Reflections from Google Week

This week I chose to use Google Dictionary for my kids to use to do a project. I chose this program because I work with First Graders and they are not familiar with many computer programs on the Internet. I am going to attempt to do my lesson with the kids in my class. I think that as long as I assign the partners and make sure that each group has a responsible student in it that they will be able to succeed in this project. By now the majority of my students are independent readers and will be able to read and comprehend the definitions. My students are familiar with looking up words in the glossary so I think they will be understand the concept that I am trying to teach. They key phrase that keeps recurring in our technology TEKS is "with appropriate supervision".

As I work through the assignments in this class I am finding more and more ways to integrate technology even with my First Graders. Hopefully I will be in a library soon and I will be working with different aged students so I am keeping my eyes wide open for activities to do with all grade levels. I work at a school that encourages technology use and they are pretty good about unblocking sites that I request. I use technology almost daily with my students but this class is exposing me to a lot of sites that I was not aware of that will be great for students of all ages.