Thursday, March 29, 2007
McNally
#1 What technology integration advice would you give to a teacher with one computer in her classroom?
This article listed several great ways to incorporate the use of only one computer into classroom activities and management. Some of these ideas included creating a daily lunch menu, a word wall, and a class newsletter. As I brainstromed I came up with a few additional ideas. I remember when I was in fith grade, our class was divided up into five groups. Each group was assigned to a pecific day (i.e. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc.) On this day they were to present a news program with a student covering the weather, local and national news, and a comericial. Each group could be given time before their performance day to research the news on the internet.
Another idea would be to incorporate paint. I could read the students a story and after every couple of pages, I could select a student to draw what they saw in their head using paint. Eventually, we would create a picture book for our story.
This article listed several great ways to incorporate the use of only one computer into classroom activities and management. Some of these ideas included creating a daily lunch menu, a word wall, and a class newsletter. As I brainstromed I came up with a few additional ideas. I remember when I was in fith grade, our class was divided up into five groups. Each group was assigned to a pecific day (i.e. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc.) On this day they were to present a news program with a student covering the weather, local and national news, and a comericial. Each group could be given time before their performance day to research the news on the internet.
Another idea would be to incorporate paint. I could read the students a story and after every couple of pages, I could select a student to draw what they saw in their head using paint. Eventually, we would create a picture book for our story.
Thursday, March 8, 2007
CPB Article - TV Goes to School
#2 How can teachers use video to promote student achievement?
Television can serve as a wonderful addition to teaching. Image teaching a unit on space to a group of third graders. How can you simply explain the concept of a solar system? For children of this age it's a little difficult to imagine from just a description. Now put those same children in a classroom with a video on space. Now they can see how the the solar system actually looks. They can actually be taken on a virtual tour of the solar system. Video allows them to see the bigger picture and grasp a difficult concept.
In addition to shedding light on difficult concepts, video has many other uses. It can help build a knowledge base, increase memory by incorporating multiple forms of instruction (text, sound, images, etc.), and spark excitement about a subject. Video can help transport students into the material they are learning.
Video can be a great medium for teaching. However, it can also be taken advantage of. When there is no motivation or connection to what is being viewed, then students will not remember what they watch. Video needs to remain a tool to enhance learning and not a babysitter or sole provider of instruction.
Television can serve as a wonderful addition to teaching. Image teaching a unit on space to a group of third graders. How can you simply explain the concept of a solar system? For children of this age it's a little difficult to imagine from just a description. Now put those same children in a classroom with a video on space. Now they can see how the the solar system actually looks. They can actually be taken on a virtual tour of the solar system. Video allows them to see the bigger picture and grasp a difficult concept.
In addition to shedding light on difficult concepts, video has many other uses. It can help build a knowledge base, increase memory by incorporating multiple forms of instruction (text, sound, images, etc.), and spark excitement about a subject. Video can help transport students into the material they are learning.
Video can be a great medium for teaching. However, it can also be taken advantage of. When there is no motivation or connection to what is being viewed, then students will not remember what they watch. Video needs to remain a tool to enhance learning and not a babysitter or sole provider of instruction.
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