Hello parents of Bake Elementary. We are looking forward to connect our classroom with technology, so we may use it in our curriculum as well as allow the students to have the internet at their finger tips for projects. To have this happen we need your help with fundraising for this project. If we do get the funding this will be a test run for our school and we would love for the parents to join us in introducing technology into our classroom.
Concerns
At Baker Elementary we know that there are concerns about the students playing games, getting on to site that are not age appropriate and so on, which are our concerns at Baker Elementary as well. If the funding does come through we would like to insure you that any games that are played on the computer and internet will only be educational. We will implement parental control and on our main computer we will be able to monitor the work station that will allow us to view what the student is viewing on the desktop in real time.
Theories
There are many theories that show that technology in the classroom helps improve our children life. Some of those theories are:
Directed:
Information-Processing Theory
by Atkinson and Shiffrin
States that:
"Learning is encoding information into human memory, similar to the way a computer stores information" (Roblyer, M.D., & Doering, A.H., 2010, p. 36).
"There are three kinds of stores: sensory registers to receive information; short-term or working memory (STM) to hold it temporarily; and long-term memory (LTM) to store information indefinitely" (Roblyer & Doering, p.36).
The way that this theory work with education is that, "instruction must gain attention, provide the right kinds of application, and provide sufficient practice to ensure encoding retention, and recall" (Roblyer & Doering, p.36).
The way that this theory work with education using technology is that, "computer application have qualities to attract students' attention and provide repetitive application and practice on an individual basis" (Roblyer & Doering, p.36).
Constructivist:
Discovery Learning
by Jerome Bruner
State that:
"Children understand and remember concepts better when they discover the concepts themselves through exploration" (Roblyer, M.D., & Doering, A.H., 2010, p. 42).
The way that this theory work with education is that, "students must be given opportunities for unstructured exploration and self-discovery" (Roblyer, & Doering, p. 42).
The way that this theory works with education using technology is that, "technology can make possible a rich array of information and complex environments for students to explore" (Roblyer, & Doering, p. 42).
Below is a link that will give more information on these theories:
Educational Technology
Wish List
By using Computer I will be able to use the Discovery learning theory, as I will be able to use the computer in these ways :
I would like to use a computer game that will allow the student to learn sight words
I would also like to use the computers to allow the students to do interactive math activities.
By using iPad or Kindle I will be able to use the Information-processing theory, as I will be able to use the iPad or Kindle in these ways:
I would like to let the students read off of them and allow them to adjust to the text size as needed. By having these products it will lower the cost of books for the school and we will be able to use it for areas.
I would also like to use these to help the students read, as these devices can read aloud to the students as the student follows along.
Bake Elementary would like for you all to help fundraise with us in helping our students enjoy the technology world that we are in, by bring in such methods and technology that was mention early in this blog. Please feel free to come and blog with us and post any comments or concerns that you might have.
Thanks
Rebekah
References
Conway, J (May 1997). Educational Technology's Effect on Models of Instruction. Retrieved from: http://udel.edu/~jconway/EDST666.htm
Roblyer, M.D., & Doering, A.H. (2010). Integrating educational technology into teaching. (5th ed.). Boston: Allen and Bacon/Pearson.
DISCLAIMER:
This blog is an assignment for an educational technology course at National University. It is not a real fundraising blog.
