The arrival of an ELMO caused my principal some concern earlier this week. Someone from our technology department just showed up and handed it to my principal. She had no prior knowledge of this arrival, so she called me to her office to find out what to do with it. I told her I would love to have it in my classroom, but that I thought until everyone was trained that I think it should be housed in the library. Later, we found out that our librarian knew it was coming but she has no clue what to do with it. So, I am now in the process of learning more about it so I can provide some inservice training on it in the future. I look forward to learning more about it!!
OMG! You are going to love it. I wouldn't get rid of mine for anything. You can have your kindergarten students work out some problem with their little hands under the Elmo and display this onto a SmartBoard for the entire class to see. No more crowding around a small area! It is great for showing student work to the class during share time, or even some object you want to share. They will love having you share images from a book. No more big books ever needed. You are a lucky girl. Enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteI had heard of Elmo's from other media specialists, but had never actually seen one myself. And, since no one ever asked about it, I didn't purchase any for the media center. I recently discovered that our school purchased one for each fifth grade teacher. So, I had my first look at one the other day. It wasn't what I'd expected but I could definitely see the benefit in having one.
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