Field Experience

Technology Use:
Field Experience was a very fun and helpful 3 weeks where I learned a lot about myself as a teacher. Rachael and I used technology in most of our lesson plans. We often used the lap top and projector to show power point presentations that we had created on Google Docs, we also used them to show our Digital Story on Jed Smith, and we often used the Elmo and projector to show students photo's of the explorers we were teaching about.

Digital Story:
Even though we didn't get to show our class the digital story on Health, we did get to show them the second digital story that we made about Jedidiah Smith. The students responded very well to the digital story which seemed to keep their attention. Mrs. H also loved the digital story and is excited to use it again in her future classes.

Service Learning:
Showing Mrs. H all about Google tools and Digital Storytelling was such a fun experience. She was very excited to learn a few new tricks that will make life a little easier when it comes to lesson planning and collaboration with other teachers. Rachael and I set Mrs. H up with a Google account and showed her how to create documents and presentations and how to share them with others. We shared all of the lesson plans and slide show presentations with her so she can have access to them for years to come. Mrs. H caught on quickly to the Digital Story telling and was more than happy to learn their was a quicker and more interesting way of  presenting information than using Power Points. Rachael and I also explained to Mrs. H how to find big enough pictures on the Internet so they won't pixelate in her digital stories and slide shows. As one of the Google tools, we showed Mrs. H her Google Site, which she loved. She loved it even more after we explained how easy it is to create and maintain a Google Site! I had such a good time showing Mrs. H all that Rachael and I have learned about technology so that she can save some time and be able to share her ideas with her team teachers.