---- Brienne Jenna Karow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was wondering what kind of access any of you have to technology in > your own classroom or within the entire building?
All classes have smartboards and ceiling mounted projectors as well as a 5:1 desktop ratio in upper grades and a 7:1 ratio in primary grades. most of us own or have access to digital cameras, scanners, and video cameras. Also, in fifth grade all students have handheld computers with keyboards that they take home and use in school each day. > use this technology in your own teaching practices? I integrate student use on a daily basis: instruction at the board, small group use of software or web applications at the board, students using math applets, word, powerpoint, excel, and online discussion at the desktops. They use the tech to do whatever it is that we are learning...not much rote testing type software in my classroom. I am very comfortable with technology. other teachers in my school are less so, and may be doing less with it, although smartbaords seem to be changing that. > Technology person that supports you and the rest of your colleagues or > are you kind of left on your own to figure it all out? District level--we barely get support. We have figured out how to do most things on our own and call on the district when we get desperate. One more > question, How do you see technology and its applications for the > classroom in the future? Essential learning, especially in the areas of communication, 21st Century skill stuff. Children will need to grow into adults that can flexibly use technology to communicate, produce, track, learn, find info, and on and on. While it is true that children are digital natives and learn quickly, much of what they learn on their own (games and such) will have limited value in the world of information and communication. > > Thanks! > Brie > You are welcome--hope it was helpful. Bonita _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
