Technology in the classroom

I was very pleased to see technology in the classroom. I went with a group of students that were taking the math test in a separate room because they required assistance with the questions. The teacher's aid had a SMART Board in the classroom. The teacher's aid presented the same questions that were on the the student's test on the SMART Board. The students were given a better visual this way because the problems on the test paper are so small and crowded together. The teacher used the writing tool feature to write the problems, and used a different color to show the trading done in subtraction. The students were able to get a better visual of the problems to give them support in getting the problem set up to solve. Once the students were at a better understanding of the problem, they were able to complete it much easier.
I was happy to see that there are technology teaching tools available in the school building. Students should have access and be exposed to tools like the SMART Board. The students can look at a problem in a different way, which help differentiate the learning techniques that they are used to seeing. I hope to see more technology be involved in the classroom in the upcoming weeks in the classroom.