assignment no.4

Among the six sites given, I think the two sites that are of big help to me as an educator are the follwing:

a. Edutopia
b. 4teachers.org

Based on its overview, edutopia opens the educational world to a more high-technical way of teaching without sacrificing quality learning. Through its magazines and videos, they help develop the lerners' technical, cultural and interpersonal skills. In the site of integrated studies where it combines curriculum from two or more disciplines, allowing students to see how ideas are connected. Teaching in such a contextual manner promotes collaboration, critical thinking, and knowledge retention. In this way, this site helps the teacher to think of possible real life events where students can apply or connect the theory of learning. In this manner, the student will not only understand the lesson but will also appreciate what they've learned.Another site is the Project Learning.Project learning is a dynamic approach to teaching in which students explore real-world problems and challenges. With this type of active and engaged learning, students are inspired to obtain a deeper knowledge of the subjects they're studying. In this kind of learning, students are exposed in creating a certain project where they can use their multiple intelligence. Through this activity, they can explore their artistic style and improve their rapport and relationship with their team mates. Edutopia also offers the importance of teacher-development. It is indeed true that to be able to be an effective and outstanding teacher, all teachers must not be stagnant with their present abilities. If possible, they must engage themselves in activities that will harness their abilities as educators.

Second one is the "4teacher.org". This site is useful because it can be a resource for education information. It can be used as a mean for widening teacher's knowlegde and at the same time in researching for higher learning. It also provides list of teacher resources that are useful in empowering students' mind and abilities with fun through the updated references and games. It also has this "performance assessment" to help teachers assess their performance in teaching and dealing with their work and personal concerns. The most amazing link of this site is the "online education" where teachers can easily access to seek help from other people that may help them in any manner that they want be it in their profession or just a mere intellectual improvement.