What Do We Have in the Schools?-Technology Inventory

Technology is ever present into today's classrooms and is used every day, beginning first thing in the morning. In my current placement, the students start their day with the Word of the Day, which they copy with paper and pencil from the Elmo projector. Following, the students watch the morning announcement from GoogleDrive. For daily lessons, the teacher relies on the projector for all students to see, regardless of their spot within the classroom.

Every Thursday, the students have access to a class set of iPads. The students have a forty-minute block where they have "Have To Dos" where the students "play" interactive games for math as well as complete Accelerated Reader quizzes. The students are allotted some free time on the iPads where they are encouraged to play other games or apps already on the device.

After the students have their time with the iPads, the students have another forty minutes where they go to the computer lab. While at the computer lab, the students, again, have a  "Have To Dos" which includes Type to Learn and math websites. The students' engagement is increased when technology is used!

With my current knowledge of how technology is used within the classroom, I intend to find other apps and activities as well to enhance the students' experiences and understanding of what technology can do into today's world to make learning more relevant and engaging.

Here's to Always Learning...

-Emily