Technology At Any Age!

So I went to my school yesterday to teach a lesson on the circulatory system. You might think I'm crazy that I'm still teaching with taking 5 classes plus tutoring for our math class. But I love it! It helps me be connected to the main focus of why I want to be a teacher. Every time I go there my students give me a big great hug and are so excited to see me. I was surprised because these guys are grade 54 and I thought that for sure the boys would have nothing to do with this.
for today's lesson the children got touch and feel a real pig's heart. The students were able to point out each chambers in the heart and see what it looks like. It was a great hangs on experience that i am sure the students will never forget. Along with the pig's dissection I showed a power point presentation that walk through each part of the heart and where is it located. I never thought about this as being a technology each the class because I was just showing picture and a brief description blowned up from the projector. but then my teacher was so intrigued by what I was doing, and wanted to know how to hook up the projector and the laptop together. I had done this lots during my internship but today was the day that she felt that using this kind of technology would be a good thing and trhat she would like to use it some day.

My co-op is a great women, but has an old school teachings style. So when I started using very minimal use of it in the classroom, it was difficult for the students to understand. I think she is started to see the benefits of using computer in the classroom can have students and is started to use them more in class. For example, i was amazed to see the students typng up their stories that I started to help them write in December. As a side note it's funny to see things that you do still in action and the other teacher working with it.

So inclusion I guess bring technology into the classroom can be brought at any age and at any level of experience. I am so pround of my coop and I hope she continues with this new philosophy!!