Monday, November 9, 2009

Technology Clips

I really enjoyed watching these videos where students were able to use technology as well as students in the classroom. I like how those teachers were able to implement so much technology into their lessons and it was there to benefit the children. I like how it helped the children discover concepts and ideas as they made discoveries while using technology. Example, I like how the spider lesson and how using technology helped the students discover. I think that the most important thing that I took away from these videos was that no matter what you are teaching or no matter what grade you are teaching, technology is a great way to promote learning. I am excited to use technology in an art lesson plan that I am implementing this week and I like the video we watched that had art and technology integrated into it. Overall, there are endless possibilities to using technology in a classroom to help and promote learning of all students.

Monday, November 2, 2009

My Technology Observations

As I observed the technology in the school, I was surprised in some aspects. I think that it is cool that they have two fully stocked computer rooms and that each grade level has access to them daily. I also was shocked that other than a personal mac in the classroom, my teacher, like most teachers, don't have much else. They have overhead projectors but not much else. They have T.V.'s and projectors to share, but there isn't much else available.
Also, I have completed assignment 2 and 3 for this week!