Tool #9

I think it's important to tie technology into the objective because our world is all about technology, our kids are all about technology, so why not tie school and curriculum into technology. It seems that children these days are more tech savy than some of us so why not have them study using technology. We should hold students accountable for work stations because we need to know that students are actually learning and understanding the skills being presented in that work station. The purpose of work stations is for students to reinforce learning and collaborate with a partner. As teachers we need to know if that work station is effective or not. I vistied LEarning games for kids and Tutpup. I like how Learning games for kids has many different games using vocabulary, spelling, and keyboarding (skills teachers sometimes run out of time to teach in a given day. I like how the site has games practicing short vowels, state nicknames and Ben Franklin True or False; these are all fun games the kids would enjoy and learn facts at the same time. Another site I visited was Tutpup. I like how you can practice math skills such as subtraction, addition, multiplication, and division. I can use these inwork stations by setting them up on my iPad or computer station. The students can work with their partners and I can provide a short quiz sheet after their center is done. They can practice on the computer and quiz each other after they are done. The two iPad apps I can use in my classroom is Fraction Factory and Kids Math Advanced. I can set up the studens to work with partners using two iPads. I can hold them accoutable by having them write down their score and recording it on a chart so they can see progress. Other ways they can use the iPad is by researching for projects, games, checking their email etc.