The Introduction

The introduction reassured me that my part of this technology is having the student use it as an academic tool. (I remember the information overload back in the 80's when we took BASIC first instead of just learning the word processing.) So I remind myself I don't need to be a computer whiz, I just need to help the students discover what they can learn from/with the technology. I have 4 student computers in my classroom that the students are already using on a limited bases. The students work independently on Rosetta Stone, the tutorial software from our textbook publisher, or a limited number of internet/computer projects I have already designed. Often the students working on the computers will ask each other for help, or even another student who's not on the computer. This is good - collaboration and communication. My desire is to increase the complexity and number of the projects I write for them. I am enrolled in the Google Earth workshop. I plan on making a virtual tour of a Spanish speaking city then assigning a similar project to my students - they'll have mine as an example.