addition, other special educational needs teachers have found innovative ways to use technology in their classrooms. One elementary instructional technology coordinator in Iowa installed around 7,000 BrightLink 595Wi projectors manufactured by Epson which transform ordinary classroom walls into enormous interactive mouse pads (Zuger, 2015). This initiative was not inexpensive, though, and BrightLink 595Wi projectors (see Figure 1 below) retail for around $1,500 each, but the impressive results achieved in this school district suggests that this is money well invested (Zuger, 2015).
Figure 1. Representative example of an Epson classroom projector
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learning even as she proceeds with the instructional session. She employs a variety of teaching strategies in order to keep the learner interested. Instructional technology also comes in handy in an effort to enhance communication while she checks the level of content absorption (Doe, 2010). The teacher consistently makes sure that the learning goals are remembered by each classroom member. The teacher lets the class know the lesson objectives and persistently draws the learners' attention to what the lesson aims to achieve. Nevertheless, the learners took a significant amount of time to understand. It was noted that even in the final stages of the lesson; some learners were still grappling with understanding the… Continue Reading...
involvement and dynamic learning.
• Builds on pupils' current skills and knowledge.
• Makes use of instructional technology for improving pupils' learning.
• Communicates explicitly and confirms student understanding.
• Applies various valid evaluation tools and approaches relevant to the pupil population and content.
• Employs evaluation tools for summative as well as formative purposes, for informing, adjusting and guiding pupil learning.
• Provides ongoing constructive feedback to pupils with regard to their academic progress.
• Organizes the classroom layout with an aim to maximize pupil learning and fosters a safe classroom climate.
• Lays down well-defined expectations linked to schoolroom norms and practices by encompassing… Continue Reading...
