2. This school has an estimated 600 students enrolled. I chose a first grade classroom that consists of 14 males and 10 females. There are 14 white, 7 black, and 3 Hispanic students. Appling County Primary School
3. This teacher has an inclusion class where a Special Education teacher co-teaches for one hour daily. She teaches all subjects that include math, science, language arts, spelling, reading, and social studies. Class Information
4. Within the classroom, the teacher uses an Activboard during most of her math lessons. She displays the problems on the Activboard and shows examples while explaining the problem. Classroom Technology
5. When she teaches math facts, she lets her students use the ‘wand’. The students take turns using the wand to click on the correct answer to the problem. Classroom Technology cont….
6. The teacher has seen the students’ memorization of math facts grow more quickly. Their understanding of math facts has increased since she has been using the wand to let students go up to the board. The reason she gives for this is because the class is very competitive and each student doesn’t want to be out done by his/her classmates. The Students….
7. The only major support issue the teacher reported was being able to get one of the technology support workers to be able to change the projector bulb. She says it takes at least two weeks before someone is willing to come and change the bulb for her. Support Issues…..
8. She says that the media specialist is always willing to try and help her with any problem that she has. The teacher said that normally the media specialist is very quick to respond by coming that afternoon or first thing the next morning. Helpful support….
