Kan-Ed Reflection

This site is not only going to be useful in my classroom, is it extremely useful to me now as I progress through my courses in the education courses here at K-State. KERC and NetTrecker are both super helpful as I am learning how to align my lesson plans with the state standards. Aligning lesson plans will be something I will do for the rest of my career and it is important that I not only understand how to align my lessons but it is also important to know where to find resources to help me if I am having trouble doing so. Kan-Ed is a portal full of very valuable and essential resources. Thinkfinity is another resource from Kan-ed that I have already found useful. It has tons of lesson plans that you can narrow down by specific search options like, grade level, subject, type of resource and partners, which allows your search to include lesson plans from other approved sites! Kan-ed also provides links to online resources for and productivity tools for both teachers and students. Some examples of these resources and tools are Hertiage Quest, ProQuest and KidsInfoBits. I found myself very interested in KidsInfoBits and spent quite a bit of time exploring this resource. It is a search engine for grades K-6 and I absolutely love it! It is very user friendly and educational. It also has a "backpack" option which allows students to put an article into their virtual backpack so they can easily access it from home! How neat!