"Monster Swap"

A learner active classroom could be many things. I think of learning centers of all sorts, projects, interactive games, flashcards...the list is practically endless. The student should be actively participating in their own learning. (If not who is?)

A technology infused classroom uses many types of technology. This is not just a computer hooked up to a screen for the class to see or just using the Internet in the classroom. Technology could be as simple as letting students work with calculators when figuring out hard long division problems. It should feel smooth and not choppy and incorporate into many different aspects throughout the school day.

The lesson that I read about was so neat. The students were learning about how to write descriptive stories. They were just learning about adjectives, and the teacher had them read a book and ask for descriptive words that describe the monster in the book. The students then drew their own monsters and had to describe them, but they had to describe them in such a way that another student that they would email could understand and see in his mind what the student was describing.I thought this was a wonderful idea to incorporate reading and writing in the uses of technology with the email's. It just shows me that the ideas are endless!

Well, this is my first blog entry ever. My name is Lindsay, and I am a student at ABC studying to be an elementary teacher. I am starting a blog mainly for a project for school, but I am interested in the many ways a blog can be used in the classroom. I want to be familiar with a blog and how it works before I use it in a future classroom.

I think I want to teach anywhere from grade 1 until grade 4. I love this age group. They are excited about life and learning, and they are usually willing to please. They bring an innocence back to the lives of those they touch. I am excited to see what grade God has for me in the future.