Kaelie Larsen's List: Informative Articles

• cameras can be used as a tool in organizing the classroom, for projects and in documenting children’s learning experiences
• digital photos can
• visual representation of where things belong
• be accompanied by the written word
• use a camera themselves
• teaches them about the art of photography
• means to communicate with the families and illustrate activities that happen during classroom time
• , illustrating steps in a project, making visual aids for songs, explain children’s learning, and create computer slide shows.
• making cookbooks

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• , students were routinely stupefied by the traditional classroom lecture and often left class with more questions than answers.
• "They wanted so much more time in the classroom to work on problems," Roshan says.
• a screen recording and video editing program, Roshan uploaded her lectures to iTunes and assigned them as homework
• I lecture to them when they're at home, and we work problems together [in the classroom
• year scored an average of 4.11 on the AP calculus test, compared to the 3.59 average among her students who took the test and were taught in the traditional classroom setting the year before
• 78 percent of K-12 teachers and administrators believe technology has positively impacted the classroom and the productivity of students
• 65 percent of educators surveyed also believe that students are more productive today than they were three years ago due to the increased reliance on technology in the classroom.
• believe obstacles, such as budgetary restraints, will make the adoption of new technology more difficult during the next 12 months

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