Lesson Plans

Here are the links to my three lesson plans:

1) http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddf9t24d_5f7qd5hc9
2) http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddf9t24d_4dgxh44d7
3) http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddf9t24d_3ddgscwdz

Video Response

I am amazed at how quickily and easily the children caught on to the technology being used. A lot of the assignments we have done thusfar in this course I have second guessed being able to implement them in the lower grades. The teachers in these videos were lower grade teachers and the children loved using technoilogy. In the lesson with the spiders, the teacher had the children take the pictures and they were behind the computer when viewing them on the website. The children were highly involved in the lesson which made for a more effective lesson. Also, technology makes things more organized. When something learned is posted on a website children can easily go home and look at it. Also, parents can go and look at what their children are learning. I loved watching each of these videos. They all got me excited about implementing technology into the classroom. These teachers did a wonderful job of showing that implementing technology into the classroom is a fun rewarding experience.

Initial Observation

My initial thought when entering my classroom is that there was not very much technology. There are no computers in the room and no smartboards. The technology in the classroom consists of a tv, cd player, and projector. There are certain things that the whole grade shares such as a smart board and a document camera. There is one computer lab on the school. It is a pretty nice lab with about 40 mac computers. However, the computers dont have very many programs because the school doesn't have enough money to buy them. The teachers do not implement technology into their lessons very much. I have only seen a projector be used in a lesson. There are some great technologys available to teachers; however, there is not much available in each individual classroom.

I completed the midcourse evaluation and the informned consent.