Embracing Classroom Technology by Bridget McCrea
This
article talks about a teacher who was tired of doing things the old-fashioned
way. Velerie Gresser wasn’t
satisfied with the way her students were learning in that ‘old-fashioned’
manner, all her students gathering around the lone computer she had in her
room. So she took it into her own hands to make learning in her classroom up to
date and in the 21st century. Valerie knew there were better tools
out there, and she knew that tools like SMART boards, interactive whiteboards,
digital cameras, and document cameras would go a very long way in her
classroom, now she just had to look for ways to turn her vision of a 21st
century classroom into a reality. She was informed about a $20,000 grant
through CCS Presentation Systems, and decided to write up a plan about how she
could use the money to create an up to date classroom for those 21st
century learners. Well, Valerie won the grant! She won projectors, electronic
whiteboards, document cameras, interactive electronic tables for data input,
and entry-level cameras for student use! Gresser worked hard to get what she
wanted for her classroom. She spent a lot of time learning about the technology
and figuring out what would benefit her classes the most, but she worked hard
and fought for what she wanted and it paid off!
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