There were some great suggestions and ideas about using the technology.
It is important to tie technology to the objective because that is where the students are. We are meeting in the middle--bringing the technology toward them and teaching them to learn our way of doing things.
Holding students accountable for work stations gives them a purpose to be there rather than just having them play. When you have a purpose for doing something you gain more.
I really enjoyed some of the activities on phET.
Many of the activities were above our curriculum but there were some that were right on the money. I can't wait to show the students. They can use them in the project they start next week.
I checked out the 'interactive' website which said it was for math and science. I found maybe two science links out of too many to count. The link I explored was not user friendly. Thinkify wasn't too bad.
Having them at work stations would mean I would have questions/answers they'd need to write to let me know what they've learned.
Dragon dictation is something I will tell them about when it comes to typing up conclusions. There is a periodic table app that looks pretty good too.
I haven't had much time to plan out how I will use the technology I will receive.
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