Fact Monster

Fact Monster is a website that can be used to assist children with homework. Fact Monster focuses on Math, Science, U.S., World, Language Arts  and People.When you need a break from homework there are games available for your child to play. No more sitting at the kitchen table trying to figure out homework with your child, now you can access Fact Monster a free website for children of all ages and get your child the homework help they need!

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Fact Monster

Starfall

Starfall is a interactive game for children preschool to first grade to help enhance those new skills they are learning in class. Starfall can be used at home, at school during down time, Starfall has a focus on Math, Reading, Learning to Read, and ABCs. Starfall is one of many tools that can be used to build on children's skills. Check out Starfall!!

Kids Know It

Kids know it network! is a fun interactive website now partnering with education.com  fun for all children. Kids Know It , has games, worksheets, videos,  resources for teachers and more! Kids Know It can be used during down times in the classroom and at home, Kids know it can also be used  for home schooling children. Kids know it mission is to reach and teach all children through fun interactive games focusing on Math, Science, Social studies and more! Kids know it can be used as a tool to build and enhance child's prior knowledge  learned in school and can also keep them engaged.

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Kids Know It

FUNBRAIN

Fun brain is a fun interactive game website that can be used during down time in the classroom, at the library, in the car etc. Fun brain has a focus on math and reading. Fun brain also has some fun videos featuring problem solving, creating slime and other fun child appropriate content. Fun brain is used as a tool to enhance prior knowledge learned in the classroom but can also be a fun child friendly website for children to wine down with. Fun brains reading tab can be used in the classroom setting when children are complete with their work they can log onto Fun brain and read  these exciting stories quietly. Fun brain is great for children pre-kindergarten to fourth grade.

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Fun Brain

Formative

       Wouldn't it be nice if teachers could monitor all of their student's work at the same time and intervene when necessary? We know the ratio of teacher to students is significantly different, but as teachers we have learned different ways of managing a classroom to meet the needs of all the students. One way that teachers have begun to monitor their students' progress is through the use of technology. A particular website the works well is called Formative.

      Formative is a free online source that allows teachers or educators the ability to watch their students work in real time.This website allows them to create homework, class work and even assessments to the particular subject they're teaching. In each thing they create they have the option of adding multiple choice, a typed response or "showing their work" button for the students to respond to. Once the task has been created you provide your students with either the access code or a shareable link. As the students are working you can display a view of everyone in real time which means that you can instantly give feedback or assistance as you see fit. It also allows you to grade it on the spot and export it to wherever you desire. This website reduces the time that it takes to reach each individual student and gives them a grade instantly.

Newsela

As a future English teacher, I am always looking for websites that provide reputable articles on current events in a way that is easy for high-school age students to understand. Newsela provides students and teachers alike access to thousands of articles ranging in topics from art, science, politics, and hot topics. This website provides useful features for teachers looking to differentiate their lesson based on the differing reading levels of their students with its option to change the lexile range of the reading content within each article, which changes the wording to a level that would be best fit for each reader. This website also comes equipped with pre-made sets of articles based on main ideas or themes that could easily be translated into a lesson, such as discussions on a novel about space travel supplemented with articles on advancements in aerospace engineering or technologies that will further space exploration. This website is very user-friendly and allows teachers the option to create their own text-sets to be accessed by their students with a simple code. When designing a class assignment, if logged in as a teacher, users even have access to which students have viewed the assigned articles, the ability to assign writing exercises, and even an option to design quizzes. This website makes implementing technology in the classroom so simple it seems like a no-brainer!

Peergrade

      Cooperative learning is a method of teaching that allows students the ability to build relationships and create new experiences by working with others in their classroom. It prepares students for the future workplace where they need to be able to work with a variety of different people with a range of skills, talents, and strengths. One that is fairly recent and works very effectively for both students and teachers is Peergrade.

       Peergrade is a free online resource that grants students the ability to "peer grade" or review their classmates' work. How this works is that the teacher creates a specific assignment with a designated rubric that they can either create from their website or attached from their files. From there the students turn in their assignment, receives feedback from other students, and the teacher gets complete overview of the student's work and feedback. With this, students are able to begin to gain a sense of how to properly give constructive criticism using the rubric. Sometimes people are more willing to take criticism from there peers than others.This website would work really good for classes where students have to write something or one where they have a project that involves different components.

