Educational Software

A couple of years ago, I was a teacher's aid in a Kindergarden classroom at an elementary school where I also worked in Before/After Care. The teacher I was helping had her students use both drill and practice as well as instructional game software to teach the children their math skills. The children had so much fun using the computers and playing the games that they did not even realize they were learning until they had a small assesment at the end of each unit. Both children and their parents were equally surprised as this teacher was the only one in the use to really implement technology into her curriculum. Since it was so successful, many of the other teachers began considering taking this approach as well and some even attended conferences on the use of educational software and technology. The teacher's name was Kim Smith at Dry Creek Elementary.