My electronic contact for this assignment was Mr. Jarrod Lamshed from Hackham East School in Adelaide, Australia. Mr. Lamshed is the teacher of an all-boy’s class of fifth and sixth grade students. Earlier in the semester we had to find an international blog of a teacher in a K-12 classroom and write a summary about how teachers are using blogs in their classroom. While searching the internet, I found Mr. Lamshed's class blog. I really thought that Mr. Lamshed's had a great class blog with a lot of great information for the parents and students. Some of the things Mr. Lamshed included on his blog were videos, photos, learning links, notices and newsletters, and online tasks. When looking at Mr. Lamshed's blog, I was really amazed at all of the work he had put into his blog. Mr. Lamshed wrote at least once a week about what the children in his class were working on. He included everything from assignments for the students in his class to work on to video recordings showing what the students were working on.
Because I thought that Mr. Lamshed did such a great job with blogging, I decided to contact him and ask him what other types of technology he used in his classroom. When I emailed Mr. Lamshed to ask if he would be willing to participate in this class assignment, he said that he would be more than happy to help me out. Mr. Lamshed was very helpful, and he said that the students in his classroom were really excited to know that someone from another part of the world is visiting their class blog.
My question for Mr. Lamshed was "What types of technology do you have available to use in your classroom?" Mr. Lamshed emailed me a great deal of information back. I was really shocked to see how much technology teachers are now using in the classroom. Some of the things that Mr. Lamshed talked about using in his classroom included a class website (which is a combination of three blogs, a photo page, and other general information for parents to view), podcasts, TWITTER, digital still cameras, and digital video cameras.
According to my conversation with Mr. Lamshed this is the first year that he has used a class blog. He said that he was really excited with the results of creating the class blog, and he would now make sure that he creates a class blog every year. Mr. Lamshed said that having the class blog provided a lot of useful information for parents and students in the classroom, and it also opened up many opportunities for him and his students. One great opportunity that the class blog provided was the ability to collaborate with classes overseas. He said that being able to communicate with other students and teachers across the world was really interesting and exciting for both him and his students. Mr. Lamshed also mentioned that using TWITTER in his classroom was also helpful in creating these connections with teachers in different countries and time zones.
The digital cameras are another big part of the technology in Mr. Lamshed’s classroom. Mr. Lamshed uses these things to record many of the daily activities and assignments of the students in order to post these videos to the class blog. I think that this is absolutely amazing because this gives parents the opportunity to see exactly what their children are working on in the classroom. Mr. Lamshed also said that he is beginning to try to “test the waters” with using mobile phone technology for recording purposes in the classroom. He says that mobile phones are banned at Hackham East, but he is trying to have these boundaries pushed a little because he wants to make use of the cameras and video capture capabilities that most students now carry around in their pockets.
In my opinion, having all of this technology available in the classroom is absolutely fantastic. Not only does it aid in the learning process, but it also provides the students with experience operating different types of equipment. I am really excited to see that technology has made its way this far into the school system, and I hope that it continues to do so.
Because I thought that Mr. Lamshed did such a great job with blogging, I decided to contact him and ask him what other types of technology he used in his classroom. When I emailed Mr. Lamshed to ask if he would be willing to participate in this class assignment, he said that he would be more than happy to help me out. Mr. Lamshed was very helpful, and he said that the students in his classroom were really excited to know that someone from another part of the world is visiting their class blog.
My question for Mr. Lamshed was "What types of technology do you have available to use in your classroom?" Mr. Lamshed emailed me a great deal of information back. I was really shocked to see how much technology teachers are now using in the classroom. Some of the things that Mr. Lamshed talked about using in his classroom included a class website (which is a combination of three blogs, a photo page, and other general information for parents to view), podcasts, TWITTER, digital still cameras, and digital video cameras.
According to my conversation with Mr. Lamshed this is the first year that he has used a class blog. He said that he was really excited with the results of creating the class blog, and he would now make sure that he creates a class blog every year. Mr. Lamshed said that having the class blog provided a lot of useful information for parents and students in the classroom, and it also opened up many opportunities for him and his students. One great opportunity that the class blog provided was the ability to collaborate with classes overseas. He said that being able to communicate with other students and teachers across the world was really interesting and exciting for both him and his students. Mr. Lamshed also mentioned that using TWITTER in his classroom was also helpful in creating these connections with teachers in different countries and time zones.
The digital cameras are another big part of the technology in Mr. Lamshed’s classroom. Mr. Lamshed uses these things to record many of the daily activities and assignments of the students in order to post these videos to the class blog. I think that this is absolutely amazing because this gives parents the opportunity to see exactly what their children are working on in the classroom. Mr. Lamshed also said that he is beginning to try to “test the waters” with using mobile phone technology for recording purposes in the classroom. He says that mobile phones are banned at Hackham East, but he is trying to have these boundaries pushed a little because he wants to make use of the cameras and video capture capabilities that most students now carry around in their pockets.
In my opinion, having all of this technology available in the classroom is absolutely fantastic. Not only does it aid in the learning process, but it also provides the students with experience operating different types of equipment. I am really excited to see that technology has made its way this far into the school system, and I hope that it continues to do so.
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