Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Hi Class!
The most recent incident where I saw the use of technology really benefit teaching and learning was recently.During my last semester I was fortunate enough to observe a middle school teacher who avidly used technology in her classroom. While I was there, the teacher showed me many different websites that I was able to use in my future classroom. The website that she used the most often was quia. com. On this website you can sign on as teacher or a student. As a teacher you were able to create games, activities, tests, etc. in all different subjects. Another part of this website that I enjoyed was that you were able to use other activities that teachers had already created. As a future teacher, I know that this website will only beenfit my teaching and my students learning. As a student you are able to sign in and do activities ranging from homework assigned to creating your own way of studying that is fun and interactive. The teacher told me that her students really enjoyed doing such games as hangman and jeopardy. Every week the teacher would play jeopardy using the week's vocabulary words; when she began doing this, students started to do better on their vocabulary tests.The part she most enjoyed was the time it took for her to create those games (It took her less than a half hour to create those games!) Another part the students really liked was that they were able to make their own games and activities to study. The teacher was extremely passionate and adament about showing me how wonderful and simple technology makes teaching, and how students really benefit from the use of it in the classroom.
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Hey, thats cool when you learn from observing. Like you go there to get your hours in and you benefit from it in the long run. All of these websites that we hear and learn about are going to be so helpful in our future classrooms.
The experience you had with this teacher appears to have had a lasting impact on not only the students but also with you. The example you use with how the teacher created games for the students proves how well technology can help students better understand what they’re being taught. I checked the website the teacher used, and in it there is a mentioning of online workbooks. Using this kind of technology can help students with their immediate assignments and also give them a chance to enhance their computer skills. Thank you for the tip on this resource.
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