Technology
I have had the privilege of being placed in a school during my internship year that has a great deal of technology. I have used a large variety of this available technology, trying to make more interactive and engaging lessons for students. This page highlights the different technology I have used over the past two years.
I have used Illuminate Education to create multiple choice tests. This creates a bubble sheet, and can be easily graded by being placed and scanned under the document camera. Illuminate Ed also allowed me to view how well students did on each individual quiz question, as well as viewing each student's grade.
I was able to use an interactive whiteboard (SMART notebook) on a daily basis. It was used for daily bellwork and it made writing and typing notes for students to follow along with easy.
I used clickers for short in-class assessments to help myself assess how students were understanding concepts for a particular lesson. Clickers were also used for multiple choice assessments as an easier way to grade.
Google Drive was used every day. A daily agenda was always on when students walked in the room. This agenda was a Google PowerPoint and every day it had the daily goal, materials students would need, the agenda for the day, standards being addressed, and a one-minute countdown timer. This daily PowerPoint was a large part of the daily routine.
I was able to use iPads to make lessons more interesting for students. A couple of examples of lessons I created using the iPads included a seventh grade prom lesson and exploring cross sections of three-dimensional objects.
I had the opportunity to use the educreations app on the iPad to try a flip class. I created a lesson on educreations, for homework students were to watch the lesson and take notes, and the following day in class we would practice the concept from the educreations lesson.
I also created a lesson using educreations where students had to create their own video/lesson explaining how to solve a math problem I had given to them.
I also created a lesson using educreations where students had to create their own video/lesson explaining how to solve a math problem I had given to them.
Students used Study Island to practice math concepts I taught in class. The problems students completed were aligned with the Common Core State Standards.
I used ExamView multiple times over the course of the year. I created multiple tests and quizzes with a variety of different types of questions such as multiple choice, short answer, and so on.
I have taught two lessons using GeoGebra to fellow MSU math interns. One lesson students explored the interior angle sum of polygons. This program create great opportunities for students to use technology to explore math more in-depth.
I have had eight years of practice using TI-83 calculators.