During my undergrad studies I was required to do research on material generators that were useful to teachers. I had the opprotunity to explore some of the material generators. At the end of the semester we were given the chance to exchange our most useful ones. I have a file ready to use during my first year teaching.
During my field experience I often used worksheet and puzzle generators. I taught second grade and I often used worksheets and puzzles as Morning work. I also used them in the earlier finishers basket. Student were only allowed to go to the early finishers basket if there work is complete and there is spare time. Occasionally I would use the worksheets generator to make math homework sheets.
I have also used test and rubric generators.The test generators allow me to chose the question and format that I would like to use to test students. I often use test generators when I have give a teacher choice test. I have used to rubric generator to assist with grading projects and writing assignments. This assures that each student is graded fairly using the same requirements.
During my field experience I did not have the chance to use a whiteboard, which we call a Smart board. The school that I taught at was an older model school that only had on smart board on wheels that had to be shared between all teachers. This past year I was fortunate enough to be able to sub at a variety of schools. Many if the new schools had smart boards installed in each class. It was during this time that I became familiar with smartboards. Smart boards allow teacher to make fun, creative, interactive lessons. Students seem to enjoy the interactive lessons. I am looking forward to using a Smart board in my class. I have become familiar with some math and language arts programs that I'm planning on using the Smart board with.
Test generators are really good to use. Being able to pick and choose your questions or add your own can really save on time and stress. I found that even if I didn't like the question, I could tailor it to how I presented the material and use some it or use the idea behind it.
ReplyDeleteI wish I knew what to do with a whiteboard. I know the basic drawing tools, but I do not know very much beyond that. I had one in my classroom last year, but someone stole all of the peices that went with it and we could not afford to replace the peices. I hope to learn more about the whiteboard in the future.
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