I am doing my practicum at Old Mill Elementary in Mrs. Valine's third grade class in the Wasatch School District.
Their school has projectors and elmo/projectors in every classroom. I love that they have two computer labs for students to use throughout the week and that my class has scheduled computer time.
During the past three days of my practicum this week, there have been two instances of use of technology. First, the students had a designated computer time in the computer lab and they had a listening station to listen to the story: Prudy's Problem. The teacher used no other forms of technology while I was in the classroom, but I thought there were several opportunities that could have been done. First, they wrote a letter hoome to their parents about their week. I thought that they could have typed it when they were done on a word processor to make it look like a real final copy. Also, they could have used the visualizer in the read alouds that took place, so that students could better see the story.
I used technology, as I was in charge of the listening station with the cd player. I was required to play the story for the children five times, as they rotated through the literacy stations. However, that was my only exposure to any form of technology during these first three days of my practicum.