Google Arts & Culture

Google Arts & Culture is an excellent resource for extending learning beyond the classroom. Using a variety of Google technologies, users can explore art and culture through works of art, museums, and reading about art news and art movements. 

Students can get up close and personal with historical artifacts by exploring them with 3D generated models, use Google street view to take virtual tours of museums all over the world, and use Google Maps to find local museums, sites, and exhibits, which could serve as a starting point for family trips or field trips. Students can also curate their own online galleries, by selecting artifacts and works of art that appeal to them personally or fit into some predetermined theme or question.

While this app does not supply teachers with lesson plans, there are countless ways Google Arts & Culture can be integrated into the classroom experience. Whether they are taking virtual tours, closely examining individual art pieces, or researching art movements, this app opens up the whole world of culture and human creativity to students. 

In history classes, for example, students could explore St. Paul’s Cathedral and study the religious history imbedded in its iconography and its sculptures. In science classes, students could take a virtual field trip to the Carlsbad Caverns and study bats. Art students could curate galleries that showcase different art movements or styles. This is an amazing resource with endless applications.

Flipquiz.com

Flipquiz.com is a free, game show-style review activity for students. Teachers create Jeopardy style boards with questions grouped into categories and assigned point values. To enhance questions, teachers can attach images or videos. 

Using Flipquiz would certainly be more engaging and fun for students than traditional review activities like study guides or in-class review sessions. The points system and competitive aspect of the website could transform test review into a lively and fun game.

Additionally, teachers can upgrade to the pro-version at the cost of seven dollars a month. This comes with additional features. Teachers can create classes to invite students and keep score on the website rather than in the classroom. Moreover, students can have access to flash cards based on the review boards, allowing for additional study at home.

Overall this seems like a great way to turn test review into something more fun and engaging than traditional study guides. By playing the game, teachers can also get an immediate sense of what students are strong in and what they need to work on more.

StoryBird for Educators

For teachers that want to provide their students with creative outlets, one excellent website is StoryBird for Educators. Using pre-made illustrations, the site claims to inspire students to write better and read often. Students can create picture books, chapter books, or illustrated poetry. 

Students start by selecting the images they like and building a story around them. There are thousands to choose from--such as diverse characters and great scenes and backdrops. This is a great exercise to get students to make connections between images and the text they create. Additionally, the site provides many guides that help students learn about the mechanics of good storytelling--like figurative language, points of view, and developing characters.

Teachers can also create accounts where they can manage student work, give assignments, and track progress. And, it is completely safe to use. Students are not required to provide emails, the site does not allow students to enter last names or personal information, and students can only read the stories of their classmates and only collaborate and communicate with their classmates.

Also, although the site saves student-created works, users can purchase PDF downloads of their books or buy actual printed copies, which they can share with friends and family.

This would be an excellent resource in any elementary or middle school language arts classroom. It encourages student creativity and allows them to practice their writing skills. By choosing images and themes that they like and writing the stories that they are inspired to write, students might be more motivated to put in more effort when writing.

Howcast

Howcast is website that features a vast array of how-to-videos. The videos range from topics such parenting, pets, exercise, business, language learning, cooking, science, and so much more!

I personally love Howcast. There was a point in my life when I was really interested in getting different pets, like a rabbit and cat. I found a ton of videos on how to take care of rabbits and cats. Howcast provides videos that are concise and direct to the point. I really appreciate how they are really interactive. Many times a person is actually physically showing you how to do something!

For example, say students in middle school wanted ideas for science projects or how to better understand certain concepts. On Howcast, there is a section labeled Science Basics. On this page, students and teachers will find videos on "How to Understand Atoms, How to Make Ionic Compounds, How to Make a Model of the Human Body," etc. I really recommend this website, because it provides so much easily accessible information and really helps to enhance student learning.

