TEC had been his first experience with the concept of VeeMaps, and he did not feel
comfortable using them in his classroom.
Not exact matches
The author even interviews a fitness instructor at a pole dancing studio who attests that red lights are
used in their
classrooms so clients will be more
comfortable and confident with their bodies during the lessons.
Summer offers plenty of time to get
comfortable with the new technologies you learned about and might want to
use in your
classroom.»
Using an arts area
in which the
classroom teacher is
comfortable (for many, this starts with visual arts)
We've
used this tool
in the
classroom as a fluency - building device, having students read the same passage multiple times, increasing their speed when they feel
comfortable.
Elementary
classrooms in which teachers have already
used and are
comfortable with traditional learning stations.
Once they're
comfortable with the way that one thinking routine has worked
in their
classroom, they can branch out and focus on different kinds of inquiry, like Here Now / There Then, which could be
used in a civics class to help students understand how past perspectives change over time; or Parts, Purpose, Complexities, which encourages observation and understanding of art objects or mechanical systems.
Allow teachers to become
comfortable and confident
using an LMS so they can make better
use of such systems
in the
classroom
Perhaps the principal has had a negative experience and that is why he is hesitant, or teachers
in the building may not be
comfortable with or know how to
use parents
in the
classroom.
As a result of her new insights and skills, she became more attuned to her students as individuals (and skilled
in using multiple approaches to help them achieve important goals), more flexible
in classroom routines, and more
comfortable with students as engineers of their own learning.
Professional development needs to be provided for teachers who may not be
comfortable engaging their students
using new technologies such as discussion boards
in their
classrooms,
in open discussions of difficult issues (e.g., slavery), or
in examining how the video portions of a VFT act as historical sources with values and perspectives from the present as well as the past.
At the end of the program, Cassie was not
comfortable with
using many of the technology tools
in her science
classroom.
Based on
classroom observations during the first few days of class, students as a whole seemed
comfortable with technology,
in general, and one was already
using handheld technology (a Palm OS device).
Although many preservice teachers are
comfortable with social networking and many Web 2.0 tools, they are reserved when it comes to integrating these technologies
in the
classroom or when
using tools such as blogs or wikis (Lei, 2009).
With a bit of preparation, a little patience, and some power strips, you can help your students get
comfortable with
using devices and online programs
in your elementary
classroom.
When the global teacher training and credential program TEACH - NOW launched four years ago, Emily Feistritzer wanted to prepare teachers who would be
comfortable using technology
in classrooms.
Fear shouldn't be
used to motivate — practice calm
in your
classroom as well as the curriculum and your students will feel more
comfortable and confident ahead of the big day.
Although the preservice secondary education science methods teachers
in our study were
comfortable with their own personal
use of technology, they were not as familiar with its effective strategies and applications
in the
classroom.
Thus,
in some instances preservice teachers are placed
in classrooms in which teachers are not
comfortable using technology for instructional purposes and do not
use technology
in innovative ways.
Even though she felt
comfortable using the SmartBoard
in the
classroom, Susan believed she would benefit from training focused on its features for
classroom instruction.
Social emotional learning can be
used to help students feel more
comfortable in the
classroom.
Since most of the teachers already felt
comfortable with Book Creator, and could imagine
using it
in their
classrooms beyond a single coding activity, it provided a great opportunity to introduce the tenets and process of coding without having to introduce a new app or program.