As I have been researching and checking out different sites for my big upcoming ICT project, I have come across different sites that I can see being an asset to the learning process.
For example, you can order from Urban Barn on-line. But more than that, it has a room planner or "The Make Room" program, as it calls itself. I can see this program being used in a math class. I know that most students have to do a big project in drawing up the plans of their dream house. Through "The Make Room," students can take it a step further and create a actual legitimate plan of their home. Everything is measured and proportional. It might make sense on paper how big a student has decided to make the bedroom; but when it is time to insert a king sized bed on the program, only then will one realize that there is no room for a king sized bed if there is going to be a whirlpool in the corner. Another way to use this program would be to set a budget and re-do a room. The student would have to figure out how much paint, flooring, light fixtures and furniture would be needed and figure out the price of it all. "The Make Room" website is just attached to an on-line store but with a little creativity, one can use it for applying what has been learned.
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