EDUC 628-Spring-08

Well, I don’t have anything that I HAVE to post, and I feel lost.  What am I going to do now.  I will follow blogs.  Find out more information each day.  Take as many tech classes as I can, and I have to wait till the fall to do this, but I am registered for 3 then.  I am finishing my Master in Teaching Science and Math–Middle Grades this summer, and then getting a second Masters in Education Technology in the Fall.

Anyway, I ran across this from my Opening Bell about technology in the classroom.

Technology helps teachers gauge classroom comprehension.

The AP(5/8) reported that Providence Junior/Senior High School in Clarksville, Indiana “has installed a computerized system called SMART — or self-monitoring, analysis and reporting technology — in four classrooms.” The technology allows teachers to “ask questions of students, who then enter their answer into a handheld device similar to a small remote control. The teacher can see how many students got the right answer and determine whether more review on a subject is needed.” Further, “[t]he system gives immediate information about how each student is performing and can print out personalized study questions for each student.” Educators involved with the Clarksville school called SMART “an effective way to engage students,” as well as “a very quick way to gauge the understanding of everybody across the board without that fear of being made fun of.”

Sounds to me like an innovative approach.