Sunday, January 11, 2009
Getting Motivated
My second graders are interested in many things. They enjoy reading and discussing what they have read. When it comes to writing however they do not show the same enthusiasm put their ideas down on paper. As a teacher, I need to closely follow the County's Language Arts Framework. I realized in viewing the YouTube clip Pay Attention, that I really need to access their learning in a different way. Lessons should include a variety of forms including technology, which they are familiar with in their home life. I can incorporate more technology into our lessons in several ways. Showing video clips during science and social studies that relate to what we are studying may help students better understand concepts since it is presented in a digital way. Having students research topics on the computer that interest them is another way that I can incorporate technology in our school day. Additionally students can use computers not only to play games but they can actually publish their own ideas. Maybe through the use of technology the students will be more motivated to read and write if the topics are related to their interests.
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I'm glad that you felt motivated by the Pay Attention video. However, you now need to post your reaction to one of the articles from this blog post
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Dr. Burgos
I once had my fourth grade students use the internet to do research in order to write a biography. It brought so much excitement to the classroom and they all created power points which the assistant principle ran on a monitor that was placed in the front of the main office. My student were so proud and so was I.
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