WHAT:
This week we only spent two days in the classroom with the holiday, so we didn't see much technology used. The only thing that happened was the kids took a math test in the computer lab.
SO WHAT:
As I said in a prior blog, this school uses computers a lot in their teaching/testing. I feel that this is very beneficial with the speediness of getting scores back, and it shows the students exacty what they missed and what the right answer should be. I did find a problem with it though. I don't like how easy it is to make a mistake. Many kids new the correct answer but they didn't click right on it, or didn't push hard enough, and therefore they got it wrong. It just left me with some mixed feelings. I need to start thinkiing about the pros and cons now so that I will be more prepared later.
NOW WHAT:
Now that I have seen this I need to start thinking about if I would want to use computers like this for my tests and if so for which ones. I feel that it is important on many things in math to show your work, and you can't do that with computers. I need to also become more accustomed to using these online testing sites and knowing how to set them up. If I know how to do it now, it will only make it easier later, thus allowing me to be a better educator for my students.
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