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Technology in the classroom

One of the main differences occurring in education besides increased accountability is the way we implement technology in our classrooms. At a recent staff meeting we were told that test scores will need to reflect not only that all students are on grade level, but also that our GT population will have demonstrated growth. We as teachers must challenge all our learners. One way to differentiate instruction and reach all levels in one classroom is through technology. While one child is working on cvc words another is learning digraphs and yet another is implementing a comprehension strategy they learned in small group. Recently I have found some great FREE technology resources that achieve this goal: turtlediary.com: has games for different content areas and grade levels literactive.com: this website reminds me of the lexia reading program and raz-kids.com except it is free. One you create an account you can read books or if you click on "activities" there are activities r