Teacher Ms. Potter

Let me introduce you to  Starfall.com As a para-educator, one of my jobs is to assist students with their testing. Many of these tests are done on computers and I have recently helped kindergarteners do their STAR testing. After the kids were done with all their tests (reading, writing and math) they were directed to the Starfall website until all their classmates were done. I was curious about this website as a I noticed that kids were very engaged and it seemed like a great resource for learning. I had the chance to explore and even play! It was fun to be a kindergartener once again, although I did not have these types of computer games as a child.  Starfall is great for young children. It is geared to kindergarten and it has games and activities for reading and mathematics. It is kid friendly and very easy to navigate. It is made to be used with both the mouse and touchscreen. Children can practice their ABCs, numbers, colors, sharpen their reading s...

It is a new era and a new time in education in which technology plays a big part in it. Some fear it and others welcome it. Those who welcome it are in the right path because education has evolved and teachers need to evolve too . Our students are not the same of 50 years ago. Our students communicate in new ways and in order to succeed in their learning achievement, we need to learn their language. What is Technology Integration? In the Edutopia video “An introduction to technology integration” Sal Kahn defines it as: “Using whatever resources you have, to the best of your abilities” . Sometimes we feel that because we are not on the top of our game with all the new technology that is out there, we cannot use it in the classroom, but we forget, as teachers, we are life-long learners and there is nothing more satisfying for students and teachers to have the opportunity to learn together.  Azul Terronez, in his TedX talk “What makes a good teacher great” tel...