The article was written by a teacher of first grade who was trying to incorporate technology into math for her students. She discussed how students even at a young age can be using excel and other programs to calculate data and make graphs and charts. Being in sixth grade this should be easily accomplished by the students, but the same principal exists. It would be a basic way to teach students how to use programs that will be used in everyday life.
I also enjoyed her thoughts about we need to see math in real life. She gave her students a camera to go around and document math taking place in real life situtations. Then she had her students post the pictures in the classroom. This would be a fun way for students to realize the importance of math.
At the bottom of the article there were several links to games, worksheets, and activities to do with the students. I think these will be very helpful items. Some of which I am going to put on my website that I created.
The Article was called: Using Technology in an elementary classroom by Marilyn Western
www.edzone.net/~mwestern/elemath.html
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Ten Ways to Get Smart with SMARTboard
http://www.techlearning.com/article/6106
This article gave tips on ways to use the Smartboard in the classroom. It was from the perspective of an Instructional Technology Resource teacher. She talked about how it was hard for the teachers she worked with to begin using the Smartboard because they didn't know what to do with it or how to get kids involved. Through her research and working with teachers, she compiled a list of ten ways that we as teachers can use our Smartboards with students. She discussed things that are appropriate for different grade levels. I really like the idea of using my Smartboard as an interactive flannel board for the nursery rhymes and other stories. I think the students would really enjoy this. The article also discussed using it for games and interactive websites, which is a lot of what we use now so it was great to get some more links to websites that I could use. I definitely agree with the author that we need to know what we can do with our Smartboards before we can use them efficiently. Along with giving us the Smartboards, school districts also need to supply the training that will help us know what to do with them and our students. Technology is a great asset in the classroom if we are given the tools to know how to use it!
This article gave tips on ways to use the Smartboard in the classroom. It was from the perspective of an Instructional Technology Resource teacher. She talked about how it was hard for the teachers she worked with to begin using the Smartboard because they didn't know what to do with it or how to get kids involved. Through her research and working with teachers, she compiled a list of ten ways that we as teachers can use our Smartboards with students. She discussed things that are appropriate for different grade levels. I really like the idea of using my Smartboard as an interactive flannel board for the nursery rhymes and other stories. I think the students would really enjoy this. The article also discussed using it for games and interactive websites, which is a lot of what we use now so it was great to get some more links to websites that I could use. I definitely agree with the author that we need to know what we can do with our Smartboards before we can use them efficiently. Along with giving us the Smartboards, school districts also need to supply the training that will help us know what to do with them and our students. Technology is a great asset in the classroom if we are given the tools to know how to use it!
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