This is the layout that I created for my classroom in Publisher. The red rectangle is where the teacher spends most of her time presenting information. The green circles are areas where there are computers in the classroom.
Monday, January 26, 2009
My Future Classroom Layout
This is the layout that I created for my classroom in Publisher. The red rectangle is where the teacher spends most of her time presenting information. The green circles are areas where there are computers in the classroom.
Planning & Designing
This chapter was a fun one for me because it dealt with planning and designing. I live my life with a plan and I must say I really enjoyed planning and designing my future classroom. I have thought of different ideas, but I never really had a visualization of these ideas. I'm sure I forgot some parts during this classroom design but I hope to revise it as new ideas come along. I was amazed at all of the features in Publisher. I have never used the drawing application and I must say that I am very impressed. I have used Paint before but I liked Publisher much better.
Another thing that amazed me in this chapter was Google Earth. I had heard of this program before but I had not used it. Wow! I can't believe all of the things that are possible within this one program. The pictures that people uploaded of certain sights really blew my mind. I am excited to incorporate this into my math class using latitudes and longitudes for calculations, and calculate distances between points, etc. I also like how students can learn about the area around the school and about some fun places nearby. Google Earth allows the students to see other places as well. They have probably not traveled abroad or even across the country but they can see different locations in Google Earth.
The interactive whiteboards have so many wonderful uses and I hope that I will have one of these in my classroom one day to encourage participation and show information easier. With the $100 laptop on it's way and the advancement of handheld computers, I can imagine all of the students having computers in my future classroom. My differentiated assignment as a secondary math education student was on the graphing calculator tool in Elluminate. This was a great feature to have to demonstrate to the class. I could not believe all of the features that it had. It is so similar to the calculator I am used to holding in my hand! Elluminate is a great way to encourage team teaching. A friend and I have already talked about using it when we have our own classrooms. I continue to be amazed at all of the technology that I am learning about. I can't wait to use some of this technology in a classroom one day!
Another thing that amazed me in this chapter was Google Earth. I had heard of this program before but I had not used it. Wow! I can't believe all of the things that are possible within this one program. The pictures that people uploaded of certain sights really blew my mind. I am excited to incorporate this into my math class using latitudes and longitudes for calculations, and calculate distances between points, etc. I also like how students can learn about the area around the school and about some fun places nearby. Google Earth allows the students to see other places as well. They have probably not traveled abroad or even across the country but they can see different locations in Google Earth.
The interactive whiteboards have so many wonderful uses and I hope that I will have one of these in my classroom one day to encourage participation and show information easier. With the $100 laptop on it's way and the advancement of handheld computers, I can imagine all of the students having computers in my future classroom. My differentiated assignment as a secondary math education student was on the graphing calculator tool in Elluminate. This was a great feature to have to demonstrate to the class. I could not believe all of the features that it had. It is so similar to the calculator I am used to holding in my hand! Elluminate is a great way to encourage team teaching. A friend and I have already talked about using it when we have our own classrooms. I continue to be amazed at all of the technology that I am learning about. I can't wait to use some of this technology in a classroom one day!
Monday, January 19, 2009
Instructional Idea
This organizer is a neat way to have a picture and a definition in a small paper. They can have the information at a moment's notice as long as they keep up with it. This will be easier to find than flipping through notes.
Chapter 1
After "reading" chapter one, I am a bit overwhelmed by all of the aspects of our online textbook. This is quite a new experience for me with videos, frames, links, etc. as a part of the book. It is amazing all of the technology that is used in such small space. I hope to learn how to use different aspects of our book and incorporate them into my classroom one day. It is also fun to think about the future and what technology will be available after I have been teaching for 5 years and 10 years. I would bet that all of my students will have computers in the classroom at some point down the road. I look forward to learning lots of new ideas.
My First Blog
This is my first blog so I am looking forward to learning new things as I go. I created the blog as part of a class at WCU. Today is Martin Luther King Day so we are out of school. I am hoping that we will have some snow tonight or tomorrow.
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