Blog Post #10

Ms.Cassidy provides a video of how her first graders use technology here. This video lets the students walk us through some of the technology based assignments used in their classroom. They use logging to help improve their writing and reading skills. This also gives the students encouragement to keep writing. Ms. Cassidy provides a webpage the students can access links to games and Ms. Cassidy's blog. They also use wikis, Skype, and nintendo d.s. to collaborate in the classroom.
I love the idea of blogging in the classroom. This allows the students to improve their reading and writing skills without actually knowing. This gives them confidence when their peers leave comments on a post. It lets the student know that they can write and to keep trying. In my classroom I will have a class webpage that has assignments, links. and anything I can find that pertains to the curriculum. I want my students to have 24/7 access to information they need to help them be a better student and prepared for class.
Technology in the classroom has so many benefits. It not only allows the children to learn at school but they have access from almost anywhere with a laptop to learn. Having an audience is very beneficial because the student is not only writing for the teacher, but they are writing for their peers as well. The class page as mentioned above allows the student access all the time. They can see what was missed if they are absent. It provides links to learning websites.
During interview #3 Cassidy talks about having the students create a school Facebook page. I really liked this idea. This allows the students to be updated and have another resource to get in touch with classmates. You can also find interview #1 and interview #2 where Cassidy talks about technology in her classroom.