Chapter 10

Using technology to teach diverse students is a great idea. Today we live in a world of diversity. I remember when I went to go observe at an elementary school there was a young boy who spoke creole. A lady goes in and helps and teaches him and lets him use and iPad to work on math. I think that him using this technology was getting his attention into learning about math instead of him trying to understand what the teacher was saying and it is a start for him to start learning English threw technology. Also here in the childcare facility I work at the teachers use smart boards and they use a website called star fall and they put it on the smart board and teach the students about the calendar and they are learning the month, date, and year. In this article Meeting the needs of diverse learners through technology a teacher tells us on how she uses technology for her diverse classroom.

A second thing that caught my attention was on adaptation for classroom learning with technology. In the book it mentions about the different technologies a teacher can use. Here at the childcare facility where I work at the teachers use smart boards and they use a website called star fall and they put it on the smart board and teach the students about the calendar and they are learning the month, date, and year. It is really a great way to engage students to learn. There are also audio books students can listen threw in a learning center. They grab the book and listen to a CD player by using headphones.

The third thing that I came across was writing transformations with technology. Students get tired of writing with a pencil. Writing essays with a pencil hurts a students hand. I know when I was in school and I need to write a paragraph or so my hand was tired of writing so much. I think that writing transformations into technology is a great idea. Students will have the ability to use technology to write or publish their ideas in a fast and quicker way. When writing with pencil it can take long and a student might not have enough time to turn in a writing essay and if a student is using a computer it can be even quicker.

In conclusion using technology in the classroom can have a good benefit from it. Whether it is to teach a classroom of diversity teachers where they can get a better knowledge and there can be a lot of helpful skills in the way a teacher can use technology in there classroom. Technology is becoming more popular. Students use it everyday and like I have said why not use it in the classrooms. Having the students to use a computer to write will be much more fun and will have the students more engaged in doing their assignment then just a piece of paper and pencil.

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Maloy, R. W., Verock-O'Loughlin, R., Edwards, S. A., & Woolf, B. P. (2017). Transforming learning with new technologies. Boston: Pearson.

Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners Through Technology. (n.d.). Retrieved February 25, 2017, from http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/ed-tech-diverse-learners.shtml

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Chapter 7

Being able to teach students about problem solving with computers is a great idea. Today we live in a world surrounded by technology and it is just keeps growing and growing. I think what better way to help out students on to solve skills while using a computer. In this article about Computer Skills it talks about the different strategies there is about problem solving with computers. Giving students an opportunity to problem solve with computers will help them find different solutions on finding out a problem they are given. They can further there problem and social skills while using the computer.

Another thing that caught my attention was the types of problem solving and inquiry learning software. As mentioned in the book technology has always been used. Students need to learn the proper way of the use of technology. Technology is not just a tool that will give you the answer right there in then. Students need to learn on how to further on to investigate a problem with technology. Using technology is a starting point to get a student started but students need to learn on how to be creative and create their own software.

Third thing that caught my attention in this assignment was about computer games as learning resources. Since students are so caught up in technology why not use it in the classrooms. There can be learning games that students would enjoying doing while at the same time they are learning something. There is one site that I learned about when I went one time to observe a classroom teachers are now using fast math. It is a website where students can play and learn math at the same time. When I was in elementary we only had paper and pencil and never used computers to do math. I really think this is one computer games resource a teacher can use. It interacts children into doing math.

In conclusion there are different skills to use computers and technology in the classroom. Students enjoy technology and instead of being replaced with it why not just join them and use it more in the classrooms. There can be many kinds of gaming that students can enjoy and at the same time are learning something out of it. We don't always want to bored our students with just books, paper and pencils. When I was in school in elementary, middle or high it was always paper and pencil and books if they would have introduce technology along time ago I think I would have enjoyed school more. Students are more motivated with software applications that contain math and reading game activities.


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Maloy, R. W., Verock-O'Loughlin, R., Edwards, S. A., & Woolf, B. P. (2017). Transforming learning with new technologies. Boston: Pearson.


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