Friday, November 12, 2010

Our New Innovation Station


Last week we received our "Innovation Station". The Innovation Station is a complete station that consists of a cart with a Dell computer, wireless keyboard, wireless mouse, and a Lumens document camera. The Innovation Station system has a projector, that hangs from the ceiling, a large retractable screen, and an audio video system with microphones. Our innovation station makes teaching more flexible, allows for technology integration and creativity. The best part of the Innovation Station is that the students can use it in many ways. It is exciting to watch children read and track print on the large screen as it is displayed by the document reader. Students use the microphone as they read the daily message or calendar. During math lessons, students show their math thinking as they work with manipulatives under the document camera.

I hope you will visit the class and take a closer look at our newest teaching tool!