UEN

Today we set up our own MyUEN account and found different lesson plans that we can use while teaching. Our goal for the next two weeks is to change these lesson plans to add technology.

I am excited that I will be able to use this blog in my future classroom to help my parents stay connected to my classroom. I also want to be able to use my blog to help my students with their assignments. I could possibly post some podcasts further clarifying big projects assigned. I also would like to set it up so that my students will be able to post on our class blog and to make it more interesting for them and let their parents, grandparents, etc. see their work.

This week in my practicum, our math classes were able to go to the computer lab and play a factors game. It was a challenging (and addicting) game for the students. They had to think ahead two steps before making a move. They seemed to really enjoy it. In fact, several students went home and played it on their home computers trying to beat the computer in the game. My mentor teacher has this game on her school website, so it was easy for the students to access it. I hope to be able to use this game as well as others on my class blog to help my students in their learning.