Hello Readers!
This week I want to
talk about technology in the classroom. I recently received a set of
twenty-four HP notebooks for my class. To say that I was excited is an understatement.
I am not quite sure who was more thrilled, me or the kids!
On my side of things,
I see the technology as an opportunity to teach and engage students using the
electronic devices as a platform for learning. Giving students the ability to
type assignments, perform research on the internet, and use learning programs
such as IXL and Whooo’s Reading, has afforded my students with daily practice
of their evolving 21st century skills. Technology as a tool in the
classroom is quite powerful and definitely opens the door to multi-media
learning.
From the students’
perspective, the one-to-one technology means they have personal, constant
access to use of a notebook. No matter what the subject area or assignment, I
students who want to use a notebook to complete their work. I have also noticed
that providing the option to use technology s seems to motivate my students to
learn more, write more, and produce more than they typically would with the
traditional pencil-paper method.
Since the notebooks
are rather new to my classroom, I am anxious to try some new applications. A
few of my colleagues have experienced great results using ‘Kahoot!’ as a
formative assessment. I would like to create one of my own ‘Kahoot!’ quizzes
and integrate it as morning work. The ‘No Read Ink’ website also sounds like a
promising opportunity for my students to practice their grammar skills. I plan
to use ‘StoryJumper,’ a book creation site, for my students to publish their
expository writing pieces on animal adaptations. My overall goal is to incorporate
some aspect of students using technology to access the curriculum in my daily
lessons.
Until Next Time,
~A
I'm curious to see how the tablets are working out in your classroom. Sounds like you have a few good things to try out.
ReplyDeleteNext year we are going to a 1:1 environment. It also makes me nervous but I am excited for the new technology. My students are below grade level readers and it reflects in their writing. There are so many good programs I will be able to use once they have their ipads or computers. I am not sure what ones we will have yet.
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