In my personal opinion, a great non-computer based tech is the interactive white board.What it is is a large interactive display that connects to a computer and projector. There are MANY educational uses for this technology, of which a teacher would surely benefit from. An interactive whiteboard is a type of touch-sensitive computer screen. They are used in a variety of settings such as in classrooms of all levels of education, or in something like corporate board rooms. Applied to the educational world- teachers collaborating with administrators or with other teachers, they can use it to demonstrate.
Interactive whiteboards are used in many schools as replacements for traditional whiteboards or flipcharts. They provide ways to show students anything that can be presented on a computer's desktop (educational software, web sites, and others). Projectors, which are used with the interactive whiteboards, can also be connected to a video recorder or a DVD player, or users can connect to a school network digital video distribution system. They can even be used with online partnered sites.Additionally,teachers can present material and receive feedback from students. They can be connected to the PC, used as a 'drawing' board, or shown videos. Possibilities are literally endless!
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Blog 10
The ERIC presentations were very interesting and I enjoyed listening to every group's perspective. It was a great way to pass time in class. Starting off with my group of "Internet in the Classroom" I didn't learn anything too much that class period where we presented for obvious reasons. However, while researching and compiling my presenation, I discovered that the internet is an extremly powerful tool for the teacher when creating lessons, as well as communicating with parents/colleagues, and for students learning. Safety issues became apparent, additionally, as we discovered what "troubles" children can get into on the computer.
The next groups presented some good infrmation, and I especially was interested in the race/gender equity. It's not every day that you actually THINK of the gender related issues in educational technology, and the access males vs. females have. Technology planning was interesting, too. I could relate as a future teacher on how to prepare for the various tasks I'll encounter. Electronic portfolios definitely relate to my life as a teacher and I enjoyed hearing future options. I was surprised to discover how important and relevent these are in the current classroom, and how I will most likely need these for my career as a teacher. All in all, I recieved some good/beneficial information from these presentations on technology.
The next groups presented some good infrmation, and I especially was interested in the race/gender equity. It's not every day that you actually THINK of the gender related issues in educational technology, and the access males vs. females have. Technology planning was interesting, too. I could relate as a future teacher on how to prepare for the various tasks I'll encounter. Electronic portfolios definitely relate to my life as a teacher and I enjoyed hearing future options. I was surprised to discover how important and relevent these are in the current classroom, and how I will most likely need these for my career as a teacher. All in all, I recieved some good/beneficial information from these presentations on technology.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Blog
http://cherryweb.com/msippel/summertech1.html
This is a site created by a teacher at Newfane Elementary School, dealing with the integration of technology in the classroom. It is a site to help and assist teachers with using technology and computers in their early childhood classroom. It's a basic site offering useful information to teachers- regaurding teacher resources (GREAT sites for teachers to visit to help with lesson planning, classroom management strategies, units, bulletin board ideas, etc.), help creating web pages, good web sites for students to visit to enhance their learning, and multimedia resources (good graphics and such that deal with education). It's basically a one-stop shop for all of what a teacher needs to know about technology. If they are interested in spicing up curriculum, there's organized lists of places that give you what you want. I definitely think that I'd benefit from a site like this as a future teacher, as would a general education teacher. It covers a wide variety of useful topics that are quite relevant to technology in the early childhood classroom. Not only is there "general" professional sites that are recommended, but ones more local created by teachers, schools, and districts.
This is a site created by a teacher at Newfane Elementary School, dealing with the integration of technology in the classroom. It is a site to help and assist teachers with using technology and computers in their early childhood classroom. It's a basic site offering useful information to teachers- regaurding teacher resources (GREAT sites for teachers to visit to help with lesson planning, classroom management strategies, units, bulletin board ideas, etc.), help creating web pages, good web sites for students to visit to enhance their learning, and multimedia resources (good graphics and such that deal with education). It's basically a one-stop shop for all of what a teacher needs to know about technology. If they are interested in spicing up curriculum, there's organized lists of places that give you what you want. I definitely think that I'd benefit from a site like this as a future teacher, as would a general education teacher. It covers a wide variety of useful topics that are quite relevant to technology in the early childhood classroom. Not only is there "general" professional sites that are recommended, but ones more local created by teachers, schools, and districts.
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