It is very important to connect technology to the objective because today's student are accustomed to using technology. It grabs their attention and focus. By aligning objective with technology the curriculum is more attainable for the student.
Making student accountable transforms a station from a play station to a work station. When students are expected to show accountability they generally work toward completing a task. It also gives the teacher feedback on how well the students are understanding, applying and analyzing previously taught curriculum.
Study Ladder seems to be a good sight for students and teachers. It allows students to work through assigned tasks and provides a visual results page that can serve as an accountability piece. Another site that seems promising is TES iboard. It has activities across the curriculum and the students can take and print screen shots as a way to show accountability.
An app that can be used is Ace kids math. I envision students using it to work on math facts. The app provides students with incentives to finish levels. The can also use the ipods camera to take pictures of the screen showing what they have completed. They could also use the app coin genius lite. This app allows students to earn points for quickly counting money totals. The students can set goals and try and top their own high scores. They could take a picture of several games showing increasing scores.
Students can use the weather channel app to chart temperatures from various regions, collect data and graph and/or chart their findings.
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