[CALIBK12] Technology in the Classroom

[Ron Fowler]

I use Smart Boards, Airliners, and Digital Viewers in most of my library
lessons.  They get students excited to be part of the lesson, behavior
is better because students pay more attention, and library media
teachers can see the results when checking for understanding.  Our
district, Fairfield-Suisun Unified, is big into interactive technology
and it works!

Ron Fowler
Library Media Teacher
Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District
ronf at fsusd.k12.ca.us
"In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us
with floaties and teach us how to swim."  Linton Weeks

>>> "LL Blackwell" <nerabene at mindspring.com> 08/07/08 5:19 PM >>>
Regarding classroom responders, my school is currently piloting Quizdom
and
it rocks! I've used both the games for review and the paper-based test
function. You can have it call on students for you, you can see who's
answered and who hasn't, it's pretty amazing. I use it at least three
times
a week (I'm still partially in the classroom, so it's for my English
instruction, but it would be great for library stuff, too).

-Lisa Blackwell
Teacher-Librarian Coordinator
English Dept. Chair
Francis Polytechnic HS
Sun Valley, CA

It's easy to be a super hero when you can't be hurt. -Darwyn Cooke

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[mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu]On Behalf Of Daydream Queen
  Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 1:40 PM
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  Subject: [CALIBK12] Technology in the Classroom


  A friend of mine is doing some research on how to use some of these
items
in the classroom. Has anyone had experience using these technologies?
Suggested brands? Any good resources for application in a classroom
setting?


  Voice enhancers
  Document camera
  Airliner slates (fancy wireless mouse that you can draw with)
  Classsoom Responders (kids click A, B, C, D, E as a response to a
question
and multiple choice format - get instant data)
  Mimios & SMART Boards (I believe their site has lots of application
ideas)



  I already suggested Library Learning 2.0 to him...:)


  Thanks!

  --
  Sarah Bosler, Teacher Librarian
  Montclair High School
  Chaffey Joint Union High School District
  http://mohigh.com