COMENTS ON THE FOLLOWING

WEBSITES

“Hippocampus” - http://www.hippocampus.org/

1. GOOD POINTS

a. Technological

1. Exploration of digital content in 13 subjects areas. Each one has

been distributed using different sections: presentation, worked

examples, test prep and simulations. Although all of the subject

areas don’t have these four parts, most of them have only

presentation and simulations.

2. You have the opportunity to browse topics, launch a course and text

correlations using videos.

3. You can make a playlist on Hippocampus with a tutorial video.

4. It is focused on new models of digital content development,

distribution and use.

b. Pedagogical

1. Students use these digital resources to study and prepare exams

accessing to quality education. Personalized learning.

2. There is a section which is called NROC Community and it gives

you the chance of learning, sharing ideas and helping each other

as user community of teachers, students, administrators and

parents.

3. It is easy to learn properly and you can find quickly that you

need due to its excellent distribution.

4. There are many blog posts where you can learn and practice with

different games.

2. BAD POINTS

1. If you access to the upper toolbar, you cannot come back to the

main page, unless you open a new tab.

2. The section of the topics should be bigger because it is difficult to

read it.

3. There are only three colors and each subject area should be

differentiating correctly.

3. LEVEL AND AGE

It is thought to use for middle-school and high-school teachers and

college professors, and their students.

4. USE OF THE WEB IN YOUR TEACHING PRACTICE

We would use the digital content, videos, to practice different

examples according to the topic which we are working with my

students. It would be useful to make a playlist in groups to upload

and share with NROC community.

5. CHOSEN WEBSITE

The website chosen, has a wide diversity of games for all subjects.

It attracts the attention due to its colors and structure. Moreover, it

is really easy to use, because you can download the games and the

app to play in your mobile phone. It is a useful website to help

parents to develop their children’s knowledge. Music is included in

all of the games and each game does not take you too much time.

http://pbskids.org/games/all-topics

“Math words” -

http://www.mathwords.com/index_algebra.htm

1. GOOD POINTS

a)Technological

1. The website is well-organized. Content is searched easily in

alphabetical order.

2. Search is very easy, in the left side you can click on a letter and

automatically it goes to the letter section. There is also a Google

searcher above it so you can start your search by using it.

3. A second index is divided into different topics what helps students

either teachers for a better search.

4. Colors are used in order to differentiate sections; there are two

indexes in blue and all terms are in white. This can help you in

locating different words.

b) Pedagogical

1. Content is given through definitions and explanations. Different

links are provided to widen knowledge.

2. This index enhance students the learning in the mathematical

field by a wide range of terminology.

3. All words go with each definition and a problem solving, this

makes a better understanding of what students are learning and a

good practice to make it perfect.

4. Students can achieve an advanced learning by working through

the topics open to them.

5. Teachers can use this index as a tool for everyday lessons

depending on the topic who want to work on.

2) BAD POINTS:

1. Definitions given may be too short and graphics cannot be

understood.

2. Lack of range of colors, only three colors are used.

3. Content words are is in a high level within the subject.

3) LEVEL AND AGE

This index could be used with students in last course of Secondary

School, age 16.

4) USE OF THE WEB IN YOUR TEACHING PRACTICE

We would not use this index for primary students. We consider that

content in general terms is very high for students from 6 to 12 years

old.

5)CHOSEN WEBSITE

After doing a further research, we have chosen this website because it

contains Math´s Dictionary and is very interactive. It is colorful,

that can be a very good point in engaging students to keep learning

and motivate them for the subject matter. It has proper information

with explanations, activities, pictures and it is a very good practice

though for pupils of this stage.

http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/

“NROC MATH” http://nrocmath.org/

1. POSITIVE POINTS

a) Technological

1. Focused on providing teachers with resources and helping them to

create and organize didactic math’s units.

2. Good organization of the different elements of the web page. Easy

to locate what you are interested in.

3. Full and clear explanation of the different content that are inside

the web.

b) Pedagogical

1. Different ways of learning, you can learn through videos,

activities, tutorials.

2. There is a great variety of mathematic content, so you always will

find what you are looking for.

3. Math content designed for today’s student. Offers the

instructional content and tools that math teacher’s need, with the

multimedia approach that students want nowadays.

4. Gives the opportunity to develop and share digital content and

tools to empower learning between teachers and students.

2. BAD POINTS

1. It is tedious and complicated. Difficult to manage for young

children.

2. Content are not for primary education, maybe are designed for

secondary or higher education (algebra, functions,

polynomials…)

3. It isn’t a very colorful web page… There is lack of bright colors that

makes difficult to motivate and engage the students.

3. LEVEL AND AGE

It is foCused on offers instructional content and tools for math

teachers and it is also suitable for secondary school students after 12-

13 years old.

4. USE OF THE WEB IN YOUR TEACHING PRACTICE

Personally, we will not use this web page in our classes given that we

consider it has a level that is too high for primary students. Maybe

there are some videos or tutorials that could be useful for the last

primary course but I insist that the contents are quite high.

Student group:

Cristina Cirauqui

Ana Satrústegui

Diego Martínez