No, it was a great website that has tons of wonderful games for kids and interactive learning tools. I could be entertained for hours, so I'm assuming any student able to read and comprehend large concepts would also be entertained. I also learned something from the videos and games I played, so I don't doubt that this site could teach students something quite quickly and completely.
On the other hand, a word of warning for this site; it did contain a large bit of graphic material so younger students might not be encouraged to wander around the site without supervision. The graphic material when taken as a purely scientific view, is quite fascinating and wonderful to learn, but younger students might not be able to make the distinction. I would recommend that teachers carefully look at what they would like the students to do at this site before they assign a project.
It is amazing what we expect our children to learn that adults either never learned or forgot a long time ago. I know that my geography improved when I had to teach it, that my rusty math facts have gotten faster because I practice with my granddaughter.
ReplyDeleteI, too, have been entertained for hours at some of the educational websites. And one of the items I put on our list, scratch, still confounds me.