Exit Slip 12/9/10

Three Different ways I will integrate technology into my future 3rd grade classroom!

1.) I will keep a blog that I will update daily, informing the parents of my students about the things that we do in class and any news our updates they should know about. 

2.)  I will have a smartboard where I will create and share actively engaging lessons with my students. 

3.) I will have my students share their stories on our classroom wiki, so that their friends and family will have the opportunity to see them.  This will also give them the opportunity to become more familiar with computers and working with them. 

4.) I would love to also integrate the Scratch Program to help give students a fun way to learn and review material. 

Here are some more options...

§  Interactive Whiteboards

§  Video Streaming

§  Blogging

§  Scratch

§  E-pals

§  Stimulations

§  Online White boarding

§  Course Websites

§  Podcasting

§  1:1 Initiative

§  Wikis

§  Screen casting

§  Video Editing

 I really liked this class today because it allowed us to look back at all of the things we have accomplished over the sememster and connect it to how we will integrate it into our future classrooms.   I have thought a lot about how my views have changed throught out this class.  When I first started, I pretty much thought you were crazy for wanting to put that much technology into the everyday classrooms of our youth.  But now I appreciate what I have accomplished this sememster and I am actually very excited to use it in my future classrooms.  I think that you did a great job as a professor this semester and hope that you dont hold it against me for thinking you were crazy. 

Exit Slip 12/2

Today in class we started by watching a short clip of a teacher in Canada and how she integrates technology into her classroom.  While watching the video, we were asked to jot down notes of some of the ways the teacher integrates technology into her classroom. Here are some of her ways!

·        SMARTboard – engage participation, cooperative learning

·        Online collaborative projects – peers worldwide

·        Classroom blogs – lets parents know what’s going on in class, posted homework online

·        Student blogs – connect with others around the world

·        Computers and laptops – allowed many students access to computers

Next, we discussed together as a class and put into categories what she as a teacher could do before, couldn’t do before, and what she could do before but better now.  This really got me thinking as to how technology really affects our teaching and the students in our classroom.  It really helped me to justify when I should and should not use technology in my future classroom. 

After that, we used the jigsaw method to read parts of an article and then collaborate and talk with other people in different groups.  I really liked this because it allowed me to get to hear a variety of other people’s views and opinions.  Also because it really allows for everyone to participate and share their views with small groups.  I really liked today’s class.