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School
and Student Population In
our classroom, we currently have 5 students who live in nearby communities
and the remaining 20 live in Wyandotte. The make-up our classroom includes
12 boys, 13 girls, and
one The students are very fortunate that the computer lab at Garfield has recently been updated with 31 Dell computers operating under Microsoft XP, allowing each of our students to have access to both a variety of software and the Internet. The software that is available for student use includes the Microsoft Office Suite Professional Edition, Kidspiration 2 and Inspiration 7.5 , KidPix Deluxe 3, Adobe Acrobat 6.0 and Photoshop Elements 2.0, and Windows Movie Maker and Media Player. One difficulty with the Internet was the security level for blocking websites, even educational ones at times. This made Cathy and I even more selective in what we could or could not use in our project when it came to the Web. In addition to the
computer lab, the school's technology includes two digital cameras, one
digital video camera, eight LCD projectors, a classroom set of Alpha Smart
keyboards, and three laser printers. Our classroom also has
four iMac desktops, After consulting with the district's technology personnel and our computer lab assistant, Cathy and I were able to complete the CEO Forum on Education and Technology's STaR chart (School Technology and Readiness chart). Here are the conclusions of this survey:
Based on the survey results, Garfield Elementary was classified as a Mid Tech school which will lead to several benefits to our students. These include improving high-order thinking skills, mastery of basic skills, improve communication with parents and teachers, and make greater information resources available. Cathy and I also created a technology survey for our students to take so that we could gain background information about our students' encounters with technology inside and outside of school. This allowed a basis for us to format our technology lessons around the needs of our students.
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Cassandra
Golembiewski
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Background
Garfield Elementary School
The Media Center
Our Computer Lab
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Hello,
I currently attend the
My cooperating teacher is Mrs. Cathy Auler,
and it has been a pleasure working with someone who can offer so much
practical experience. She has been a teacher for 7 years, the last 6 of
which she has been a 5th grade teacher at Garfield. She is a wonderful
teacher and you can tell that she really enjoys teaching Math and Science!
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a television with a VCR, a CD and cassette player, a classroom set of TI-15
scientific calculators, and an overhead projector. Each teacher in the
district was issued a Dell laptop that may also be used by the teacher for
lessons in the classroom and lesson planning
