Blog Post #7

The video iMovie and The Alabama Virtual Library in Kindergarten talks about how iMovie is used in the kindergarten classrooms. Students write the scripts, take pictures, and do many more things and put it on their iMovie to make a book trailer. Mrs. Bennett saids saids that the students have centers in the classroom in their centers, there is always an iMovie station that gets a lot of use. Mrs. Elizabeth talks about Alabama Virtual Library. I have never heard of this before the video. Anyone is able to use this also. Alabama Virtual Library is a way to teach students research. The students can type in any animal and pictures and an encyclopedia is pulled up. Tons of students are using this program and enjoying it.

In the video We All Become Learners, Mrs. Bennett saids that everyone is learners in the classroom. Even the teachers are learning from the students. Mrs. Bennett talks about a time when a student showed her how to use her iPad. Project based learning is something that she is using in her classroom that she loves to use in her classroom.

iPads in the Classroom,
Twenty three schools in the Chicago area have been given iPads for the classroom. The teachers like using the iPads and have seen a difference. The students use the spelling app to help them spell words they are having trouble with. The teachers and students also like how slim and portable the iPads are.

Top 10 Reasons to Use Technology
The video went through ten reasons to use technology but there were two that really stood out to me. The first one is that it engages the four key components to learning. The components are active engagement, participation in groups, frequent interaction and feedback, and connection to the real world. The second one was that using technology improved test scores. Students can take test at their own pace without feeling rushed. This would also help the students that are slow test takers, or the gifted students.