubric builder or maker because it would be easier to generate the rubric and would not take up as much time and would probably be more effective.

I would also like to use a Whiteboard activity software program so that I can use it to create Whiteboard lessons. I use my Whiteboard for math each and every day. I believe that if I could use it to create more games that the students can play it would help engage the students and get them more excited about learning. I would like to creat math games that students can drah items into a particular location and it would give them immediate feed back on if they answer was correct or not.

I hope that soon I can begin to incoroprate more of these into my classroom and will help the students become mroe excited about learning.