Classroom technology is great… but where do we get the money to fund the educational technology? I would like to have a class set of laptops for my Grade 7 and 8 students to use: 4 Reasons why I would like to have a class set of laptops How much will a class set of […]
Classroom Clickers (SMART Student Response System)
Classroom clickers are a piece of educational technology that allows you to get your students more involved. You put up a question on your computer and students use the classroom clickers to vote in their answers. SMART technologies has a SMART Response student response system (formerly called Senteo) that has caught my attention. I’ve heard […]
Integrating technology in the classroom Wish List
We’re constantly trying to think of meaningful ways to integrate technology into our classroom. We’re doing some of these things in one form or another (i.e. class blogs and student wikis), but we’re always trying to improve our practice. Here’s our wish list for things to experiment with over the next few years. Are you […]
Technology Projects for the Classroom
Tomorrow is the last day of school before the Winter Holiday Break. So, ofcourse we’re eagerly awaiting our two weeks off so that we can play on the computer more and work on some side projects. (On a side note, one of our students did an incredible job on her student wiki, updating her KWL […]
Use Technology to Engage Boys in Reading and Writing
“Educators and parents may have been too quick to dismiss boys’ preoccupation with computers as a diversion from their own book-based literacy, not recognizing the computer’s capacity to empower users to gain access to, and control of, information. It is imperative that educators and parents be aware of the impact of the multimedia world, and […]