Throughout my practicum experience in the grade three classroom

at the riverview elementary school, i was able to see the different

technologies that the classrooms had and what the school

had provided them to share between classes or in labs. The

school is new and is just starting out, and it had many computers!

They had two pretty big labs, and i room with a big projector and

screen that can be used for all. I noticed that in the classroom i

was in, there was not much technology. They only had the one

computer in there, and the students did not use this one.

Teacher use only. For my whole time i was there in the

classroom, i found that my teacher did not use very much technology.

They only provided her class with a projector that was shared,

but my teacher had never used it and didnt know how it worked.

Therefore that was never used. I did notice that the overhead

was used a few times, and the stereo in the back of the

classroom was used everyday for singing. They were

working on a christmas concert, so that is why she had

used that. I noticed the tv and dvd player was only used

during in door recesses. Other than that my teacher did not

use any technology. I thought even without technology,

she had fun exciting lessons. She taught a lot by using the

white board and talking. She had many other things that

were brought into the lesson to make it more fun for her

students. To me, i dont believe that any technology was needed

or could have been used in her lessons, the school did not

have a lot of technology that could have been implimented.

She did it well enough without, and truthfully, i dont know

where she could fit it in. My teacher did teach the students

how to type on the computers for the first three weeks of school,

they did typing games and programs. I didn't see her utilize

this skill with the students after they had finished up learning.

I think she definitely could have got them to type more of there writing

assignments, or even make a revised, good copy on the computers.

This is what i had done for my technology lesson in the elementary

classroom. I believe that if the school/ classroom had

smart boards, my teacher could have easily implemented

that into her lessons she was teaching. This is one thing i do

believe she could have done. While i was there, they did not have

social studies and science, so the science technology could not have

been used either. Overall, my teacher did not use much technology,

and i believe that it may have been possible when she teaches all

the subjects. From my time there, i think that the computers could

have been used more.