Language Variation and Technology in the classroom

Out of both of the classes I sit in on there are only 3 language learners or bilingual I am not quite sure what exactly the case is for each of these students. But I haven’t noticed anything to extreme in any of these students which would hinder them from keeping up with class and actually learning the material which is being taught. I am also in a Smart class room which I feel has been very beneficial to the students. Every day Mrs. D starts the class off with planner entries on the smart board for the students to copy down in their planners which will be check randomly and periodically throughout the year. This is a great use of technology I feel because she is not only telling the class what they are doing she has it written down so if the students are not listening then they have a visual layout what they will be doing in class and what us assigned for homework. Mrs. D also uses the smart board to do grammar every Monday. She will put up 3 sentences on the board and have students come up and fix the errors on the board and explain why they fixed what they did. I find this to be a very useful tool because I feel that it is important for the students to not only be able to mark and correct grammar but to be able to verbally explain grammatical rules is key in fully understanding grammar. The class also participates is a computer base program called “Teen Biz” which they do in the classroom on the computer every Friday. I feel that the integration of technology in this classroom is great and I feel that it is an advantage for these students to not only hear, but to see what is being taught to them. Students learn in so many different ways and this technology makes it easier for the teacher to reach more students. I haven’t seen any negative aspects of technology use in the class room at this point, but I have noticed it has help students more than hurt them.