Monday, September 3, 2007

Technology in the classroom

Our class uses technology in our everyday learning situations. Over the year, we have used podcasts, blogs and wikis to present reflections and group work. In our day to day learning activities, our teacher uses Web 2.0 sites such as You Tube™, Blogspot™ and Wikispaces™ to teach us our 'Inquiry' and 'Literacy' sessions. We are currently using animated programs to tell us about persuasive writing.

Our school has divided its classrooms into 'Teams' of 4. Each team has 6 laptops and one projector to share over the weeks. We also have a 'Pod' of 5 or 6 desktops and 2 desktops per classroom. That makes an average of 5 computers or laptops per class. These computers are accessible through the school day to use for leisure and study work.

We really enjoy using technology in the classroom because it offers instant information and multimedia. It saves time using the vast range of 21st century technology because we have it right at our fingertips.

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