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Incorporating Technology on a Budget :Incorporating Technology on a Budget ED 4322
Dr. Williamson
Reasons for Using Technology in Your Classroom :Breaks up monotony
We live in a digital age
Students are increasingly technology savvy
Using technology makes your classroom more interactive
Provides more opportunities to communicate with students and parents outside of the classroom
More fun! Reasons for Using Technology in Your Classroom
YouTube :YouTube
Provides a visual and auditory representation of the material
Has first-hand recordings of historical events (ex: Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech)
Students can upload their own instructional videos (class projects) YouTube
Networking Websites :Twitter
Can provide up to the second updates about class events etc. to the students’ or parents’ cell phones.
Provides another mode of communication between students/parents and the teacher
Facebook
Can create a class group with photos, discussion boards, etc.
Yet again provides another form of communication
Students can help other students (homework, projects) Networking Websites
Cell Phones :Pictures and video
Most phones have cameras and are capable of producing video
Can be used to create slideshows or video projects
Texting
Students can answer anonymously when teachers ask questions to the class
Calculators, Calendars, Memos, etc. Cell Phones
Television :DVD
Movies and documentaries are great ways to teach students
Most schools have at least one DVD player that may be checked out
May be hooked up to computers as a display for the class Television
Voice Recorders :Students can record themselves reading from the text and play it back later to themselves
Better way for auditory learners to remember the text
Students can record the teacher’s lecture
Teachers could record themselves during the lecture
This could benefit students that are absent Voice Recorders
Educational Online Games :Great way to engage students
Incorporates visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning
Good change of pace from traditional classroom setting
www.funbrain.com
www.theproblemsite.com
Countless others Educational Online Games
Podcasts :Many students carry I-pods or other MP3 players
Incorporates audio and visual learning
Provides a connection with the students
Can be carried anywhere
Used in a similar way as a newsletter Podcasts
Class Website :Keeps parents up to date over what is happening in the classroom
Can remind students when assignments are due
Can provide links that might be helpful to parents or students
Can get to know teacher better
www.yourclassroomblog.wordpress.com Class Website
Blogs :Incorporates reading and writing into student learning
Gives the student a personal connection with the assignment Blogs
Class Wiki :Students can create their own class encyclopedia
Teacher can put comments on student articles
Changes can be made at any time
www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers Class Wiki
Music :Play a song that will help the students connect with the lesson (ex: play “Eat It” by Weird Al Yankovic when talking about the digestive system)
Helps students remember the lesson by connecting it with a familiar song
A class CD can be made with all the songs used in a semester, or a playlist can be put on the website Music
Google Earth :Shows first hand what any point on earth looks like
Almost like a “virtual field trip”
Free for anyone to use Google Earth
PowerPoint Presentations :Teachers can use powerpoint presentations to aid in their lecture
Teachers may have students create a powerpoint presentation as a project
Provides another visual form of learning
Slideshows may also be printed and handed out to the students for notes PowerPoint Presentations
Ways to Raise Technology Funds :Grants
www.technologygrantnews.com
Fund Raisers
Bake sale, carwash, etc.
Donations Ways to Raise Technology Funds
Thank You! :Thank You! Karina Rios
Rosendo Ramos
Matthew Royce
Rebekah Sartor
Miles Romine