Tutorials


 * Submit your examples of tutorials here - PLEASE DO NOT CHOOSE TUTORIALS ON MICROSOFT SOFTWARE (such as Word, Powerpoint, Publisher, Excel, etc - most schools provide those to teachers). Choose tutorials on software, or how-tos on educational software. Check page 197 in your text if you have questions related to tutorials. Please be sure that your submission contains your name, website title and address (hyperlinked), and at least a 100 word review of tutorials (see submission example with questions).**

Lauren Crossett- About.com graphic software [] I think this website is a very good tool when it comes to learning how to use the computer and all the different software you can learn to use. Being an artist I don’t believe that you can really teach painting, drawing, or sculpting over a step by step process on the computer. This website, however, gives very good step by step on how you can use the different tools on different software to get the outcome you want. It has so many options to show you on how you would go about making a certain object or how you would go about coloring an object. It also shows you how to make different backgrounds and digital paintings on your computer. I found it very helpful.

Bobby Gasca- Education World [] Education World is definitely going to be a website that I will use from now on. It has tutorials on everything you would ever need to know how to use in the classroom. Anything from how to Blog or even how to use a Pod Cast. I myself counted over one hundred and fifteen different tutorials and how to’s. It also provides templates for seating arrangements and grading. This site is so great that you will not even need to look at any others. It even gives you troubleshooting tips with computers and other types of technology. Look no further, because I found a website for all your classroom needs.

Leah Close- Community MX [|www.communitymx.com] Community MX is a great site for educators looking for tutorials on technology. There are approximately 3,048 articles and tutorials available on the site. The web site continues to contribute to that number by adding two additional articles everyday. I like that they have everything divided into categories so that they are easier to find and saves time. There is a category of tutorials named education that pertains specifically to educators. In this category there are tutorials for lesson plans, creating question slides, and creating Web Quests to name a few. There are 33 categories that have tutorials on various programs. The site also holds articles and forums concerning technology.

Katie LaBorence- Technology Tutorials for Teachers [] This website has tutorials that are useful for teachers to use to help them in their teachings. Along with tutorials, this website includes information on other websites that teachers can access to gain a better knowledge of online websites. Most of the tutorials on this website are based on learning how to use internet functions. Some other tutorials include technology ideas for students, all of the Microsoft tutorials, presentation tutorials, and tutorials for adobe reader. With all of these different tutorials on just one website, teachers are given the chance to very easily figure out how to use new technology.

Ashlee Preston - Online Matheatics Tutorials [] The mathematic tutorial gives good helpful hints for students that are struggling with math a subject. On this website, they give you some problem that is challenging but are good problems that will help the students that are having trouble with math. I think this is a very good website for the students to go and practice with the problems that they give you for a challenge. It also explains the approaching of teaching math as a subject. I would recommend this for the teachers that have students that are willing to get better at math.

Jennifer hess-Kid Pix- animation [|Kid Pix] Kid pix site is very fun to look at, they basically help teachers how to make animations and presentations that would catch a young student’s attention. It is really for elementary level but any grades would love animations. It gives like how to do’s for presentations and how to get the attention. They have examples, ideas, books on how to do’s, and instructions. It is very easy to access into the website. A kid would love go to on that site and learn something new. The teacher could give out the link to young students, they would love and also VERY easy.

Aaron Porzelius Math and Reading help for Kids.org [] “Creating a Lesson Plan: Common Mistakes” The website “Math and Reading help for Kids” is a very useful website. It gives articles that cover a wide range of learning ideas in math and reading. The webpage I chose to use is a tutorial taking about common mistakes made in lesson plans. This webpage would be very useful to any teacher who is having a hard time coming up with effective lesson plans or just doesn’t know what to do. The webpage takes you though step by step of the common mistakes people make when making their lesson plans. The webpage is very clear and easy to understand. By reading this webpage a person who has a hard time coming up with a good lesson plan should be able to not only make an effective lesson plan but have one with very few erases.

Connie Bernert- BrainPOP- Animated Educational Site [] I loved this site, there are tutorials for Science, Social Studies, Math, Arts & Music, Health and Technology. The tutorials show animated characters to keep a captive audience for the tutorial, they also use cute little stories. One of the ones I selected to watch was on under the Math section on division, they had a cute story with animated characters and the characters wanted to divide the loot from several heists. The tutorial goes on to explain terms such as division, dividend, divisor, and quotient. Then they begin dividing their loot to be equal and fair. If that’s not enough there are also selections under the tutorial for Quiz, Activities, Q & A, and FYI. I think this would be advantageous for anyone looking for an interesting and fun way to incorporate technology into learning.

