Thursday, December 1, 2011

Dream Tech for Every Classroom


Technology
Why it is important and how it will be used
Promethean Interactive Board, with activotes
Allows for collaboration among students, acts as a form of ongoing assessment, motivates students, increases interest, allows for integration of video, pictures, and stuff.
Mac Laptop carts w/ Macbook pros
Allows for everyday use of computers, writing, research, typing, increase of general comfort of technology, easy access.
Ipads, one for each student and for the teacher
Easy access for Voicethread, research, interactive communication, draw and explain thinking, save work for assessment. Recording availability. A lot of academic apps available.
Elmo
Presents student work, good for whole group instruction
Mounted projector
For connecting to ipads and elmo, showing films etc.
Digital Microscopes (4)
Delving into detail with science, used for close up looks for life and physical science.
Headsets with microphone, one for each student
For listening stations, recording digital stories on Ipads or computers.
G4 teacher computer and mac book pro for teacher
For teacher use at school and at home.
Front Row Microphone
Useful for hearing impaired students, used for quiet students to present. Getting attention - all students can hear teacher.
Salinity Tester
For physical science and life science, studying the oceans.
Digital video cameras (5)
For digital story telling and documenting classroom life and presentations.
Digital cameras (Canon Elfs) (10)
Digital stories, documenting fieldtrips
Sound system and stereo
For playing music, video
Wireless internet
To be used with laptops
IPhone
For teacher use: instant communication with parents.
Tripods (5)
For video cameras
Color laser Printer and Xerox machine (with unlimited ink)
Use for teachers and printers – used all the time!


Software
Why?
Microsoft Office for Macs
Word processing (Word), graphing data (Excel), presentation (Powerpoint)
Kidspiration
Graphic organizers, create and inspirational brainstorming and outlining.
Study Island
Math practice, instantaneous summative assessment
Reading Eggs
Phonics work for students, can be used at home as well. Motivational.
Unlimited budget to amazon.com for audio books
Fluency, differentiation, and motivation.
Voicethread for the school
Voicethread account for the entire school, all students can have their own account to make comments, create digital stories.
Adobe Addition
Editing for podcasts
Unlimited academic app budget
For purchasing academic apps as they arise.
Lightroom
Editing and organizing photos
Membership to NCTM, NCSS, NCTS
Teacher professional development, lesson plans





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