According to Dr. Strange's Using iMovie and the Alabama Virtual Library in Kindergarten, kindergarden students are using iMovie to make book trailers for the books they read in class. Every time they start a new book, they make a new book trailer. I will need to learn how to effectively use iMovie so I can teach my students. I would like to leave some room for them to try different things and show their creativity. If iPads or MacBooks are provided at my school, I would most definitely put iMovie into use and have each student participate for a grade.
Michele Bennett, the Media Specialist at Gulf Shores Elementary, converses with Dr. Strange in the video We All Become Learners about how students learn from multiple sources, including each other. I will have to become more in tune with the programs my students will be using, and be ready to help them if need be. However, the best part about incorporating technology is that most of the time, you will only have to teach it once. The students learn from one another…Even teachers are constantly learning from their students! Michele's students are eager to use the media and have begun to ask one another for help, rather than asking her or any other teacher in the classroom.
The video iPads in the Classroom opened my eyes to many educational programs that help students in Chicago public schools learn every day. At one of the schools that special needs students attend, iPads are used to help students communicate using the iConverse app. At a Chicago high school, a physics teacher uses iPads in the classroom helping students build virtual roller coasters.
What's the moral of the story? The more they use technology, the more engaged they are. The more students are engaged, the more they will learn.
What does it mean for me? It means a lot of extra time, work, and research on my end to make a difference in my students' lives!
What are the Top 10 Reasons to Use Technology in Education?
1. The students love it.
2. Uses four key components of learning that students should be involved in
3. Professional development
4. It makes teachers' lives easier
5. Improves test scores
6. Helps students with low attention spans
7. Learn from the experts
8. Encourages completion of homework
9. Saves money
10. Remove obstacles
All in all, technology is changing education. We as educators have to change with it!
Hi Abby!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! I too found the video iPads in the Classroom to be very eye opening. I come from a town where the funds are not sufficient to provide up to date technology in the classroom; therefore, upon learning the just Mobile County alone incorporates so much technology, I was amazed. I hope that my local schools will one day be able to incorporate technology even half as much as all of the schools we have learned about!
Good post!
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