Rubrics, Clicker, and Software

     Rubrics in the classroom are very important if you want the students to turn in the assignment correctly. Using a rubrics gives the students a chance to see what the teacher is going to grade by. If the student has any questions they can ask the teacher before the assignment is do. In this class that we are taking online the teacher gives us a guideline on what she is grading by. We have a timeline that we can go by to make sure we earn the points that are possible on the assignment. I would use rubrics in my classroom. So the student will not have any questions on what I will be grading by.
     Clickers are going to be so fun to use in the classroom. I would of love to have this type of technology when I was going to school. It would of made reviewing for test fun for me. I would of even retained more of the information that the teacher was teaching us. I believe that the clicker makes school and learning a lot of fun. The students in the video that I saw in the web site were having so much fun when they responded to the question and the response came back to their remote quickly. The video also showed that the teacher could view if the student got the answer correctly. This would help the teacher understand what students need help when they do other activities.
     There are so many types of great software that we could use in the classroom. One that we talked about was Kidspiration. This software helps the student improve in their reading and writing, helps build the understanding of math skills, and helps them develop their thinking skills by having chooses of was they can see the problem. Using different software's in the classroom will make the classroom entertaing. As a teacher we can find a software that is great for the students but if you use it all the time the students will get bored. On interesting website that I saw in the school that I work in was Spelling City. It seemed to me that the student were studying their spelling words for the week using the games online. I know that I will use as many software's that I can in the classroom so the student can have a different way to see what the teacher was teaching them.

Digital Storytelling, Visual Math, & TV

      Digital storytelling was very interesting to me. I had not seen it done before I would of thought of it as a play. In a digital storytelling you need to have a begging, middle, and end just like a written story. A digital storytelling activity provides students with the opportunity to work collaboratively in a variety of roles. It also shows that no role is more important than another. If one part is not played right the whole production will show that the group did not work in a team. Using the digital storytelling in the classroom would be great I would defiantly try it out. It would be a different way to teach the student that working together can pay off at the end. I believe that the student would be engaged and eager to learn when using technology equipment.
     Methods to use to visualize mathematical ideas would be using the computer. We can also use programs though the computer called Mathematica and Mathlab Another way that student can visualize math concept would be using the graphing calculator. The students will be able to see how the numbers they input in the calculator will be on a graph. Another thing I read in the book that can help make real is the Geometric Supposer which is a tool for making and testing conjectures in geometry through the process of constructing and manipulating geometric objects and exploring the relationship within and between the objects.
      Watching can be very entertaining but has for me learning something new can not be learned only from watching TV. How would I be able to ask questions? Another thing I would get tired of rewinding the recording on the TV to make sure I am doing the right thing. I know that many students learn the wrong things from watching TV but that is because the parent is not watching them when they are watching TV. When it comes to watching something that they really need to know about life or learning something new the students mind shuts down. I know that not all the students are not the same but the majority think in similar ways.