Technology-enhanced lesson

For my technology lesson I used the Kidsperations program to assess the students knowledge of habitats and what animals live in those habitats prior to starting a unit on habitats. THe students had not ever used this program before so I also had to teach them how to use the program. The part of Kidsperations that I used, had four habitats and spaces beneath each to place pictures. Students really enjoyed this activity and wished that we could spend more time with the activity.

Technology Teaching Idea

Kidsperation has a great part where students make symmetrical patterns. This would be a great independent practice or follow up activity after a lesson on symmetry and symmetrical patterns. I could do this by scheduling my school's small computer lab which has the kidsperations program. I would model how to complete this before I asked the students to do this. This activity would happen after a lesson on symmetry had already been taught.

Technology Inventory Thoughts

While I was doing the technology inventory, I realized that the school I will be teaching at in the future will not necessarily have all of the great technology tools that I have access to at BYU right now. This means that I need to figure out which technologies will be the most beneficial to my students and work on getting them for my students. It also means that I will need to be very innovative in my use of some of the technologies that may not be as fun or flashy but will still help teach the content effectively.

I also realized that doing my technology integrated lesson, is going to take some real planning and work. It may require me to become familiar with software that is on the computers of my school that I have never used before. Now that I am in the school, I see the importance of using technology that is helpful and practical. Otherwise it takes away from the short amount of time that the students have to learn the required material and ideas for their grade.

Chopin Virutal Tour Link

Here is the link to my Chopin Virtual Tour.