|
Technology |
How it is used |
My comfort level |
| Overhead projector | Project notes, images and assignments (for explanation) | Excellent |
| Tape/CD players | Students listen to books on tape, play music for music class, or for free work times (depending on level of difficulty of activity) | Excellent |
| TV & DVD player | Show clips of movies, tv shows, news casts that relate to lesson being taught. Also show educational videos relating to topic of lesson. | Excellent |
| Powerpoint (computer & projector) | Students can create powerpoint presentations of their research for a project | Excellent |
| Computers for students with internet and word processing software | Research, lessons on critical media literacy, creating various drafts of written work, subject-related games, spelling and grammar checks available, enlarging font for visually impaired, teaching keyboarding skills, communicating with other students in other parts of the country/world | PC – Excellent
MAC – Poor, but would learn quickly |
| Specialty language software (e.g. speech to text) (where available through the special education department) | Used by students with special needs in the class | Poor |
| Spreadsheet software (e.g. Microsoft Excel) | Graphing in math when graphing by hand is a well-established skill | Excellent |
| Desktop publishing software | Producing graphic arts for visual arts, creating brochures, posters etc. to present their work, for teacher to produce materials for posting around the classroom | Good |
| Class website | Access to information about class and assignments for students and parents outside of school hours. Helps parents to be connected. | Fair |
