Technologies Available

At my school we have access to many things that are beneficial to the students.  We have computers in every classroom, smartboards, projectors mounted on our ceilings, and have hover cams.  On our computers we can use wordle, cartoon creating websites, take AR Quizes, and get permission to use certain sites that are blocked if we have a good reason to connect it to our curriculum. 

Smartboards allow teachers to pull up things on the computer and then write on them as we do lessons/projects with our students.  For example I can pull up a math worksheet on my computer and together we can work it out as I walk around the classroom.  I also use it to pull up maps and as a class we will label different maps of the United States as they look through their textbooks to find the answer or work in groups to figure it out. 

Projectors can be used to show different clips or movies related to concepts being taught.  You can also pull up powerpoints that your students have created or their wordle or cartoon strips they've created.  Similar is the hover cam that some call an Elmo or Docu- Cam that can connect to your computer to show different things.  A project I have used it for is when they create different diaramas of book settings or scenes during different reading activities.  When they use the Hover Cam they get the opportunity to be the teacher which they fully enjoy!!