A First Shot at Podcasting

     This week, for my grad school class, I was supposed to investigate how my students use technology, and what their current skill level is. Because I teach first grade, this was both an easy and challenging task. My students, when they came to my classroom, had very little knowledge of how to use technology, and now they are much more confident with many technology uses, both at school and at home. Unfortunately, due to the age of my students, it was difficult to ascertain exactly what my students did with their technology at home. After speaking with most of the parents I realized that the only computer use most of my students get is when I assign computer homework, otherwise the students do not have a lot of access to the home computers. I have embedded the presentation I created about my students and their technology usage. I have to admit, I was shocked at how little computer time my students get, and yet how many gains they have made in their computer skills thus far this school year!