FIELD EXPERIENCE - TECHNOLOGY USE IN LOCAL CLASSROOMS
This is a section from the formative case study submitted in this "lab" (field) course.

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Subject: Technology/Adaption  Sent: April 4, 2007 10:51 PM 
From: Ms. STUDENT  To: Carolyn Abel (abelcarol)

 

Suggestions for technology integration:

Technology as a whole is crucial to succeed in today’s world. Therefore, integrating the use of technology in students’ everyday learning is just as important. It has been studied that children can retain a lot of information at the young ages, why not start early. In Mrs. Stallings class, I have not been able to use technology as much as I would like, but I have used it a few times with some of my students. The websites that I have gone to with my students is Starfall.com and RainForestsMath.com. We used Starfall when we were working on ai, ea, and oy words. In addition, we used the website for the beginning lesson of compound words. The website has wonderful interactive lessons. We Rain Forests Math after I have finished with both my groups and we have extra time. Donisha and I have been working on measuring with non-measurable objects, such as the activity where you figure out how many paperclips long is the insect that is shown. Mrs. Stallings has about 6 computers in her classroom that she allows her students to get on when they have finished their assigned work. I have never seen a student not want to work on the computers. She keeps either Starfall or Rain Forests Math on each of the computers and allows the students to choose which website they want to work on. Most of the students are on Rain Forests Math unless Mrs. Stallings or I are working with them on Starfall. Another type of technology that is used with some of my students is a tape player. By using audio devices, my students that are struggling with fluency are able to listen to readings as many times as they need to feel comfortable with the stories. I have seen great success with my students that use this tool.