Blog Post #11

In the Little Kids, Big Potential Video, the students tell and show you how they use blogs, a classroom webpage, wikis, video, Skype, and Nintendo DS to share, collaborate, and learn in their classroom.I was really amazed with the different ways the students learn and how to interact with other people. The students showed how much they loved to use technology in their classroom, which is what  I enjoyed watching in this video.This video explains how important it is to comment on every C4K assignment every week.

 Ms. Cassidy's Skype Interview
Ms.Cassidy is a first grade teacher from Canada, and she uses technology in her classroom. I strongly agree with Ms. Cassidy that students learn better when technology is involved,than they do with a teacher with teaching them something. I believe that students learn better when they do the work themselves rather than the teacher telling them how to do the work. I believe that student blogs is the best way for students to communicate with other people and to improve in their writing skills. The benefit of having student blogs is that the parents can see the work of their child.In order for the parents to see their child's work, they will need the website to their child's class blog. This idea is a great benefit for the parents because the parents will not have to go to their child's school to see what their child is learning, what they are learning or how they are doing in class.
In my opinion, I believe there are several benefits of using technology in the classroom. The most important benefit of using technology in the classroom is that the students are learning. Blogging or Skyping with others is a fun and creative way for the students to learn. The students might not realize they learning,but in the midst of it all, they are learning. The second most important benefit of using technology in the classroom is that the students are networking, which is an amazing way to meet new people. This benefit will help the students by giving them the opportunity to see how a person writes or to see what a person is doing in a universal way. The third most important benefit of using technology is that the the parents can see the work of their child.In order for the parents to see their child's work, they will need the website to their child's class blog. This idea is a great benefit for the parents because the parents will not have to go to their child's school to see what their child is learning, what they are learning or how they are doing in class.