We are very fortunate in to have Smart Board technology in our classrooms here in the Mid Prairie School district. It gives us access to a lot of learning tools that let students interact with subjects in ways that were unimagined of when I was a student. Here we have two students using the Smart Board to practice remembering animals we learned in Chinese. It got a little rowdy at times as students tossed soft objects at the board to pick animals but everyone was engaged and learned.
That being said, sometimes the best technology for the situation is just a store bought puppet and some imagination. Teachers have a wide variety of tools in our bags and sometimes it is daunting to pick the right one for the right job. However, it doesn't matter if it's a 1000 dollar computer gizmo or a 10 cent pencil. We'll use whatever works best to help the students learn and have fun.
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