Using Technology in the Classroom

This week I was able to present a digital storybook to my class. The pictures were all drawn by the class, and set to the song "What a Wonderful World." This was part of a unit on the 5 senses, in the song, Louis Armstrong sings about seeing trees, hearing babies, etc. It was so fun to see the kids react when they saw their pictures come up on the big screen. This was a good way of ending the unit because the kids felt like they had accomplished something and learned something. They especially loved seeing their names in the credits at the end of the video. I think this was a really fun way to use technology in the classroom, and got the kids really excited about the subject.

Technology Lesson Idea

In the 1st grade class I am working in right now, we are learning about the 5 senses. The students listened to the song "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong, and then each student drew a picture to correspond with a line from the song. I think it would be fun to create a digital storybook using the students' pictures to show to the class as a final activity in the senses unit.

Classroom Technology Inventory

I thought it was really interesting to see how technology in the classroom has changed since I was in school. When I was in Elementary school, we had an overhead projector, a TV, and a couple of computers with really old games and word processors on them. In the classroom I am working in, they have access to projectors, wireless internet, and laptops.

My teacher does not use a ton of technology in her classroom (from what I've seen the last 4 days), but the kids go to the computer lab to do word processing, and to supplement some of the things they've been learning in class. I am excited to use some technology in my lesson, I think the kids will really enjoy it and learn from it.

Google Earth Virtual Tour

Here is the link to my Civil War Virtual Tour on Google Earth.