Lesson seven is regarding technology that I use inside of my classroom. I teach a 5th grade math class to around 75 students everyday. Every day I use the Smart Board to teach my classes. I feel that this is a very valuable piece of technology that I am very grateful to have at my fingertips to use daily. Due to the fact that I do have larger classes it is sometimes hard to use one form of technology (programs) with each one of my students. However, the school I teach at had the pleasure last year of purchasing the use of a program called Success Maker. Again this year we are starting the year out by testing all students in the school system on Success Maker. This program is used by our district to test all students for RTI in reading and math. Once all the students have been tested our school develops a schedule to allow all morning math classes to have the chance to continue to use the Success Maker program. The biggest benefit for using Success Maker is its reliability and dependability. The program is designed to give us, the teachers, an idea of how a student would perform on the CATS test at the end of the year. Also, the math form of the program allows students to practice all aspects of math that they will see during the school year. By doing this the students will have the chance to see different topics before they are actually taught in the classroom.
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