When I worked as an aide in a second grade class I was impressed to see how much the students were able to do on a computer. One way in which I have seen technology make a difference in learning, is that students get an opportunity to play on computers and learn at the same time. I thought this was interesting because as the child completes an activity on the computer they get to move up to the next level. I’m not sure what these programs are called but I have seen them work on recognizing letters, colors, numbers and even shapes. This helps the teacher because at the same time as they were becoming familiar with a computer, they had their head phones on to hear specific instructions that guided them through the activity.
This week I got the overview of what I was going to learn through out the semester, which made it seem a little intimidating. Something significant I learned this week was that there are so many things I have to learn about computers. Also as difficult as I think it may be I can get the help needed in order to complete my assignments. I learned that technology could make my job a lot easier for me and that if used correctly it could be very efficient for both the students and teacher. I realize that as of this class I will be using the computer a lot more than I have ever used it before.
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