Interactive art

This past semester I was placed in a kindergarten class with twenty one students. I was required to have 25 hours of observation. Through my visits at this school I learned a lot about how the classroom was laid out, how the teacher interacted with the students as well as how the students interacted with other students. Throughout the following pages I will discuss my data including demographics. This will include student demographics and teacher demographics. I will also discuss the physical…

technology which will assist in literacy development. Within the classroom, there will be three areas in which students will have access to technology which are the computer area, the literacy/ reading area, and the whole group area in which there is an interactive whiteboard. The children in today’s classrooms are known as digital natives because they are manipulating technology at very young ages and so can effectively utilize them (Coviello, 2013). To best adhere to the children within the…

individuals. There could also be certain implementations that could be put into place in order to mitigate the negatives and embolden the positive attributes laptops bring into the classrooms. Methods The goal of the project is to understand analyze the impact of personal computers and tablets have on the education of U.S college and university students and how they are used in classrooms. I am particularly interested in how computers are used either to aid education or are they a distraction…

Drexler Fernandez Ronald B. Richardson English 93-004 11/1/2016 Overcrowding Problem Facing CCSF Classrooms It’s no surprise that California is experiencing overcrowdings in its classroom, California is after all “1st in the US most populated states” by the (World Population Review). So, thing like class rooms having more student then it is designed to accommodate is pretty is common. But that’s the problem a study conducted by the UCLA Institute of Democracy, Education and Access reported that…

L.M. Montgomery Middle School is located in the Blithe county district. This district has been ranked at 92nd out of 182 districts in the state of Georgia, according to SchoolDigger.com. L.M. Montgomery is in the process of becoming a Title 1 school, as about 63% of the students in attendance receive free or reduced lunch. This school is also in the final stages of a renovation, which began during the second half of the previous school year. As a result, the students and teachers are enjoying a…

Volunteering is a great way to gain experience for a career and to give back to the community. I was eager to explore the volunteer options and ready for the experience. It is an eye-opening experience and provides such insight and I was excited to volunteer to help students with special needs. I chose to volunteer in an Autistic Support classroom at East Goshen Elementary School. When I was searching for a place to volunteer it was overwhelming because there were many choices. All I knew is I…

both across the room from the door. The first bulletin board will be all about PBIS. I can’t reinforce the importance of my belief in PBIS. The board will have information on it for parents, staff and students. The second bulletin board will be an interactive board for students to use. It will based on current and upcoming lessons. The board will contain activities for the students to engage…

The teachers I was fortunate to work with were all very different from each other, of the four I worked with at were different grade levels and had different years of experience. They were all math teaching in middle school, the first I met with was Ms. Hall a seventh grade teacher in her second year of teaching, the second was Ms. Ambriz a sixth grade teacher with twelve years of experience on that same day I also visit Ms. Martinez eighth grade with more years than Ms. Ambriz and finally Mr.…

Using Effective Feedback with Formative Instructional Practices How do I know as a teacher what my students have really learned? I often ask with this question while assessing student knowledge; however, most assessments aren’t always a true indicator of learning because they only provide part of the big picture of what an individual student truly knows. As defined by Sadler, “[Formative assessment] refers to assessment that is specifically intended to provide feedback on performance to…

the 21st century called an interactive whiteboard (Skinner, 2015). Interactive whiteboards have become common in classrooms across America. The popularity of interactive whiteboards has prompted educators to change their teaching strategies and lessons to integrate the use of these boards (Skinner, 2015). Interactive whiteboards are considered to be one of the most profound instructional technologies for diverse levels of education (Yalin & Johnson, 2012). An interactive whiteboard, or IWB, is…