First Graders in Ms. Cassidy's Class
This was a video of Ms. Cassidy's first grade class. Ms, Cassidy incorporates technology in her class very well. She let the kids write on blogs. Of course it was first grade material, but the fact that she is getting kids this young involved in technology is great. She also lets the kids have fun with technology by letting them play with a Nintendo DS.
The technique that I would use would have to be the blogs. I would have my kids have a blog and write about physical education topics and health. Also I would encourage them to find other things on the internet that they could incorporate in their blogs and use it. They could learn a whole lot more by surfing the internet than I could teach them.
The only problem I see in teaching technology is the schools providing access for it to be used. Some school systems do not see the advantage of having technology. And they will not pay for it if they do not see any progress made with it. Meaning it is and expensive means for students to learn that the school system does not see necessary.
But on the other hand there is a lot of benefits from this. For instance like I said the kids could learn a lot more by using technology. The kids could be more advanced in technology and better ready for the future. Also students could be able to pass the things they learned on to new people.
Hey Brenton,
ReplyDeleteTechnology and blogging will be so helpful in the classroom with our future students. Ms. Cassidy seems like she is helping her students learn in many ways using technology and they are having fun in the process. I agree with you saying that the students could learn more online. The internet provides so much information and will be such a great teaching tool!
Keep up the good work and good luck!
I also liked the way that she got the kids really involved with using technology even though they are only in the first grade. The earlier seems to be the way to go. She let the kids play games on the Nintendo ds which was a fun activity as well as helpful to them. I to agree that you can learn so much more by surfing the web. Ms. Cassidy looked to me that she really knew how to keep the kids interested in their learning. Good job on the post.
ReplyDeleteHey Brent,
ReplyDeleteAnother thing that I was impressed with about Ms. Cassidy was her ability to keep her students save. We all know how important it is to keep the students save from online predators, and she has great strategies for doing so. When students are surfing the internet, it is important to have the right tools to keep them as save as possible.
Stephen Akins