Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that works

This past week I have been very interested in the sites that I have explored from the book Using Technology with classroom instruction that works. I have used many of the different sites suggested in chapter 10 Homework and Practice. My class and I have explored brainpop.com and Iknowthat.com and stellarium.org these websites have given us the opportunity to reinforce what we have learned in our unit on space. My classroom is so excited about space but when we were looking at the stellarium.com and using brainpop.com to answer questions with our “clickers” students are developing and reinforcing everything that they are learning.
I am looking forward to introducing my students to the new tools that were also discussed in chapter 10. I have taken several classes on Word and have discovered so many opportunities within word to help students develop their writing. The AutoSummarize tool is so great. I can’t wait to show my students. We are studying about summarizing right now so that will not only help with writing but reading also.
Behaviorism fits into all of these practices. Behaviorist lives on reinforcements. All of the resources give students immediate reinforcement. Today society is orientated to instant gratification and we as teachers use that and feed into that gratification to get the results that we desire from our students.