Just about 3 weeks of school has passed us by and it has been wonderful to see that teachers are using technology inherently as a tool for learning. Today we did a virtual tour of Ellis Island (from Scholastic) with Grade 4 students. They were fascinated and the focus of the lesson wasn't lost. The students understood that although it wasn't easy to immigrate to this country, people did and still do because of the framework developed by our forefathers. Using a simple LCD projector and BrainPop, students are engaged by informational movies about The Bill of Rights, The Constitution, Democracy and human body systems. The next step is for them to write about what they are learning in a blog or podcast.