Tool #9

Tool #9 Assignment, create a new post in which you respond to the following:

1. Why do you think it is important to tie the technology to the objective?
2. Why should we hold students accountable for the stations/centers?
3. Visit 2 of the applicable links to interactive websites for your content/grade level. Which sites did you like. How could you use them as stations? How can you hold the students accountable for their time in these stations?
4. List two to three apps you found for the iPod Touch/iPad that you can use in your classroom. What do you see that station looking like? How can you hold the students accountable for their time in these stations?
5. What about other ways to use the iPod Touch/iPad? Share another way you can see your students using the device as a station.

1. It is important to use technology to teach because it keeps the attention of the students.
2. Using the technology is a privilege, the equipment is expensive, and we need to make sure they take care of it and use it responsibly.
3. Mangahigh and Tenmarks. I can have the students use these sites to interact with the lessons
4. I will use gflash+ and eclicker.
5. The students will able to answer oral quizzes using the ipad eclicker app