Week 11

It was amazing to see the students work on so many projects using technology. In the "Book Ends of War" video I saw students working on a pearl harbor project. I noticed how they were investigating the names of the soldiers that were recorded in the monument at Pearl Harbor. I think is a great way to help students learn history and alsothey learn to be comfortable using the technology in the classroom because they will use it in everyday life, either at school to do projects or later on when they have jobs.
In the second video "Inside Kapunahala" I saw how neat it is to allow the students to work on projects that will teach them real life experiences such as becoming a reporter or work on the different scripts, not just learning about those careers but actually doing those jobs.
I think is a great opportunity for the students to learn more about technology and their world around them. When the teacher provides those opportunities, it helps the students become excited about learning, which is not easy to accomplish.

Book Ends of War(8:14 min)

Inside Kapunahala

Week 10: Technology with young children

These videos were very interesting since they made me realize technology is not hard to implement it in the classroom. It's amazing how the students were able to send their videos to other students in a different place without leaving the classroom. I have always been afraid of using this technology in the classroom because of the time it takes to prepare and the equipment, but if it is available that will be a great way to teach children. If kindergarteners are able to use computers, then I think it won't be that bad trying to incorporate it into our curriculum.

Week 9: Technology in the clasroom

I have the opportunity to go to Columbia Elementary and the technology that is available in the classroom is not that impressive. I know the teacher has a laptop which has software such as Power Point and Microsoft, also there is an overhead available for the teachers use. There is a TV with DVD player in the room and a cd player that the teacher uses for music. However the students do have access to a computer lab where they get a chance to learn about computers only once a week.
I did complete the inform consent form and the course evaluation.