Thursday, December 2, 2010
What technology is more important in the classroom?
Today in my TE 401 class we talked about incorporating technology in the classroom. My professor asked if we had the option of having a smartboard or a laptop cart for our class which would we choose. I think that I would rather have the laptops available for each student. I feel that laptops have a lot more to offer than a smartboard would. I have only used a smartboard to project an image from the computer for students to see and I have never seen a smartboard used to its full potential. I also have heard to actually use a smartboard it take a lot of preparation to make a lesson out of it. With laptops students can use Google docs to peer edit, they can fill out assessments on Google forms. Students can play educational games, read the newspaper, learn about the weather. Of course the laptops would have to be set up on the internet but the internet allows unlimited learning to happen. I think it would be great for every classroom to have laptops for every student, the student could learn so much! I know that most college students are on their laptops a majority of the day so why not start kids out on computers at a young age?
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I think the most important technology to have in a classroom is the smart board. I think there is so many opportunities with a smart board. One way that my CT uses the smart board, is using these letters on a program the letters are all the letters of a students name and she scrambles them around on the board. Then a student is called on to go up to the board and unscramble the name. The kids think it is so much fun and yet it is really helpful in the learning process. I think the smart board has so many opportunities that I am not even aware of.
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