Tech Savvy

I've been teaching for 10 years and throughout most of those years, I've been using the required text and presentation books to teach. Our school has been implementing the Direct Instruction Program. It's such a conveniece having the materials and resources readily available for myself and my students each day. Teachers needed to read a script and students would need to reply, with a correct response. Everyday, that's all I did! When we would have content, my students and I would get so excited. We felt content was a way of releiving ourselves from the monotonous DI program. Well, after my 8th year into teaching, I decided to make a move and teach the Gifted and Talented program. I needed to teach using a variety of teaching methods and the G.A.T.E. program would allow me to do so. The use of Technology was introduced to my students and they had learned the basics. I'd like to present more lessons using powerpoint and utilize the useful resources that were presented to us during the Gateway to Technology course. I'm positive my students would enjoy our lessons more.