We (Tammie Lewis, Eileen Walsh and I)had a training after school for teachers who are interested in using ELMO in the classroom. We showed how to hook the ELMO up to the projector and discussed some of the uses in the classroom. Every day I find more things to use the ELMO for.
For example, when we came back from the Snow White play the students took a quick bathroom break while I downloaded the pictures I took at the play. By the time they were done using the restroom and getting drinks, I had a the pictures downloaded and a photoshow made. We then had pictures to help our discussion and retelling of the play. We watched the show, discussed the play and the student of the day picked one of the pictures to put in our daily message. We went on the do the daily message which entails the student of the day telling the message while I type it in Microsoft word. The other students watch as I type. When I am finished typing the message we decide which letters and words we want to target. I print the message, Mrs. Keyser takes the message to the office to make copies and then, 3 to 4 students go up to the board with a pointer and take turns reading the message. The students take turns circling the target items. When we are finished Mrs. Keyser is back and everyone gets a copy of the message to highlight the target items. This is the part that is different from previous years. The students would not have had a chance to take the lesson to the individual level. The technology takes the lesson that I have always done a step further and the students were excited that they had a picture of the play to take home.
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