techology in the classroom

I think that technology in the classroom can be a really good thing, because then there can be more ways to get your students to interact with the material. One question or maybe its a concern that I have is, if the students are only interacting on the computer or via the computer, then how to they get their face to face interaction with one another they way they should.


I like that teachers use technology in the classroom, and I think every teacher should. But I was thinking, since I am going to be teaching art, how am I really going to incorporate technology into my classroom? If I am teaching k through 12 then there will probably not be too many computer graphics classes that I will have to teach. From my experience those are most common in college.


From what I am assuming my classroom with be filled with paints, colored pencils, charcoals, graphite pencils, water colors and so on. And we will be using paper or canvas to draw on. I am not sure how many of these technology savvy classroom ideas I can use in my classroom in the future. Of course I can use e-mail, make a website for students to go on and use to look up assignments and maybe have a discussion board. I could make a powerpoint for the class, but from what I have been observing, there really isn't even enough time for students to start AND complete their work in a class period. Most students from what I saw are working really hard and taking their time. In my opinion I wouldn't want them to have to sit through a powerpoint while they know they should be getting work done. I don't think that means I would never make powerpoints, I would if I was having a class start a new subject or time era in art. But that would be the only time.


Have a good day :)

I came across something neat for teachers to use.

Hello everyone,

Today's post will be about a website I found called "www.apples4theteacher.com". It is a really cute website with resources for teachers and students. I decided to write about it because I thought some of the craft ideas were pretty nifty, and considering the fact that I will be teaching art, I decided to take a look at more of the things on the website.


From the introduction on the website they have interactive learning games, quizzes, and worksheet generator tools by subject-- creative arts, foreign languages, language arts, math, science, social studies, articles, and literacy coloring pages.


I thought this was pretty cool because it gives teachers a way to make fun and creative worksheets that go along with the subject they are teaching, and also gives students ways to learn by playing on the website using the interactive learning games, and the quizzes. If I was a teacher right now I would totally be using this site.


If I was planning on teaching something other than art, I would definitely have my students (as a fun activity if they were well behaved) to play on the interactive games, and color the literacy coloring pages. If I was a student I know I would enjoy that, plus I am pretty sure I just colored with crayons yesterday :)


What I like about this website is that it can accommodate any subject with quizzes and worksheets. Another bonus to the website is signing up for the free newsletter because it sends you free teaching resources such as lesson plan ideas and printables. I suggest this site, to just check it out. It seems like it could be useful in the future.


Check out the website and have a good night!