A lot of schools require teachers to maintain their own website pages. A lot of the teachers at this school has the same page set up, and others had nothing but contact information on their pages. I saw a description of the teacher's educational background as well as a short biography. She also had links for the students to turn in their assignments as well as a link to an online textbook. I also saw two outside readings for the students about fiction and nonfiction.
I envision myself using some technology in the future. I have volunteered a lot in Title 1 schools, so I know that lots of advanced technology is limited. I would like to use Lyrics to Learn which is a program I have seen done on laptops in my volunteering. The students work on reading skills through fun songs. I also would like to use Kahoot to test the skills of my students in a fun way. I see myself using a class website as well. Ideally I would have a document camera in my classroom, but I know that is unlikely since the schools I have been in do not have them in their classrooms.
I really enjoyed our trip to Tech Sandbox this week. I loved drawing with the 3D pens; it was really relaxing. I found the robotics section to be really interesting since I never knew that programming in Leon County was considered a second language. The tablets were also very interesting with how you could record the class to be able to watch and reflect on it later on. I hope that I can implement the pens in my class in the future because they were my favorite part.
Hi Emily!
ReplyDeleteI also really enjoyed drawing with the 3D pens and learning about the 3D printer. I thought this technology would be perfect for students who have special needs and would like to learn about 3D shapes and would also benefit students who like to express themselves through art!
Hello Emily,
ReplyDeleteWow that's really interesting! I did not know that programming was considered a different language either.