Reflection+7

TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE I HAD THIS WEEK  DESCRIPTION- Last week, we received four Mimio's in our building. We had two days worth of training on the Mimio. So I have decided to tackle the opportunity. I researched some lessons that pertain to our current curriculum and happened to come across an interactive on map skills. Usually, I would take the children to the library and each child would get their own lab top and complete the interactive. This week that changed. We worked together as a class and completed the interactive on the Mimio. The children were very active and seemed to be interested the entire time. I think they actually forgot that they were doing science because of the opprtunity to interactive with the new devise.

 IMPACT- This opportunity not only helped me learn more about the Mimio but also the students. This Mimio was new to them, but they used it like they had experience with it before. I think this is a great point to prove that my 21st century learners need technology in their curriculum. After completing the interactive, I gave each child an opportunity to go work with the Mimio because I feel they need to be as comfortable with it as I do. I learned that I need to incorporate this device as often as I can because it is a great way to substitute the tradional book, paper, and pencil method.

 INTENT- I will do more research on the Mimo. I am not too confident when working with it, nor do I have the lessons that go with the Mimio. I need to find lessons that can be incorporated in our curriculum that the students will enjoy and still learn from. I feel that the Mimio lesson was very beneficial to the students. I hope by the end of the year, that I will use the Mimo at least once per week. This is my goal so that when we go into the new building and have a Mimio of our own, I will be able to utilize it to my fullest potential.