January 28, 2011

Yesterday we went to Westwood again. My class began working with laptops in the classroom. The laptops were at one of their stations they rotated through and had a game pulled up where they had to type the letter they saw coming down the screen. It was interesting to see the different actions the kids went through to find the right letter and type it in time. Some were pretty good at it, while others had a hard typer controlling the keyboard and how to find the letter. I got to help the kids start up the game and show them how to play. It was really cool to see them using technology that way in the classroom. I also helped a few of the students outside with their addition. We played a game where they spun two spin wheels that had the numbers 0-5 on it and then they had to use ladybug models to show each seperate number and then add up the numbers. I am leaning towards being a math teacher so it was cool to get to help these students with their math and see the tools they use to practice their addition.