Oregon Educational Technology Standard #2 deals with Communication and Collaboration, where students use digital media and environments to work collaboratively with peers, using a variety of digital environments and media. It also states that students will communicate and publish for multiple audiences and contribute to project teams.
Second graders in my class now have the opportunity to utilize the document camera to problem solve, explain strategies, share work, practice public speaking, and plan, proofread and edit for correct punctuation. They have use of a mobile computer lab (occasionally) as well as a permanent computer lab in our common pod area. Here they can write, practice skills, play games together, publish work, and possibly wiki and skype! I hope that my students will begin to e-mail their "partner class" to practice letter writing and communication via the web. Last, I am hoping that my class will have access to a new I-Pod lab that has just been donated to our school. My students should at least have a good start and foundation in technology starting this September.
It sounds like you'll get to have all sorts of fun with your class this next school year! Enjoy!
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