Teacher interview:
I interviewed Tracy Miller, she has been teaching for 22 years. She currently teaches 3rd grade at Terra Verde Discovery School in Norman. It's a very small private school with only one class per grade, 1-5, with a class limit of 16 students, her class has 12 students this year. They focus on both social and academic curriculum and emphasize outdoor experiences.
Each classroom has a smart board, projector, and iPad loaded with apps with funds available for more, some of the younger classes have purchased an Osmo to go along with the iPad. Each teacher is given a Dell laptop to use in class and at home. Terra Verde is in the process of adding a middle school for grades 6-8 that will have a laptop/google chrome lab and eventually one to one technology. The middle school students will be expected to use technology to complete assignments such as research, word processing, and interactive assignments.
Tracy uses xtramath.org and spellingcity.com for math and spelling practice andfluency respectively. She also has online subscriptions to BrainPop and Mystery Science. On the iPad she uses math app, Kids Discovery apps, and Burpee garden planer for the plants they have planted this spring. She enjoys using the technology to enhance her lessons and emphasize her content using PowerPoint, videos, diagrams etc.
I interviewed Tracy Miller, she has been teaching for 22 years. She currently teaches 3rd grade at Terra Verde Discovery School in Norman. It's a very small private school with only one class per grade, 1-5, with a class limit of 16 students, her class has 12 students this year. They focus on both social and academic curriculum and emphasize outdoor experiences.
Each classroom has a smart board, projector, and iPad loaded with apps with funds available for more, some of the younger classes have purchased an Osmo to go along with the iPad. Each teacher is given a Dell laptop to use in class and at home. Terra Verde is in the process of adding a middle school for grades 6-8 that will have a laptop/google chrome lab and eventually one to one technology. The middle school students will be expected to use technology to complete assignments such as research, word processing, and interactive assignments.
Tracy uses xtramath.org and spellingcity.com for math and spelling practice andfluency respectively. She also has online subscriptions to BrainPop and Mystery Science. On the iPad she uses math app, Kids Discovery apps, and Burpee garden planer for the plants they have planted this spring. She enjoys using the technology to enhance her lessons and emphasize her content using PowerPoint, videos, diagrams etc.