Howcast

Howcast Science Basics

ZipGrade

ZipGrade is an app which allows teachers to easily and quickly grade multiple choice questions simply by taking a picture of it with an iPhone or iPad. This turns the phone or tablet into an optical imaging machine just like scantron. Students get instant feedback on their exit tickets and quizzes as soon they finish it. It can grade 20 test a minute, and the number of questions on the answer sheets can be 20, 50 or 100. These answer sheets are free to download.
It is very easy to use. All you need to do is to create quiz in a separate document and then attach an answer sheet to it. Students mark their answers on it. To grade, you hold your phone over the answer sheet. ZipGrade will capture the image, and phone will vibrate when you will do so.
Creating test and quizzes on the app is super easy. You can do it either by scanning your answer key or simply by toggling the correct answers on the screen. You have an option of creating quiz with 100 questions and the active questions can be anywhere on the answer sheet. ZipGrade does not only work with the multiple-choice questions but also with partial credit or alternative versions with answer keys. Even extra credit questions can be added. The students score will be based on what he got on the primary answer sheet and any extra point will be counted as extra credit. Also, you do not have to be connected to internet while using it. You can be offline, and still will be able to use it to scan, grade and review the assessments.In short, the students love the instant feedback, and the teachers love the ease of grading.

Kurzgesagt

Today I have a wonderful gift to share with you. That gift is Kurzgesagt. You're welcome.

Have you ever gone down one of those internet rabbit holes where you jump from link to link to learn about a topic? It often happens on pages like Wikipedia, and you almost always end up at a place you never thought you would. Start with looking at a page about wolves and end up learning how stars are born. It is a fantastic way to waste time that I partake in frequently. A similar process can take place on Youtube, where you finish one video and see what suggestions are there to watch next. Two hours later and you've watched some stuff you never would have normally. You've also actually learned a few things.

Kurzgesagt is the Youtube rabbit hole operating at maximum potential. They have videos focused on explaining scientific, economic, and philosophic concepts, as well as the questions these concepts beget. In order to fully explain a concept or answer a hypothetical question, Kurzgesagt must effectively teach you about the concept. This usually involves teaching you concepts that are related to the concept in question, which is the rabbit hole staple. The teaching style employed in these videos is so well-executed that I'm convinced elementary students could understand highly complex ideas. Kurzgesagt explains concepts in simple terms using aesthically pleasing images to drive the point home. A comforting atmosphere is curated by the soft tone of voice from the narrator and the minimalistically beautiful illustrations. This is important, as many of the concepts covered lead to dark and dreadful thoughts.

What kind of concepts are covered? Wormholes. Universal Basic Income. Optimistic Nihilism. The Fermi Paradox (which is why we haven't met any aliens even though they most likely exist). And all of these videos will play one right after the other. Think of all the astronomically complex things you will have learned from a night of Kurzgesagt Youtube watching versus normal Youtube watching. You'd understand how extraterrestrial colonization works instead of how many hot wings Snoop can eat in one sitting. You're welcome.

The connections for education are clear. I can learn from Kurzgesagt how to be a more effective teacher. My students can use Kurzgesagt as an extended learning resource. I definitely want to make a video in this vain at some point, and maybe I'll make my students do the same. I hope you will utilize these connections as well, but if not, I hope you just watch some of the videos and then talk to me about them. Please.

CodinGame

When looking to improve logic skills, the more practice that is available, the better.  Sometimes developing activities that are both challenging and engaging can be a very difficult task for a software development teacher.  That is where CodinGame excels. CodinGame is an online based platform that consists of hundreds of gamified programming challenges that work to improve specific aspects of the software development process.  The mini-games are set up in a way that will continue to increase the complexity of the puzzles that need to be solved using programming skills across dozens of different languages. Since it is in the form of a game, participants will get a score after each level.  This is a great incentive to put maximum effort and engagement into what they are working on. While not an educational platform, this tool can be an excellent source of continued practice for out of classroom time, or can be used to reinforce concepts during an in-class activity.  I have used CodinGame to keep my skills sharp, and I can speak directly to how effective and exciting it can be to work through the puzzles. Whether you’re teaching algorithms or looking to give coding a try, CodinGame is a great place to hone your skills!

Quizalize

Quizalize is a website designed to allow teachers to create quiz based games with a focus on differentiation across all subject matters.

Teachers have access to a large quantity of pre-made quizzes from a wide variety of subject matters, such as: The American Revolution, The Environment,  and Many More.

Teachers also have the ability to create their own quizzes from scratch and include things such as: audio and images of their choosing.



Once a Quiz is created, its availability can be set and changed, assigned as homework, or done in the classroom. Every Quiz has a code that, when entered, gives students  access to the test. Once they begin, students complete each question at their own pace, meaning one student can easily be 5 questions ahead of another without needing to wait for the entire class.

