Background questions-
This student provided information concerning how technology
in the classroom can be a positive asset. They gave enough background details
as to why students would achieve higher with the ability of using technology in
the classroom. The after school intern did their research and wrote about what
they discovered would be helpful in a classroom. It was said students will get
to use Smart boards or Interactive Whiteboards to drag objects and sort and
problem solve. This will engage the students to be more cooperative getting to
use the “teachers stuff”.
Activity Plan-
The
intern provided two different activity plans. The first was easy to follow, I
would be able to use it in a classroom myself and understand what the purpose
was. Activity Plan Part 2 was harder to understand, although I could still
interpret what the intern was saying. To me, it seemed a bit complicated, with
uploading pictures and teaching the students how to make the pictures small
icons to be accessible enough to sort into a three-part Venn diagram.
Technology Integration Rationale-
In
this activity it will widen the student’s knowledge of how to use an
Interactive Whiteboard, while at the same time, learning the specific
differences between shapes and sorting. With these activities the students will
also learn about other subjects, or areas in math using the same activity. The
intern’s use of technology says they think it should be used in a positive way
to learn to the best of their ability. This activity can be made simpler or
harder (depending on the students knowledge). Making the Venn diagram smaller
or larger can change the toughness, and the shapes they have to sort harder to
classify. The technology increases opportunities for student interaction by
having an assortment of shapes and colors to organize into specific areas on a
Venn diagram; including what they have in common.
