Technology Applied to the Classroom
...p skills in a second language. In other words, spending classroom time on Spanish may in fact help students, particularly immigrant students, develop their English skills. I am enjoying working with these students and would like to be able to incorporate technology to my classroom to give my students a powerful tool for their future. I am aware that computer instruction is effective for a wide variety of reading skill and concept areas. My concern as an educator now has to do with the effectiveness of computer-based education, and with the appropriateness of the many possible roles it can play in language arts instruction. I am very interested in learning how can I integrate computers into reading/writing instruction. I would like to provide my students with the opportunity to work with programs that use content and language that are within the range of their conceptual development. In addition, I like that my students would have opportunities t...