The other 3 web reviews which I had done is mainly on Food and N.utrition.
This particular web review which I will be reviewing on is on a different topic/aspect of Home Economics, the clothing and textiles section.
What is it?
This website greets you with a warm approach (make sewing a success).
And indeed, it is an interactive website with interesting downloadable projects for students to learn how to sew/make simple handicraft.
Referencing to the content of clothing and textiles covered in lower secondary textbooks, the content is not in-depth.
The content covered on clothing and textiles in the textbooks are mainly on Clothes care, with only less than 3 pages of coverage on basic skills in clothes maintenance.
In addition, there are no investigative hands-on work.
Hence, if students were to just rely on the textbook to gain a greater insight on the basic sewing skills, it would be difficult and not engaging.
Thus, kwiksew.com serves as a more engaging and interesting teaching tool for the lower secondary students in helping them understand the need and importance of basic sewing skills in their daily life.
To enable a more engaging and interesting delievery of the lesson on clothing and textiles, hands-on activities is recommended and teachers are able to make use of the free resources available on this website to engage the students in this topic.
There are a number of free downloadable projects which can be applied as a teaching tool.
Such as: making: Cup cozy and can cozy, clutch purse, and a no sew-fleece blanket
Thus, if you are wondering how to carry out your lesson on clothing and textiles, kwiksew.com will definitely come in handy as the instruction manual is clear and precise, allowing easy understanding for the students.
+ PLUS
There are pictures which serve as a guide in helping students understand better.
(Look at the picture below)
Do you feel that this site will be a useful tool as we embark on our teaching career?
And indeed, it is an interactive website with interesting downloadable projects for students to learn how to sew/make simple handicraft.
The content covered on clothing and textiles in the textbooks are mainly on Clothes care, with only less than 3 pages of coverage on basic skills in clothes maintenance.
In addition, there are no investigative hands-on work.
Hence, if students were to just rely on the textbook to gain a greater insight on the basic sewing skills, it would be difficult and not engaging.
Thus, kwiksew.com serves as a more engaging and interesting teaching tool for the lower secondary students in helping them understand the need and importance of basic sewing skills in their daily life.
To enable a more engaging and interesting delievery of the lesson on clothing and textiles, hands-on activities is recommended and teachers are able to make use of the free resources available on this website to engage the students in this topic.
There are a number of free downloadable projects which can be applied as a teaching tool.
Such as: making: Cup cozy and can cozy, clutch purse, and a no sew-fleece blanket
Thus, if you are wondering how to carry out your lesson on clothing and textiles, kwiksew.com will definitely come in handy as the instruction manual is clear and precise, allowing easy understanding for the students.
+ PLUS
There are pictures which serve as a guide in helping students understand better.
(Look at the picture below)
For Example:
If you use the resource material on making a clutch purse, you can modify the instructions provided in order to suit your lesson plan.
Instead of using magnetic buttons, you can incorporate basic sewing skills of attaching a button (threading a needle, sewing the button) into the making of the clutch purse.
Personally, I find the activity of clutch purse is attention-grabbing for the students.
How to intergrate the advantages of this website into the classroom ?
If you use the resource material on making a clutch purse, you can modify the instructions provided in order to suit your lesson plan.
Instead of using magnetic buttons, you can incorporate basic sewing skills of attaching a button (threading a needle, sewing the button) into the making of the clutch purse.
Personally, I find the activity of clutch purse is attention-grabbing for the students.
How to intergrate the advantages of this website into the classroom ?
Teachers can use this website for their activity handout in the topic on clothing and textiles.
Teachers could refer students this link as a source for gaining ideas and matching combinations of different fabrics.
Hence, this website serves as a great teaching tool since it provides greater detail on some sewing tecniques and the website is equipped with a variety of pictures to facilitate better understanding through visual.
The only Disadvantage is the limiting availabity of some interesting sewing patterns.
Teachers could refer students this link as a source for gaining ideas and matching combinations of different fabrics.
Hence, this website serves as a great teaching tool since it provides greater detail on some sewing tecniques and the website is equipped with a variety of pictures to facilitate better understanding through visual.
The only Disadvantage is the limiting availabity of some interesting sewing patterns.
How to go about doing it?
Introduce this website to the students before the start of the lesson as a read-up assignment to help students generate more ideas and creativity.
Do you feel that this site will be a useful tool as we embark on our teaching career?
Do leave your comments/questions.
Many many thanks.
♥ Angela insights of Home Economics
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