Technology ROCKS in GATE!

Our classroom is filled with fantastic technology!  When I started teaching I didn't have a computer in my classroom...and still didn't many, many years later.  NOW...oh, boy!  We have lots of different ways for students to learn with the "language" they know - technology!

Each student has a MacBook ( Apple laptop ) to use while in GATE.  Students will learn how to create professional looking newsletters and brochures in Pages, fantastic movies in iMovie and iDVD, neat slideshows in iPhoto, audio and enhanced podcasts in GarageBand, and sharp presentations in Keynote.

We also have 15 iPods which have music (of course), photos, and movies created by former AES GATE students.  All during the year new movies, photos, and music will be added featuring this year's GATE students.  We have begun to learn how to use these iPod Classics in class.

Our class also has a digital camera, video camera, Elmo document camera, iPad, Promethean Board (interactive white board), and projector.  Wow  - a teacher's dream come true!  The kids and I learn new ways to produce quality projects together in class.  We are fortunate to have support for our GATE program in many ways...but the technology might be our favorite!

Later this school year, many of our GATE students will participate in the regional technology competition at Jacksonville State University and hopefully advance on to state competition at Auburn University in Montgomery.