Digi tal Natives Why should we implement technology into our classroom?

Statistics The average college graduate has Played 10,000 hours of video games Watched 20, 000 hours of television

The average college graduate has

Played 10,000 hours of video games

Watched 20, 000 hours of television

More Statistics The average student spends 2.75 hours a week on a home computer Institute for Social Research, 2004 70% of 4-6 year-olds have used a computer Kaiser Family Foundation, 2003

The average student spends 2.75 hours a week on a home computer

Institute for Social Research, 2004

70% of 4-6 year-olds have used a computer

Kaiser Family Foundation, 2003

CREATING DIGITAL LEARNERS Source:http://www.edtechmag.com/k12/issues/august-september-2008/creating-digital-learners.html

Kathryn Schuetts (instructional specialist in Lewisville ISD ) on the use of projectors and document cameras in the classroom… “ They’re very easy to use — you just turn it on,” Schuetts says. “Teachers can teach on the fly. Anything they find that’s useful they can share with the whole class.”

Using Technology to Teach Science In Amy George’s science classroom at Hebron High School, the document camera is always set up and ready to go. Some days she flips it on to show an experiment unfolding, so all the students can watch. Sometimes it’s the focus of a project, such as when she has every student bring in a rock or some soil from near their home for a unit on geology. Together, they examine the projected image of each of the samples, then over the following weeks, students research what they found and create a video report with the images captured from the document camera. Of course, they share the videos via the class projector

In Amy George’s science classroom at Hebron High School, the document camera is always set up and ready to go. Some days she flips it on to show an experiment unfolding, so all the students can watch.

Sometimes it’s the focus of a project, such as when she has every student bring in a rock or some soil from near their home for a unit on geology.

Together, they examine the projected image of each of the samples, then over the following weeks, students research what they found and create a video report with the images captured from the document camera.

Of course, they share the videos via the class projector