Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Technology!
Dear Parents,
As most of you know Technology has become a major part of your student’s daily life. Whether it is surfing the internet, playing video games, listening to music or using another form of technology today’s generation is use to obtaining knowledge/entertainment at an extremely fast rate. If students are using so many different sources of technology outside of the classroom why not challenge their minds with the use of technology within the classroom? There are quite a few different technology instruments that we will be using throughout the course of the year: Apple computers, Smart Boards, clickers, video recorders and IPod software.
With the Apple computers, that are provided by the school, we will be conducting research on many different projects. Although students may learn how to quickly pull up information/answers on the computer they do not always know how to make sure that the information they are receiving is trustworthy. We will be learning, in class, how to check to see if a website is valid, with accurate information. This feeds into writing papers and being able to cite them correctly. YouTube is another part of computer based activities that we will be conducting.
Smart boards are highly advanced projectors. They combine many different functions and are useful in everyday teaching. We will be giving presentations using the Smart board as well as working out every day in class problems up on the board so that everyone can participate. One of the many advantages of having a smart board is the fact that all the work that is done on it can be saved to the computer. Due to this fact I will easily be able to send you the work that was done within class on any particular day. I will be using this for the back to school presentation so that each and every one of you can mess around with the different functions to become more familiar with how today’s generation will be learning and advancing. Clickers, Video recorders and IPod apps will be used randomly throughout the year for things such as quiz taking, filming acting projects and getting study materials sent directly to your student’s IPod.
Technology is a very important part of our world today so I hope to use it to benefit your student’s education. I do believe that old methods still work and should be used as well but my teaching will encompass a delicate balance of both the old and the new way of receiving knowledge. If you have any further question please contact me.
Thanks for your time
Miss Jenna Lyle
As most of you know Technology has become a major part of your student’s daily life. Whether it is surfing the internet, playing video games, listening to music or using another form of technology today’s generation is use to obtaining knowledge/entertainment at an extremely fast rate. If students are using so many different sources of technology outside of the classroom why not challenge their minds with the use of technology within the classroom? There are quite a few different technology instruments that we will be using throughout the course of the year: Apple computers, Smart Boards, clickers, video recorders and IPod software.
With the Apple computers, that are provided by the school, we will be conducting research on many different projects. Although students may learn how to quickly pull up information/answers on the computer they do not always know how to make sure that the information they are receiving is trustworthy. We will be learning, in class, how to check to see if a website is valid, with accurate information. This feeds into writing papers and being able to cite them correctly. YouTube is another part of computer based activities that we will be conducting.
Smart boards are highly advanced projectors. They combine many different functions and are useful in everyday teaching. We will be giving presentations using the Smart board as well as working out every day in class problems up on the board so that everyone can participate. One of the many advantages of having a smart board is the fact that all the work that is done on it can be saved to the computer. Due to this fact I will easily be able to send you the work that was done within class on any particular day. I will be using this for the back to school presentation so that each and every one of you can mess around with the different functions to become more familiar with how today’s generation will be learning and advancing. Clickers, Video recorders and IPod apps will be used randomly throughout the year for things such as quiz taking, filming acting projects and getting study materials sent directly to your student’s IPod.
Technology is a very important part of our world today so I hope to use it to benefit your student’s education. I do believe that old methods still work and should be used as well but my teaching will encompass a delicate balance of both the old and the new way of receiving knowledge. If you have any further question please contact me.
Thanks for your time
Miss Jenna Lyle
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