My students need a Chromebook laptop, three headphones, and a headphone jack splitter to create a computer center for research and typing skills in our classroom.
Imagine students actively engaged in their learning, researching from books & videos, taking notes, writing books and teaching others about their topics... Seems like a high school, doesn't it? Well, this is what my second graders LOVE to do, but we need a computer center to help us do so!
The students at my school live in a middle-class town, but come from a wide-range of backgrounds and cultures.
Several students in my classroom are special needs, as well as from low-income single-family households and join us from another school district. Despite these backgrounds, they all show a love and enthusiasm for learning. They are more than willing to challenge themselves to meet the academic goals they set for themselves, especially with the recent implementation of high-level Common Core Standards.
My Project
The Acer Chromebook and headphones will provide an immense amount of extra support to our classroom in all subjects, but especially reading and writing workshop. It will enable all students research information online, watch videos related to our topic areas, allow students to type and publish their work, provide support for struggling students to participate in enrichment activities, and have students practice improving their typing skills. The Chromebook will create a permanent computer center in our classroom for students to use independently or in small groups throughout the year whenever we need access. Access to technology is immensely important in today's world and I want to provide my students with the opportunity to integrate it into our curriculum outside of our one weekly trip to our school's computer lab.
As a third year teacher, I am now getting my roots planted into our curriculum.
I want to be able to effectively implement Common Core Standards into my classroom, while engaging my current/future students into the curriculum in a fun and interesting manner. The use of the permanent Chromebook in our classroom will provide many additional wonderful opportunities to achieve these high-level curriculum objectives, as well as supporting students with varying needs.
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