Electronic Interaction

For my electronic interaction project I interviewed Ms. Brenda J Fancher. She is a third grade teacher at East Park School in Moss Point, Mississippi. The school is in the Moss Point School District. Ms. Fancher was eager to discuss with me the things I should expect in the classroom.

She let me know right from the beginning that technology plays a great part of the educational process. Ms. Fancher said they rarely use paper, pencil or the blackboard in her classroom. You see,at East Park, Every classroom is equipped with a Promethean Board. They even have a handheld one that they teachers can walk around the classroom with while she is writing and it still shows up on the big Promethean Board in the front of the classroom.

This is very different from Daphne High School. As you remember in my ACCESS lab report, they only had the one in the lab. If other teachers wanted to use it, they would have to make an appointment at a time Mr. Roh was not teaching a class. Although, they are going to get portable ones to move from class to class, there's nothing like having your own.

Now, Ms. Fancher says her students are very interested in all the things they are learning. This is probably because they the students love to be on the computers anyway. Another reason could possibly be the programs. One program called "Study Island" is used along with the lesson they are being taught. The program gives worksheets and games for the students to play to help them understand the concepts that were taught. Ms. Fancher says that some of her students even use this program at home on their on computers.

There is another program she told me about. It's called "Fast Forword." This program is designed to help students with their reading and language arts skills. Each child gets an opportunity to go in and listen to the many different words on the program. They also have AR (Accelerated Reading) test that are given on the computer to help test the students on what they have learned and read.

This is possible because they have two computer labs with more than thirty computers in each. They also have about fifteen computers in the library. Another thing ms. Fancher said was the students could be tested on the Promethean Board. They have little devices she described as "egg shaped." They are called Activ Vote. The students can lock in on their answer to the question put up on the Promethean Board and it will grade them for her. It even gives the percentage of right answers per question.

The one thing I can walk away from this interview thinking is technology, technology, technology. It's everywhere! This interview has made me want to study even harder. I am also glad I took this course. I would not want to be left behind and locked out of this technological world we're living in.

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