As I move forward with my GAME plan I continue to struggle with getting the necessary resources. One thing I needed was more time in the computer lab. Our lab is completely booked all day every day. As a result, I am having troubles getting my students extra time in addition to the time we are already allotted. As far as the document camera, I have been successful in locating this. I will be one of five classrooms to have this installed over the summer. I am very anxious to get my hands on it and start learning to use it with my students next year. I have found out that there is one in our building already. So I am now attempting to get my hands on that so that I can try it out a bit before school lets out for the summer.
My action plan is to get my kindergarten students exposed to more technology and allow them to use things beyond interactive Web sites. I still believe this action is reasonable — and with the assistance of my colleagues, this will be successful. I need to start off slow with my students and gradually build on their knowledge.
So far I have learned that kindergarten students are capable of using more technology than I anticipated in the beginning. My students typically come to school with no computer (let alone Internet) experience. Having said that, they are still capable of learning different uses of technology.
I am still looking for more ideas that will allow my students to use more technology.
Since you are getting a document camera I suggest you look into whether or not it can be hooked up to your computer. My school has document cameras in every room but hardly anyone has their hooked up through their computers. The camera came with software that when loaded allows you to highlight underline and write notes over the image being displayed. It also allows to capture pictures and save them as jpegs for further use and even make videos of what is being done under the camera. All of these are great tools that would be missed out on if the camera is not hooked up to you computer.
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