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Williams Boyd, Alesha. "Adapting to the IPad, Called Education's 'equalizer'" News, Travel, Weather, Entertainment, Sports, Technology, U.S. & World - USATODAY.com. USA TODAY, 11 Sept. 2011. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. .

//How did the teacher use technology in this lesson/approach? Details – time, activities, products, etc// The first grade teacher featured in this article wanted to keep up with the advancing technology of the times. After receiving a grant, she was able to get a projector, interactive whiteboard, an interactive electronic table for students to input data and a student-response system.

//How did the students use technology? Details – time, activities, products, etc// In addition, students were given cameras which they used to take pictures around the school. The students took pictures of “person, place, or thing” and then had to create a five-slide PowerPoint presentation featuring the pictures to assess their understanding of a noun. This replaced a simple worksheet on the topic. Technology was also used to take “digital lunch count” in which students manipulate pictures of themselves to select their lunch choices for the day.

//How were students assessed? How were students’ content knowledge, skills, and/or technology skills evaluated?// Students used digital cameras to take pictures of nouns whether they were person, place, or thing. Then, the students put their pictures into five slides on PowerPoint which were assessed by the teacher for student understanding. Their ability to use PowerPoint and the cameras were assessed through completing this project successfully.

//How were students provided feedback, remediation, scaffolding?// No specific instances of the above were mentioned in the article.