end of the year reflection

Since the beginning of the year, I have seen the importance of technology in the classroom. By learning about smart boards, active boards, web sites, and blog sites I have just seen a glimpse of the technology that is out there. After observing a few classes I am seeing just how important it is to use technology in the classroom. Technology helps keep students more interested and on task when teaching. Using the smart board allows students to interact with the material which is a great thing. I have worked on being more creative in my lesson plans. For my Reading Methods class I dressed up as Amelia Bedelia as I began to teach the class. This was a stretch for me because I am not accustom to doing this. I however got into character and had a lot of fun with the lesson. I hope to do more things like this. Along with dressing up I used the smart board to display my lesson plan and teach it to the class. I am going to continue to incorporate technology into my lesson plans and be as creative as I can with how I teach my lessons to a class.

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reflection 5

I just got back from benaroya hall. I noticed that at the beginning of the show there was a projection of snowflakes on the walls. When the symphony started to play the projection was turned off and it changed to pinkish colored lights. I began to wonder how this happens. There had to be projectors on the wall somewhere, but I could not see them. I am curious how they do this. I would love to look in to this more.

reflection 4

I found out that you can import a power point presentation onto the smart board software. This is very helpful! I found that it is a lot easier to create a presentation in power point and then import the presentation. You can simply put a cover on the top of the slide so not all of it shows at once. I ended using power point for a majority of my presentation. This is because I am more familiar with the power point software. I used a few smart board slides and then used a few smart board slides.

Reflection 3

This week I worked on creating a smart board presentation. It was a little difficult to do. I would have thought that it would have been an easier process. It took forever to group items, find pictures online, and change the background. I did not think that the process would have been so complicated. I don't think I will create a lot of smart board presentations while I am a teacher. It takes forever, and I didn't think it was any better than using power point.

Final presentation:

links to my favorite web sites:

kidspiration

I would use this tool to create different lesson plans for students. I would allow students to retell or create stories using pictures and words to illustrate their ideas. In math students could use this tool to create word problems using pictures and words. In science students could use this tool to group different animals based on their different characteristics.

teachertube

I would use this to help visual learners in the classroom. This is a kid friendly site which I love. I would use videos from this site to enhance my lesson plans.

one new thing I learned how to do:

• change the color of the font, and the background of a smart board slide.

show powerpoint project and blog if time:

Reflection 2

In class last week we looked at a few different web sites. We explored a site called kidspiration and then looked at a free online grading tool. I really liked the kidspiration site. It had a lot of different lesson plan ideas as well as ways for kids to interact with material taught to them. The grading tool was helpful as well. It gave us an idea of how other grading tools work. I got to see how to list items, how to come up with a grading scale, and how to post grades. This was a great experience.