technology supports learning

I think that technology can definitely help to improve student understanding. For example, I can use an interactive white board to show students how to search the internet or to play a video within a PowerPoint to help explain the process of mummification. Technology can lead to smooth transitions that show students examples or demonstrations to support a teachers instruction. There are many different technologies that can help support a teachers instruction. One of my favorites that I have used is the Smart Board with a digital projector. I also think that document cameras are very useful in a classroom. It is easier to demonstrate something such a dissection of a seed with all of the students being able to see what the teacher is doing. I would also love to use a smart table, which is like an interactive white board but it is on a table. That would be wonderful for small group instruction! Computer programs such as word and PowerPoint are also essential program that students can and should use to improve their learning. There are really some amazing technologies that could be used in the classroom.