After the Quiz is completed the site scores student performance, and groups students into Strong, Almost There, and Needs Help based on scores. This is where the sites prized differentiation comes in, as teachers can see which students got which questions incorrect, and what skills they need to improve.

It would be impossible to find any service that is perfect, and Quizalize does have some issues. My main concern while using this tool was its unintuitive design, as the site can be very difficult to navigate. It took me quite a while before I could even figure out how to load saved Quizzes, or figure out how to properly use some of the tools. Though tutorials are provided there is some complexity in some of the more advanced resources the site provides.

Additionally, the site will only remember last 5 games with a free account, so if you end up using this tool often, be sure to record the results quickly.

Kidblog

Kidblog is the perfect website for elementary to middle school aged students to safely create their own blogs. This can be used as one class blog made by the teacher or each student can create their own individual blog. When you first get on the website there is the option to create an account as a teacher or use a code to access an account. Students can post pictures, documents, written posts etc. for other classmates to interact with. It is also an easy way for parents to see their children's work and what they are doing in the classroom throughout the year. Get your students excited about blogs by using this website!

Click on the video to get a clear idea of how Kidblog works: kidblog video

kid blog website

Edudemic!

http://www.edudemic.com/about/

The official guide to technology and learning by Edudemic! This amazing blog is meant to offer, the teacher, some of the best and most popular resources available today.  Edudemic was created in 2010 and has grown into one of the most popular destinations to cover teaching, learning, and how technology positively shapes our education. We do this by creating:

·      Research and evidence-driven strategies for professional and improvement

·      Expert guides and how-to’s for the newest education apps

·      Important education updates each week

·      Compilations of the most useful edtech tools and tips

·      Reviews of valuable and innovative products for educators

·      Special features such as college reports

 Their mission is to prepare educators for the classroom with innovative, informed, and engaging tech resources. Their vision is to provide a place for readers to discover and engage with information about the newest technology, data trends, and digital tools available to them in order to meet the needs of all students in the communities they serve.

Elevate Brain Training and Brain Games

ELEVATE

https://www.elevateapp.com

Elevate is a wonderful application that will be a students’ personal brain trainer helping them to improve their brains’ ability to acquire and retain knowledge in the long-term. This application will start off with asking students a set of questions about their goals and questions about and it will begin to assess their skills such as reading, writing, speaking and listening and math. Once a student is a finish with the quiz it will give them a report of their EPQ- Elevate Proficiency Quotient.

This app begins to help train the brain with quiz-like games that are designed to boost productivity, earning power and self-confidence in skills like math, reading, writing, speaking and listening. It will help them in the areas of Math, processing sentences (Reading) and Memory & Speaking. This program will also help teachers, parents and students measure their performance across the skill groups compared to others. 

Smithsonian Learning Lab

Smithsonian Learning Lab

The Smithsonian Learning lab is an excellent classroom resource. It is interactive and meaningful. It’s filled with pictures videos and reliable content that is safe for kids. It’s great for kids because when you search for a topic the results are pictures not lists which helps children to quickly identify what it is they are looking for or what is most interesting to them. There are over a million artifacts in the Smithsonian Learning lab for children to explore. I love this resource because you can create and share all within the website as well. You can create lessons for the children to go in and research and complete. The filter feature in great in really getting you what you are looking for. You can search through the archives and find resources that are currently on display in ,museums, this I like because it’s like visiting a museum all while sitting in your classroom. Resources are not always available to go to a museum; however this is a great resource to spark curiosity and interests in children. Using the resources in the learning lab children can create their own projects and collections of the resources they find as well. 

Epic!

Epic!

Epic is an online book site. I first heard about Epic from my daughter’s teacher. They started using Epic in the classroom as a classroom resource; it is free for teachers and classrooms to use. She had an account that she would use at school and when she tried to login at home she could not. So we bought a subscription for the family to use, once I saw the website I thought it was great. We purchased a monthly membership for $5.99 a month; we have 5 different book accounts kind of like Netflix. When your child reads you can see what they are reading how long they are reading and they have medals/levels the kids can earn through reading which a great incentive is for the children. I like epic most because of all of the amazing books it has, there are books for all ages, and it’s free for teachers and librarians. This is such a great classroom resource imagine all of the books that you won't have to purchase. In addition to that it is another way to bring a technological resource into the classroom. 

