Seniors Teach Second Graders About Ipods
March 28, 2010
The senior TECHS class at Sterling Public School recently received four iPod Touch units as part of grant through the class offered by ESU10. One of the iPod units was to demonstrate how the iPod can be used in various educational settings. The senior TECHS class of Jese Salberg, Justin Puls, Mark Lucas, and Zach Lempka recently spent some time with the second graders teaching them how the iPod can assist in learning math facts.
The TECHS class has had the iPods since the middle of February and has been learning how to use them by investigating the unique functions that they offer. Before the TECHS class visited the elementary, they spent time researching and downloading various math applications from the Apple ITunes Store that would give the students new tools on how to subtract by borrowing.
Each of the four seniors worked with a group of four to five students. The seniors worked with one on one showing the students some of the functions that an iPod has and the math applications that could be used to practice their math skills. The second graders caught on very quickly and were very excited to use this piece of technology. “It was amazing to use technology to do math problems on an iPod,” commented one student.
This is just one of the many projects that the iPods have been utilized for. The senior English class recently read the Shakespeare play Hamlet and used the iPod to listen to the play, translate it to modern language, and quiz themselves of different scenes in the play. Technology is becoming a necessity in education, and this is just one of the many ways it is helping our students succeed.
