Blog Journal 6

On The Lyme School website their class pages included many resources that the kids could use for their school work. They had things like a google drive link which would allow kids to access group projects easily or possibly make it easy for multiple teachers to edit announcements. It also had a link to show kids how to find and cite sources which would be very useful to kids doing their homework at home. It then divides the links by grade level and class. Each class had useful links that could be utilized in that subject at that age level. For instance, the kindergarten section had a link to counting games.
http://www.lymeschool.org/classPages.html


As a teacher I plan on using technology to be more efficient and effective. Microsoft is a great tool to do that because of its many functions such as record keeping for repeat projects, spread sheets, presentation features, etc. Websites such as Diigo, which we have discussed during class, will help me be able to book mark resources as well as see what other teachers have bookmarked to utilize in their classrooms. Google calendar can be used to help organize the business of life as a teacher. When it comes to grading I plan on uses spreadsheets to ensure that I make no errors in my grading process. 

In the technology sandbox from last week, one of my favorite things that we encountered was the 3D doodling. This would be useful for kids learning letters or shapes. They could create them themselves and then have a tangible object that they created to help them remember. Another technology that I saw at the sandbox that I could see myself using in my future classroom is the smart board. I have used it in my past learning experiences so I have seen how helpful it can be to have. In the sandbox we played a matching game and there are many other educational and fun games available on it. It made me think that would be a very easy thing to use as a kindergarten teacher. It would be a great way to ease the kids into using technology and a good hands-on way for them to learn. 


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