Classroom+Technology+Scenario

Scenario for a 3rd grade classroom!

__**Team Memebers!**__ Allison Holland Morgan La Terza Hannah Reagan Stacey Sandritter Rebecca Smiley Ashley Spiro

__**Software:**__ [|Academic fitness elementary]$39 [|Academic fitness Math Bootcamp]$28 [|Elementary Advantage]$30 [|Math success Deluxe]$35 [|Kidspiration] (6)- $50 each, $300 total [|Kidspiration reading essentials book]-$185 school wide license [|Apps for iPod/iPad]$50 per iPad - $100 [|Keyboard Classroom-learn to type] $50 [|Jumpstart Adventures 3rd grade for 6 computers]$125

Software total: $892

All-in-one Printer- $29 Elmo TT-02RX Document Camera- $530 Infocus IN112 Projector- $349 Hitachi StarBoard FX-77G-II Interactive Whiteboard 77 Diagonal- $1,200 iPads (2)- $1,000 Dell Desktop Computers (5)- $1,645 [|Kodak Playsport Video Camera] - $100 Headphones (5)- $35 Wireless Microphone- $220
 * __Hardware:__**

Hardware total: $5,108

Total amount of grant spent: $6,000
 * __Summary:__**
 * Hardware:** An all-in-one printer will allow the teacher to make copies, scan paper onto the computer, and print any material that must be printed. This will cut down the cost on spending money for each of these items separately and is meant to be used for small printing projects. Larger projects would be completed through the schools copy room or resources provided by the school. The Elmo TT-02RX Document Camera teaching tool allows teachers to project images onto a large area to allow students to view them from far distances. For example, if a teacher is trying to show the students a picture in a book he/she would be able to use the document camera to project the image onto the screen for the entire class to see without having to pass the book around the classroom. Along with the Elmo TT-02RX Document Camera you must have a projector to display the image onto the board or screen. The Hitachi StarBoard FX-77G-II Interactive Whiteboard 77 Diagonal is an important teaching tool. It can be used as hands on learning for for students. It’s fun for them to go up to the board and draw or answer questions. It’s also easy for the teacher to use because they can write on it, save the page and go back to it another day or if they mess up they can just press one button and start all over. The iPads can be useful because you can fill them with educational applications. Four students can use them in stations since there are two iPads, they can pair up with another student, while others are doing differnt stations. The five new desktop computers are because the five already in the classroom are outdated but now and days students need to use the most updated technology. The Playsport Video camera can be used for classroom video projects. It is waterproof and connects directly to the computer through a USB drive. This makes it easy to use, and able to keep up with the rough and tumble thrid graders if they happen to drop it. It is meant to be heavy duty, water proof, and easy to use. Also it is meant to be used with any type of computer. The headphones comes in a set of 5. These can be used for the 5 classroom computers. These can be used to give the students the oppertunity to listen to videos and audio without disrupting the class. The wireless microphone will be good for the teacher to use for all of the students to be able to hear and understand them. This can come in handy when students are doing loud classroom activities or working in groups and need to get their attention.
 * Software: ** Kidspiration software would be a practical purchase for all of the computers in the classroom. Normally $69, teachers buying in quantity to ensure that each classroom computer is equipt receive each software pack for $50. Kidspiration involves visual concept mapping which is a great way to get younger children used to concept maps but also keeps them simple and fun with a great variety of graphitouch choose from. Kidspiration reading essentials book- This book provides over 50 planned lessons on teaching reading and reading strategies making it beneficial for both teachers and students This interactive workbook includes games, worksheets, puzzles and much more. It can be duel taught with the kidspiration computer software. Normally $30 per student book the school can obtain a school wide license for only $200. This benefits our class as well as others because kidspiration has lessons designed for multiple age groups. Therefore kids falling behind can use it to practice lower difficulty lessons and students who are more advanced can learn higher difficulty tasks. We predict that because of the versatility of difficulties less students will be "left behind" or causing problems because they are not being stimulated enough. The versatile pace makes this a must for the elementary classroom. The Academic Fitness Elementary program and The Elementary Advantage will be useful because it is full of all sorts of learning games. They have every subject with lots of fun activities to get the children involved. Fitness Math Bootcamp and Math Success Deluxe are obviously focused just on math but they also are very informative for the students and lots of fun for computer stations. Jumpstart Adventures is another educational game that focuses on math, language arts, social studies, art, and science. This program provides practice and reinforcement to basic topics through practical games. Educational games are also available for the iPod and iPad. These games are inexpensive, yet educational, and are designed to help kids learn in a variety of ways. All of these computer software programs will be ineffective for students, unless they learn how to type. Keyboard Classroom is a program that helps the user learn to type through practice, interactive drills, and tests on using the keyboard. These tests and drills are designed to act like games, so the user will be unaware that they are learning.