Article Presentations

I thought everyone did an awesome job on their presentations! I especially admired one student's use of the interactive whiteboard, she clearly spent a lot of time working on it! Throughout the presentations, I learned quite a few things that I may actually be able to apply to the classes I teach. The articles I chose were both related to my content area, so I obviously found them to be interesting. It would be neat to have my students follow along with a transcript and watch a film in Spanish. It would also be neat if I could use SKYPE for video conferences from a Spanish speaking country, I just am not sure how I could actually pull that one off! I am also really excited about maybe trying out e-pals. It would be awesome if I could get an account set up and give my students electronic pen pals right from Spain! Also, I will almost definitely use multiplication.com, in fact I'm not sure why I haven't already heard of it? Students during after school programs, or students with spare time in the computer lab, could really benefit from and enjoy some of the games they have on that site. I also think that many of the presentations emphasized the benefits of technology, I just think teachers have a long way to go before they actually start using it to it's full potential!