After reading Oversold and Underused I decided to write down when my students use technology in the classroom. I found that I use the promethean board a lot and the four personal computers barely at all! EK!!! Besides during literacy centers the computers are hardly used.
I am challenging myself to use the computers more.
The first thing I did was look at my schedule. I noticed that there is a 20 minute gap from when students can arrive to school and when the bell rings. I thought this would be a great time to incorporate the computers. When I told the students that four students would get to go on the computers for morning work they were thrilled! I created a poster that tells the students which day is their computer morning work day. I have students do an activity or visit a website that they have already done because I am busy greeting students and checking folders. The students love starting their day on the computers!
I would love to hear how others use their computers on a daily basis.
I also use the computers in place of our "early bird". The kids have a choice of visiting type to learn or logging into www.spellingcity.com to practice their spelling words. I have been toying with the idea of allowing the kids to type during writing workshop. Once a week they would get a turn on the computer and they would just continue to work on the story they have saved.
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