Would you use this program in your classroom? Why or why not?
http://www.usnews.com/education/high-schools/articles/2011/07/14/study-emerging-technology-has-positive-impact-in-classroom?int=96e908
Would you use this program in your classroom? Why or why not?
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Katie Dietzman
10/20/2014 04:39:18 am
I would absolutely love to do something like this in the classroom. I think these programs are a great way to increase student involvement. While doing observations at a local elementary school a few years ago the 4th grade classroom received a grant updating technology in the classroom. At first several teachers were skeptical but the amount of participation they began to receive was incredible. The students were engaged in the activity almost the entire time. With that being said the article also presented a great point. The technology in the classroom is only going to be as good as the teacher in the classroom. It is important for the teachers to have buy in when using technology.
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Jess Brink
10/26/2014 09:10:28 am
Kids love technology!! My three year old cousin is able to work a computer better than I can at times!!
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Danell
10/20/2014 04:48:50 am
I agree with you. I love the fact that it gains the classroom more instruction time and more hands on work. I know some lessons that I would like to get through quicker than we do and I wish I had an entire day to finish it. If I had a grant for my classroom I most definitely would try it! Glad you liked the post.
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Tim Dikens
10/21/2014 09:24:07 am
I am in favor of any kind of technology I can get. Geometry lends itself well to technology but it hard to get funding. I think in order for the technology to be useful the students need to be interactive with the program. I can use any number of great geometry software but if the students can't interact with it as well it is not much more than a power point. They, the students, need to be involved in manipulating the software and learning. That means they all have to have access and the program needs to networked.
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Katie Damgar
10/22/2014 12:54:01 am
I think this is a great idea. It allows the students to watch the lecture at home, gives them time to think about and prepare for class, and to come to class with questions. This would also hold the students more accountable for their homework because if they do not watch the lecture they will not be prepared to answer the questions in class. I also remember as a student understanding everything the teacher was lecturing about, then I would get home to do my homework and not remember a single thing. This was not very helpful to me. by having the lecture at home the students have the teacher there with them in class so they can ask questions.
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Danell
10/22/2014 01:43:28 am
Katie,
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10/22/2014 06:46:04 am
"Embracing the Digital Brain"......technology is changing the way we teach, think and learn. Are you embracing the change or struggling?
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Becky Windsor
10/24/2014 04:06:28 pm
I think this is great for the classroom. There is never enough time, especially in math, to cover everything I would like and help the students in a set class period. This would be a great way for students to be introduced to the subject matter, leaving more class time to work on the problems. This would be great for middle school and up. If I were able to use this in my classroom I would definitely give it a try. With more and more being required of teachers during the school day, this would be a huge help with time in the classroom!
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Aaron Shockley
10/26/2014 12:03:30 pm
I think this is a great idea and most schools around Missouri have started doing this idea so that teachers can now help more with the homework. I believe that this is why most students struggle is why they don't understand the homework and this would dramatically change this problem.
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Keeyon
10/27/2014 12:34:22 am
I would not only have this in my class room but I would encourage others to do so as well. I think its important for every teacher to take a step back and learn the students that they are teaching and understand their learning abilities and realize that keeping them engaged will work best in any situation. Some students may not be hip to the iTunes or the internet but if they are taught properly they will pick it up right away I think this is a great idea for the classrooms of todays world and I wish I could of had my lectures in this way!
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Brian Calhoun
10/27/2014 01:37:47 am
I feel that this form of classroom management is more beneficial for the students than previous, traditional methods. For one year, I attended Westminster College. My ethics class was built exactly like the digital classrooms in the article. Half of the time we would have to watch a lecture, the other half we would read at least two articles for homework. When we came to class the next day, we would spend the entire time getting a greater depth of knowledge surrounding the topic. This was possible because every student already had some background information before class, everyone had questions, and the professor created interesting debates by asking questions. Personally, I could tell that I was comprehending this information much better than any of my other classes. I wasn’t just memorizing facts, but I was learning information and then applying it to real life scenarios. If schools do not have the money for every student to have a computer, then have some of the classes can read articles or other printed resources some of the days. This teaching system works, technology makes it better.
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Rebecca Hartman
10/27/2014 04:06:37 am
While I think this is a great idea, I know that some students would not watch/listen to the lecture at home. This is what professors face when they assign reading and intend to discuss the reading in the class. Some students do not do outside work unless they know that they will be graded on it or know they will have to have something to turn in. For more advanced math classes, this would probably work because the students in the class are in it to learn rather than because they have to be there, and those students are more likely to do the work they need to in order to understand the questions on the AP exams. In lower level classes where students are automatically placed, this may not work as well. It is definitely something I would implement if I knew that the students would take it seriously enough to watch or listen to the lectures outside of class.
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Nicketa Coombs
10/30/2014 05:56:51 am
I would absolutely love to utilize this method, whatever it takes to get the preferred end result; within reason of course. I think it's great that she's giving them the extra time and help that's needed. It's also a great way to capture their attention, boost creativity and it is less time consuming. So many times technology is seen as 'bad' in the classroom, especially with younger kids but this scenario is a great example of how helpful technology can be in assisting educators.
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Kiefer Smith
11/10/2014 10:07:20 am
This would be fantastic to use in a classroom. It would work really well for most classrooms. I would use this in my science classroom if I knew my students would go for it. I feel like I would have many students who would not do the work and get to class and have no idea what is going on. I could do this to prep them on labs and what we will do for class that week and to help them study for quizzes and tests. The biggest issue is that the students would not want to worry about the homework and then the class would have learn everything during class time. This would not only waste the teachers time for making the videos for them to watch but it would also waste time in class for other discussions or work and it would waste the time of the students who did the work.
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