Today in class we acquired experience using iPads, iPods, a Smart-board, and the instructor equipment. With the iPads & iPods I gained experience looking for apps to use in a classroom setting. I am not sure if I would really use any of these apps in a classroom but my group found one that seemed useful for putting together a presentation or visual of some sort for a project. It was called Popplet. Working with this app was really easy and I was able to figure out how to use it fairly quickly just by messing around, so it would be fairly simple for kids. My group based our lesson plan on this application where we would have students use this app to compare offspring and parents of a certain animal for a unit on Africa.
I have never used a smart board up until today. It seems like there are so many things that you can do using this. I only got to mess around with a few of the things but I feel like there may be some useful tools on it. I got to work a little with the notepad and making written work to become typed and then grouping these into lists. I was also able to add pictures and use a few interactive tools. My group messed around with a dice that says the number in french when it lands on it. I felt a little overwhelmed with how much there was to do with the board. My classroom that I am student teaching is has a smart board, but I haven't gotten a chance to actually use it myself yet. I hope to soon.
I have previously used the instructor equipment and so I did not play around with this too much. It seems pretty simple because all of the buttons are labeled to be used pretty easily. I hope to has some sort of computer equipment similar to this in my classroom.
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