I'm always on the lookout for fun new websites to integrate into my teaching repertoire. I like to find a balance of using technology in class. I don't want to over use it, or neglect skills that students will continue to need, like writing or presentation and conversational skills. Thats why I love finding websites that help me to integrate technology without skimping on these "traditional" skills.
In the upcoming weeks my students are going to be learning about explorers. I'm collaborating with the other grade 5 teacher at my school to try and make culminating project for the unit. In the past, I have had the students research a famous explorer, write a report and then present what they learn while dressed up as the explorer in "Wax Museum." I wanted to continue with this project as it has been a success in the past and the kids always love it. However, usually this is a unit at the end of the year. As it has been moved to the beginning of the year, the students aren't yet ready to write full reports. But while working with the other teacher, she recommended we use Museum Box instead of writing the full report to have the students show their learning.
Museum Box (http://museumbox.e2bn.org/) allows the students to collect "artifacts" and display them in a virtual box. It is a free resource that all the students can use. So now, they will collect their writing, maps, pictures and a variety of other "artifacts" to display on this website with the work of the other students in the class. During our Wax Museum, they will be able to actually hold a cube that displays everything they collected for their Museum Box.
My students will be working on this over the next 3 weeks. I will be sure to post the final results for you all to see!
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