Day 2 Morning

How do you currently uses technology in the classroom.
I am very fortunate at WLMS to have a Smart board in the classroom. I utilize it each day to do interactive lessons in Math and in Science. In Math we are able to use an on line textbook and to be able to project many parts of the lessons through the computer to the smart board. The students are able to go to the smart board and work problems and manipulate portions so the entire class can view. This can be in color and re-worked to give the class the opportunity to be interactive with the lesson.
I also utilize a hand held mouse which allows me to be at any part of the room and still communicate with my students and continue to teach. I use an overhead projector for portions of the lessons to utilize transparencies and also have the students come up and show the work as well.
Along with the smart board I use United Streaming a great deal to begin or emphasize a topic in Math or Science.
I also utilized a learning program, Orchard, which was purchased at WLMS. This is an interactive teaching mode that allows the students to practice math skills. Others utilize it for Language Arts.
With the ability to use the laptop as my computer the students will now have the opportunity to use the computer in the classroom to develop projects. I am looking forward to having the students more involved in the teaching of the lessons as I did last year, developing games and lessons for portions of the science textbook and topics we learn in science. This year they will have the ability to do programs on the computer.