Help me give my students a document camera that will allow endless opportunities to provide a sense of normalcy in the way they learn as we navigate these uncharted waters of remote learning.
My students bring my classroom alive! Their love of learning and curiosity is why I love my job! My classroom is a safe and inviting environment where my students feel cared and loved for.
If you were to walk into my classroom, you would feel as if you were walking into our home, and you would see that we are more of a big family than a class.
My class consists of 14 eager-to-learn second-graders in a rural district. Our room is full of readers, writers, mathematicians, scientists, and dreamers. I am always encouraging my students to get up and get learning in their home-like classrooms. There is truly nothing better than watching my students engage in active learning together.
My Project
For my students and I, our educational environment and working relationships have been completely flipped upside down due to COVID-19 and the new restrictions that we must follow. As an educator, I have had to reinvent the ways in which I reach all of my different learners in the most effective way possible. While we are slowly getting a handle on what our new normal will look like, there is still room for improvement.
The document camera will give me the ability to model any concept I am teaching up close and in real time, which will provide my students with a sense of normalcy during this time of remote learning.
There are many ways I can utilize the camera to enhance learning. I can record or live stream my modeled instruction on a math problem while using the manipulatives my students are used to learning with. I could use the camera to live stream or record a read aloud. Despite the content area, I will be able to deliver the content in a more personal manner than simply sending home paper copies of the work. The camera will help keep our working relationships strong during this tough time!
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