Technology in the Classroom #10

Yesterday in my practicum I noticed a new piece of technology in the classroom I am in. It was a document camera which I have seen used before especially on campus. I think it is a great form of technology. Not everything you will need to show to the class can be accessed on the computer so it is nice to have the document camera. She used it to show the new seating arrangement she made up for the class so they could move into it. Granted a document camera can be hard to get use to especially when trying to align the paper but it is a great tool!

Technology in the Classroom #9

Today in my EDS class I learned about a different form of technology that is used in schools. We were learning about visual impairments. We were on the subject of brail and learned about a special printer. Apparently, most schools have a special printer that print out handouts and what not in brail. I never knew there were things like this in a regular school. I thought they were only in special schools. I think having them in regular schools is a great thing. It is very possible to come across a blind student in a classroom so you would need to be able to make all assignments available in brail. I am curious to learn about other technology like this.

Technology in the Classroom #8

I learned about many tools today that I can use in the classroom someday. The National Library of Virtual Manipulative's is a great website to have your students do hands on activities. There is mind42 where students can do brainstorming and organizing for writing papers. Just doing graphic organizers on papers can get old so doing it in this way can offer new experiences for the students. Spelling city is a great website that I would love to share with children. It is a great way to extra practice in with spelling words. Spelling words are a big part of elementary school so this will be a great tool for me when I teach. Finally, I discovered google for educators. This is a site on google for educators that gives teachers ideas on activities and tools to use in their classroom.
Learning about all of these tools will make technology be more prevalent in my classroom but not be repetitive. I think it is important to someday introduce a variety of technology in my classroom!