Digital Blog Post #G

First, I found the topic of using technology with linguistically diverse learners every interesting. I believe that having the internet is a great thing to use to be able to help teacher educate students who speak another language. Online language translation services like Google Translate are great for teachers to use because it give them a chance to provide all of their lecture in both languages for the student so that they can understand the lecture and so they can begin to connect the English words to the other languages words. Another important thing that teachers should use is multilingual web resources. They need to use them because it gives the student the information in more than just one language. use technology is important because it lets the student take the work home so that they can continue to work when they are home. They can get extra work done on their free time if they want to get better.

Second, I found the topic on the electronic speller and dictionaries an interesting topic. Using those electronic spellers are a great tool to use with the student the don't speak english because it helps them and the teacher. Instead of having the student interrupt the class while time they have a question on a certain word they can type it in their electronic speller and it help them sound out the word which helps build their sounding out skills. And a dictionary can also help the student find other word that are similar to the word they are trying to find. Student also begin to make the connect with the english word and their languages words.

Third, calculators are great tools that students need to learn how to use. Student need to have a good understanding on how to use a basic calculator, a scientific calculator, and graphing calculator by the time they get to college because most of the math they do will require them to be fluent with a calculator. Math is not the only place that you will need to know how to use a calculator. You also need a calculator in science. If you know how to use a calculator math will be easy.

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

James Gill (2009, September 16). Using Google translate in class Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX9wHkhuaek

Digital Blog Post #E

First, I found that problem solving was important topic for teachers. Helping students with their problem solving skills is a great skill for the student to develop because it is a skill that they can put to good use everyday in the classroom. Teaching the students different problem solving skills is a great thing because not all of the students solve questions in the same steps. Some student use different strategies while others use the same strategy but struggle to get the answer. Like in math a lot of times you can solve a problem many different ways it just depends on which one you are more comfortable with. But before all of that you must first be able to understand the problem. You must find out what the problem is asking you to do by connecting the given information with what you all ready know so that you can be able to decide what problem solving strategy you will be using to solve the problem.
Second, computer games are good for lower age student for it makes learning for them more interesting. Digital games for learning are the best way for students to practice what they are learning in the class room. Students can test their skills in the game to see how they are doing. Also with digital learning students can also go home and continue practicing at home on their spare time. Like for math there a whole lot of computer based game the students can play that will give them more practice on their class work. A kid can go and practice his math by playing games because there are many of different math games out there and they test how fast you can answer the question. After a while the student begins to get faster and faster. Free Rice is an example from the book that I use to us back when I was younger an teacher would make challenges on who could get more points at home.

 Third, I found the topic of intelligent tutoring system every interesting because it is something that will help students outside of school when they are on their own a need a little assistance on an assignment. The computer based tutor is like a human tutor for it can provided children with the practice that they need to become better academic learners and test takers. I believe that it is great to have extra help when you at home and can't seem to understand what you are learning. Because in class it is difficult for the teacher to help every single student in the class. Not every teacher has time to answer all of their students questions in the class time. When it comes to math the teacher isn't able to check every students answer and work that they provided. The intelligent tutoring system has shown to be every effective when it comes to math.

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.