Math Only Math

Math Blog

https://www.math-only-math.com/Math-blog.html

Math Blog is easy to learn and easy to understand math in the simplest possible way.  This site will give students plenty of ways to learn math and teach them a step by step way of learning. It is a great resource that will help in all areas of math. This site will provide numerous questions on all worksheets.   There will be basic concepts and examples to help with each problem.

As the students begin to learn and go to the next level of math.  There are practice worksheets for a math test or exams on areas like SAT –(Scholastic Assessment Test)or the ACT (American College Testing). There will be basic concepts and examples to help each problem. This site will provide numerous questions on all worksheets.  I am so excited that students, teachers, and parents can use this site. 

Brainscape.com

https://www.brainscape.com

Brainscape is one of the most amazing online flashcard apps around to help students learn much faster and remember things longer while making studying as efficient as humanly possible. Brainscape's core experience is based on a scientifically proven adaptive flashcards algorithm that repeats concepts in a pattern that is optimized to your pace of learning.

With Brainscape your students can create their very own flashcards or find flashcards in the area of their study. Millions of people around the world are now using Brainscape to dramatically amplify their study results.

 Students will be able to share them with friends and sync between all your mobile devices.  As we all know technology is changing and with an innovative way of using smart flashcards your students will be able to review flashcards on learning to speak Spanish, French. Brainscape helps students with their College Entrance Exams and Grad Entrance Exams.  As an educator, I am extremely excited to know that this application is one of the best devices around.

Accelerated Reader

Accelerated Reader  is an assessment that is designed to assign reading levels, provide reports, and alert teachers to students who are having difficulties. It is a website where students can choose books to read online, at their own reading level. This is a great resource because it is personalized to each student. I have had personal experience with this website, and I think this is a good resource to keep children reading on a daily basis. This is a technology resource, which incorporates technology with reading. Instead of reading actual books, the students read the books online, take a quiz, and the information given afterwards helps the teacher understand where each child is reading wise. Students are able to track their reading level throughout the year, which helps motivate them to keep reading and get to a higher level! After reading each book, AR gives out a quiz on that certain book to see how well the child understood. If the comprehension is not there, the child does not pass that level, and will have to complete more books at that reading level until they are able to comprehend what they are reading. I do not think that this resource should totally take the place of real books, but I do think it is a great resource for teachers, and students as well, because it keeps track of each students personal reading level.

Wix

I really like this resource Wix. Wix is a online resource where websites are made. Either you can make the website on your own, or you can have Wix make the website that you want. I know that websites can take a long time to make. Even the person in my class that presented this resource in class said that it took him two hours to make a website that was good. But this resource does the trick. It is very easy and simple to use. I think that Wix can help a lot of people with building websites faster and simpler that before. It can take a few hours instead of days or maybe even weeks to build a pretty good website. All it asks for are simple questions and not all of the questions need to be answered. It allows the builder of the site to create the website that he or she wants effectively. Websites are not suppose to be a headache, and Wix does a great job at not making websites headaches. Wix is an awesome resource to use for any type of websites. People need a better way of making websites because that is where tons of people go to find out about places, buy or sell, research, etc. and Wix is awesome in making websites easier to do that.

https://www.wix.com/freesitebuilder/hiker-create?experiment_id=wix%5Ee%5E293015475029%5E1t1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6fbtu5yQ3gIVhbXACh3onAbHEAAYASAAEgIG1fD_BwE&utm_campaign=195454540%5E10375167220&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google

Teach-Nology

Good evening future educators!
Is one of your fears similar to mine?  Are you worried about coming up with lesson plans that are creative, engaging, or even creating lesson plans period?!  For me, it is!  This website can help with that!  Teach-nology is a website that provides resources that has example worksheets and lesson plans.  They are able to be downloaded as a PDF, and you can use these as an example to what you will create for your students.

P.s. This can also help with your lesson plans, online classroom, and other assignments for this class ;)

Epic!

