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- Ages of students you work with:
- 5 to 8
- What subjects do you teach:
- I teach third grade in a K-5 elementary school.
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"Why Students Use Technology"
The main question is “Why Students Use Technology”. Students like me use technology on a everyday basis either in School (“SLA”) or outside of school .Most schools now are using Technology to take “State Test “such as “PSSA”, SAT. So back to the Question” Why Students Use Technology” so as we utilize Technology in educational and personal ways. We should be grateful that we have the Techno…
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Steps for teaching Research Skills to Grade 4/Year 5
I am sure that this is discussed somewhere on the web but I am having trouble finding anything that focuses on this issue.
I have one period a week in the IT lab that is available for me to use for any reason. This is seperate from the classes regular IT time. I want to use it to guide the children into the proper way to research etc. to move them beyond the cut and paste idea.
I teach at an international school and while all my kids speak English only a han… Continue
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Total Amazed and Overwhelmed
All of these ideas etc. were brand new to me 5 weeks ago. Several of our teachers went to Learning 2.0 in Shanghai and their presentations aft… Continue
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I agree we should ask ourselves “Why,” (reflect) as we sit for hours in front of a computer screen in order to develop a SMART lesson etc…
I do think that in the case of the SMART Board craze we need to be careful that students aren’t just sitting in their seats watching me point and click. Even though students get to come up and touch the board it doesn’t mean the lesson turns into an interactive/hands on learning experience. MINDS ON LEARNING is foremost important ...this leads me to sheepishly revisit my plans for the week …am I fostering thinking or regurgitation??????????