Useful Classroom Involvement Tools Using Technology

As we have blogged about many times before technology can be quite useful in the classroom. It seems that every week i find new technology or a different way to use old techniques to help student s better understand what they are learning.Dr. Christie uses a lot of tools and techniques that are a combination of the basic known ideas, and some that deserve to be talked about.

One tool that i was especially interested in was geocatching. Most use this new hobby as a way to hike or do scavenger hunts. However, Dr. Christie has taken it to the next level by involving it in his classroom. This sounds like an excoiting technique for students of all grade level. Christie also seems to be a big fan of photography and digital media. Using pictues has been shown to intrest and assist some kids in the learning process. If a biology teacher showed his/her students a colorful and intriging picture of a flower as an example of a part of the cirriculum; most likely the students will absorb the information if their attention is grabbed in this way.

In closing, it seems that the dctor has been thinking of new was to get his students more engaged in his classroom. More teachers should pursue this way of thinking.