"Smart" Classrooms Technology is a wonderful resource that is available to us today. Many school districts have been implementing and promoting the use of technology in the classrooms. The overhead projector which was widely used in recent years, has taken a back seat to PowerPoint and SMART boards. As teachers, it is important to provide instruction in a variety of ways. This helps to peak student interest and creates more interactive and hands-on lessons. My third grade classroom at Riverside just added a SMART board to the classroom. We are working together as a class in order to become more and familar with it.
The students have been working with place value so we set up a lesson using the SMART board. The students had the opportunity to drag different ones, tens, and hundreds markers into the appropraite columns on the board. Additonally, they were able to pracitce with re-grouping. The program made trading and moving numbers around very simple. Learning math became a lot of fun for the students and they were able to focus and pay more close attention to the lesson.
Vocabulary Review
implementing: (verb) to put into practical effect; carry out
promoting: (verb) to help or encourage to exist or flourish
interactive: (adjective) of or pertaining to a two-way system of electronic
communications, as by means of television or computer:
peak: (noun) the highest or most important point or level
Vocabulary Practice
Grammar Point- prepositions
Many of the most common words in English are prepositons, and many of them are very short words (ex. at, for, in to). However, longer words and short phrases (ex. despite, except, out of, in terms of) can function as prepositons too.
Preopositons:
- usually come immediately before a noun or -ing form (to work/of cooking) or at the beginning of a phrase including a noun (at the cinema).
- often occur immediately after a verb (arrive at).
What are your feelings on technology in the classrom?
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