tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61029559489721630052024-02-07T09:23:32.622-08:00Technology In The ClassroomRuth @ White Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378788093696000585noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102955948972163005.post-84519109154922722232014-05-06T09:09:00.001-07:002014-05-06T09:09:34.115-07:00WritersWriters are used in many of the elementary classrooms at the school district my daughters attend. They are used in the second to fifth grade classrooms to help students with their typing skills. The students log in using their name and start typing the words shown on the screen. The writer times the keystrokes typed per minute and their accuracy. The student can not continue to the next level on the Writer until they have passed the current one with a certain amount of WPM and accuracy. <br />
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Each student has one they can use and they are kept in a cart. The teachers usually have the student work on their Writers 10-15 minutes per day.<br />
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What I like about these is that they focus only on typing speed and accuracy. Unlike laptops and computers where students can get distracted with so many different activities. I also like that it keeps track of the students scores and displays their rate of speed and accuracy on the screen as soon as they have finished a section.<br />
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Ruth @ White Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378788093696000585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102955948972163005.post-73635825162960779202014-05-06T08:57:00.003-07:002014-05-06T08:57:47.491-07:00Smart PensSmart Pen technology is a great note taking and studying tool. The pen captures everything you write. You can also hit the record button and record what the teacher was saying at the time you were writing or drawing on the paper. The Smart Pen does require a special paper that can be purchased loose leaf or in different sizes of spiral notebooks. To see a Smart Pen in action <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HbRrLgi4B4" target="_blank">click here</a>. <br />
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This is a tool that would be used more often in the middle to high school levels. It would also be a great tool for a college student. With this pen the students notes can also be uploaded to a PC. Some models of the Smart Pens have an app that you can use with it that makes it possible for the student to use their iOS device microphone for the recoding. <br />
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Ruth @ White Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378788093696000585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102955948972163005.post-1412611372540150282014-05-06T08:33:00.002-07:002014-05-06T08:33:34.488-07:00IPads I couldn't talk about technology in the classroom without doing a post on IPads. With all the educational apps out there for so many different grade levels and needs, of course they are a great tool for the classroom. The only thing is the two districts I have been in this year, I have not seen many IPads in use. I think teachers would use IPads in their classrooms more if they had access to more than just one. This way the teacher could have students work on them in small groups.<br />
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The IPads that I have seen in use have been with students with special needs that have one that they carry around with them at all times. The IPads have apps on them that assist to the students needs and that is a wonderful thing. I have decided not to talk about any of the educational apps that are out there in this post because there are so many and I would not know where to begin. If there are any apps out there that you have used in the classroom please leave a comment and let me know what it is and how you use it.<br />
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Ruth @ White Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378788093696000585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102955948972163005.post-30882461725540902362014-04-30T14:44:00.002-07:002014-06-23T17:32:41.763-07:00Document CamerasDocument cameras have replaced the overhead projectors that my teachers used when I was in school. A document camera captures information off of paper or books (anything
you place under it) and projects it up on the whiteboard through a
projector. One of the advantages of the Document camera is that is does not require the use of transparencies. <br />
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This type of technology has been around for a while and I debated about including it on my blog. I included it because I can not see myself not using one in my future classroom. The district I work at has one of these in every classroom and the teachers use them often. As you can see the day I took this picture the teacher was using hers.<br />
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For classroom use the teacher could use a document camera to:<br />
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<li>Project an activity or worksheet on the whiteboard so the entire class can see</li>
<li>Show pictures from a book</li>
<li>Show a students work</li>
<li>Show and tell</li>
<li>You can zoom in on small objects to see details</li>
<li>You could put a digital timer under it for time management</li>
<li>Photos</li>
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The options are endless. The camera captures the image in real time so the teacher or student can write on the document and it will show on the white screen. This is a great feature if you are doing an assignment together or having the students grade their own work you could write the answers in as you go.<br />
<br />Ruth @ White Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378788093696000585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102955948972163005.post-40469463954894553922014-04-29T12:21:00.001-07:002014-04-30T08:18:40.385-07:00Laptops<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the
classrooms I have been in, the type of technology I see most is laptops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only does the teacher have a laptop but
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</span>For years schools, including elementary schools, have had computer labs
for the students use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many still do but
what I am seeing is “mini” computer labs in the classroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> With laptops is becomes much easier for the computers to be in the classrooms. The students can work at the computer area or take the laptop to their desks to work on. </span>Below are pictures of computer areas set up
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Having these
laptops in the classroom teachers can use them during center time as one of the
centers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Teachers can have students get
on the internet and do research for a paper or play educational games from
certain sites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I have also been in classroom where the students put together PowerPoint presentations for parent teacher conferences or to present to their classroom peers. </span>Some districts have
reading programs where after the student reads a book they take a comprehension
quiz over that book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These quizzes are
taken on the computer under the student’s personal log in and throughout the
year their totals are accumulated. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The district
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throughout the year. Prizes are giving quarterly for the highest points earned
in each grade level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I even thing the
class with the most reading count points gets a pizza party at the end of the year
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Please feel free to leave comments on how you use laptops in the classroom.</span></span></div>
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Ruth @ White Whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378788093696000585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102955948972163005.post-86685063920094578562014-04-27T15:29:00.001-07:002014-04-29T11:28:24.994-07:00Promethean Boards<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Most classrooms that I have been in now have a Smart board or a Promethean board in them. A Promethean board is and interactive white board that connects to the computer. The images from the computer are projected on the white board. The board is not a dry erase board. You use the Promethean board pen to go to the next screen, highlight, write, or erase. Teachers can use premade lessons or make up their own lessons with the Promethean board. Teachers can also get on the internet and show students movies or articles they have found to help them teach a lesson. I have taught a few lessons myself on these boards and really like them. The Promethean board lessons can be as interactive as the teacher wants them to be and can be used for any subject. When I have taught lessons on the Promethean boards the students seem to be more interested and more involved. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Some uses for Promethean boards in the classroom:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Project existing Power Point presentations</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">PDF files (worksheets)can be displayed and marked on using the Promethean board pen </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The laptop and projector can be used to view DVDs</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Access to the internet using the pen to control the computer</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Use as you would a chalkboard or overhead projector</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Use for informal assessment</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Use for lunch count in the morning</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Project a to do list or morning work</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you would like to see a Promethean board in action visit the Promethean Planet website or <a href="http://support.prometheanplanet.com/server.php?show=nav.29751" target="_blank">click here</a> to take you directly to the site. </span><br />
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The image for a screen from a Promethean lesson for a second grade classroom. At the bottom of the screen you can see the different choices for use in writing with the Promethean pen. You can choose to write or highlight and choose from multiple colors. On the right hand side of the screen are commands that you can use by touching with the Promethean pen.<br />
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The image below shows a screen for a math lesson from the Scott Foresman -Addison Wesley enVision Math program, the curriculum used by this school. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Feel free to leave a comment on how you use Promethean boards in the classroom. </span><br />
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