Epic! is an online library resource that is available for parents and educators to use at home or at school. For a $7.99/month fee (after the free 30 day trial) students are able to read an unlimited number of books right on their computer or phone. Epic! offers new books from top publishers that students will actually want to read, such as the Biscuit series, Beverly Cleary books, nonfiction books and thousands more. This is a great way to instantly boost your home or classroom library inventory for a very cheap price considering subscribers get access to over 25,000 popular books for all ages. This resource I will definitely use in my classroom because it is a quick way to get books and ensures that every student will find a book they like.

SchoolTube

SchoolTube is an excellent resource to use in classrooms, especially if the teacher wants to assign multimedia projects that can be shared with the class. SchoolTube is similar to YouTube but it is monitored and safe for students to use without the worry of something inappropriate coming on. It can be used for students to make and submit video projects on or even as a class newscast or place to share videos of the students doing activities such as school concerts or field day. This resource is excellent to show off the students' skills or fun things they do to parents. I plan on trying this resource out in my future classroom because I think it is a safe alternative to posting videos on YouTube for parents and students to see and that students and parents will love being able to see what we have done in class.

Mathway

Mathway is a website that offers math help for problems ranging from basic math to more complex subfields of math like calculus and linear algebra. Upon visiting the site, Mathway opens up with an extremely user friendly interface, and is very self explanatory even on its first use. Mathway works by solving problems that you input into the website using a combination of your keyboard and the website's keyboard for things your keyboard can not input. Mathway offers to show the steps of how to solve your problems for users with a subscription.

Kid Blog

Kid blog is an amazing site for students K-12 empowering students to write with a meaningful purpose.  What makes this blog so outstanding is that teachers K-12 can safely publish students writing. While monitoring all their activity with a community of authors.  Many of the student’s post can be made public.  What is so resource about this site is that students can connect with other classes down the hallway across the district or around the world. Students can build their own classroom portfolio which will show how they've grown over the year.  I am so excited to tell some of the teachers about this site for student.

https://kidblog.org/home/blog/

2wired2tired.com

http://www.2wired2tired.com/

2 Wired 2 Tired is a great blog for busy parents.  This blog will give busy parents who are extremely passionate about family tech, family travel, and family fun. This awesome blog was designed by metro Detroit parents Kora and Logan who just love to blog about the best for families including gadgets, apps, trips, pets, food, and fun.  What makes this blog so amazing is that Kora and Logan have done all the research for you so that you can enjoy every minute with your family.  They have created the Ultimate Family Resource Guide some of the areas in the guide are places to eat, tv shows & movies, clothing & accessories, shopping and more.

Their blog shares products, tech, gadgets, and travel destinations that will help families make memories. I am listing their email address if anyone would like to contact them tesa@2wired2tired.com or dave@2wired2tired.com.

I am so excited for my family and me to see what great things they have done and to explore every opportunity we can.

Marvelena James

Planboard

    Lesson planning is an essential aspect when it comes to teaching. As a novice teacher, lesson planning can be very time consuming. Another thing is new teachers tend to underestimate the time it takes to create them especially if you are going to be teaching different subject areas throughout the day. In situations like this it's important to stay well organized and meet the specific common core standards for each particular grade and subject area.

    Planboard is an online resource that provides teachers with a simple and effective method of creating lesson plans as while as limiting the amount of time spent on such task. This website allows users the ability to create lesson plans where they can add videos, text, images, and attach curriculum standards within the lesson. Once you have the lesson plan created you can attach it to a particular class and even monitor the progress of the curriculum that you have covered. Throughout the school year the lesson plans will be saved on your dashboard, and this will allow you the ability to reuse and even edit ones that you have used in the past. Looking ahead at your lesson plans is also simple because you have a daily, weekly, monthly and a unit view feature as part of the website. Planboard is a more approachable way to creating lesson plans that ultimately assist teachers to better perform in the classroom.

Go Noodle

GoNoodle short videos are a super fun way to let kids get up and get active! It is appropriate content for school that provides a change of pace when kids sometimes need it the most. Most GoNoodle videos are only 1-2 minutes long, so it easy to take a quick break, let the children have fun, then get back to your normal instruction. Features even make it easy for parents to use GoNoodle at home! It is so cool because it provides both technology, and exercise, while children can have fun at the same time! Kids can learn dance routines, yoga poses, breathing techniques, aerobic exercises, and more! With the upbeat, positive approach, kids can also learn that moving and exercising can be fun and can make them feel good.