Week 14

I found an article called ‘Classroom Technology for the Future’ on meetingtomorrow.com. It discussed 4 major technological tools that are being used in the classroom now and will continue to evolve to be used in the future. These include: computers, projectors, elmos and smart boards. This article was helpful because before reading it I did not know what an Elmo was. Now I do : )

Week 13

In Word, I use the editing tools, header and footer, different fonts, the page layout tools on a regular basis. I don’t use Powerpoint a whole lot. When I do, it’s just the basics. I create different slides with different layouts. In excel, I use the Insert tools to insert cells and delete tool to delete cells. To have my kids learn and use Word, Excel or Powerpoint, I could have them create a multi-colored, multi font paragraph using sentences constructed in class. I could have them create a powerpoint show about their favorite things, for a show and tell sort of presentation. For excel, I could have them log their physical activity/exercise over a month.

Week 12

5,000 students and 120 teachers from a broad range of schools participated in a study conducted by Dr. Marzano about the effects of technology in education. The study found that achievement is, on average, 16 percentage points higher in classrooms that use interactive learning technology than those that do not. It was two years long and consisted of half of the classrooms being equipped with a smart board, and half without. Those that integrated the smart board into the lesson were more successful than those classes that did not.

Week 11

http://1stgradelearningstars.blogspot.com/2011/04/dino-color-by-numbers.html?showComment=1320800807693#c4333744010029481659

I am doing a math lesson for first grade for my Instructional Design. This teacher's color by number picture gave me a great idea for a worksheet for my lesson. Hopefully my comment helped other teachers/parents/people in general think of ways they could incorporate a similar worksheet into a lesson for their students or children.

Assignment 4 Part I