Xs and Os to Engage Students

I have found that the way to engage students is through technology. It is my experience that this is the means in which students learn and retain the most knowledge from their teacher.  One has to use any technology at their disposal to encourage students learning but also to make it fun.  In a dynamic where the class is fun and learning project is fun you can bring out the creativity in students and also social enact where they learn to work with others and solve problems faster.  A class like Tech for Teachers has given me ideas on how I would use technology to help with lesson planing.  In this class we were able to really explore ways to use learning programs to help us find ways to teach.  I also usually enjoy just being able to "play around" with the different programs to see how they worked and have a little fun with it. The use of the Smartboard, which is something I have used very little of, will be incorporated into any classroom teaching I get to do in the future.