Katia Petsas – Educational Tutorials [] This website is a site of tutorial programs that can be used on the computer. It has basic math programs that are used for elementary teachers. And varies as far as how to get your immune system stronger. It has offered many great deals for students as well if they like playing chess and want to get their skills better. It also offers tests to practice for future teachers before taking the CSET. This website is good because it offers a lot of free programs for teachers to use as well as good programs to purchase for many uses other than school subjects.

Joshua Faretta- MATH-TEACHER Interactive Tutorial [] This would be used for an algebra or geometry class to help students understand the basic concepts. It goes through each problem giving the student hints and feedback. The student is unable to proceed to the next lesson until the problems that they were given are completed. I’m not really crazy about the educational tutorials; I think it replaces the teacher. I wouldn’t completely throw it out though. If I had used it and it was working I would make sure to incorporate it into my class. Otherwise I wouldn’t bother with it. I remember when we used these, they always seemed boring and off subject. Not everyone is going to teach our lessons like we are. I think it is an innovative tool but it would not be found in my classroom.

Christiana M. Strebe – History Alive [] I found the site History Alive to be a good site you students could use to test their knowledge. The tutorials on this web site will allow your students to track their results from tests the web site gives them as well as how well they are doing and what they need to improve on. The site also allows them to retake a test over a certain area and see how much of an improvement they made. History alive is a good sight for teachers as well as students to use. It is very user friendly with easy instructions to follow.

Casey Sandoval- Education Tutorial []

Tutorials are good in certain cases. I think it is a good way to get information across if there is not a teacher available but other then that I’m not a strong supporter. It is good for a student when he or she goes home or is on break, but not to use in the classroom. It can not give the same feedback as a teacher or explain the topic in a different way only the way it was programmed to do. I think it is a good at home educational tool not at the school.

Chelsea Gill- tTutorials [] This is a tutorial on how to create an abstract using photoshop. This tutorial would be great in a digital editing class. It explains step by step how to create different effects in an abstract and different ways to edit it. This is a very simple and very well explained tutorial. It uses pictures to show you exactly what your screen should look like while you are working and what exactly to click on as you move along in the steps. This would be a great tutorial for a teacher to use in a class to better explain how to create an abstract.

Veronica Vargas- Technology Tutorial []

4Teachers is a website designed to help teachers learn how to integrate technology into their classrooms. It includes step by step processes on how to locate and create quizzes, web lessons, rubrics and classroom calendars. It also includes tools for students to take advantage of and use like educational video games. I feel this site is quite helpful for teachers because now a days, technology is part of everyday life and for students to be able to learn via technology makes it easier and a flexibility for learning is created.

Jake Kelley- Digital Tutorials [] This site is a tutorial given on digital photography. I feel that it provides a great deal of explanation and reinforces each point that it makes. When I fallow the steps I can make different choices based on my specific type of digital photography which will take me in that direction. It seems to be an excellent way to teach people on the subject matter because it is not presented by means of simply a lecture. Tutorials are one more way that teachers can change up the means that they present their material to their students.

Tiffany Wrinkle [] This is a free tutorial set that focuses on Mathematics. You are able to open the tutorial as a PDF file so that you can view and use as worksheets. They go through step by step on how to do examples of different math problems and they sequence the problems so that they each build on each other to make sure you get one idea before moving on to the next. Tutorials seem like a good idea but it seems sort of weird to me to have the computer teaching a student a specific method when real live teachers can do that just as well, if not, better. On the other hand, if each student is sitting at their own computer with a teacher guiding the students, then they can work at their own pace and ask questions on the way.

Chiquita Richmond- Digital photography http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm

This tutorial is great for anyone interest in pictures. The website teaches every aspect of cameras and what make a picture great. This website is great to think of as a career choice. The students can investigate what details make a picture priceless. The website gives information that individualize the camera by knowing the different parts it consist of and why each part is needed. Camera has changed drastically in the past years for the better. The website will give anyone a gain of interest in digital cameras. The website also gives the chance to edit photos of your choice. The website will give step by step procedures to understand any camera.