A visit to Norwin

As I have said in a few of my reflections, my school was renovated. Well, in the last 3 years the district has renovated and built 3 elementary, 1 brand new junior high, and the athletic facility. When I was doing my observations and I decided to stop at one of the new elementary schools. I only visited one class but on my way out I peeked my head into a few different classes. The class that I visited was very color oriented and organized. There were 6 different centers dealing with learning. Each center has new technology dealing with the subject center. Head phones, computers, CD player, VHS/DVD player, Television, internet and those are just to name a few. They have a fine motor skills center with small manipulative and things to enhance dexterity. The school also has 2 COW’s and a dell computer lab. The library has the e-books and digital media center for the students to access cameras recorders, and other software programs. I was really impressed with how the classrooms were modified after the renovations. I also observed at Lockley kindergarten Center. and the digital media and technology were lacking. Although I did not get to talk to many teachers there either it didn’t seem that the students were exposed to new technology. I wish that Lockley had the technology that the students from Norwin had. The students enjoy working with the media and work with it well. The students can explore so many aspects of life that they could not if they didn’t have all the new technologies. Incorporating technology is almost as important as having the textbooks. Use what you can get your hands on and use it to its maximum capacity.