Technology in the Classroom

Tamara Keierleber

Content

•Positive Findings•How does technology effect students?•Scholastic Achievement Outcome •Strategies•Technology Offers Collaboration•Technology is Individualized•The Future

Positive Findings

Multiple learning styles are

addressed - Audio, visual,

interactive

Positive impact on student

learning. (ACOT)

New learning experiences that require higher level reasoning

and problem solving.

Success

How does technology effect students?

greater feeling of

success and self worth

addresses different learning styles

confident independent thinkers positivity is

connected to success

with technology

Scholastic Achievement Outcome

•Positive achievement in tests

•Students who used math software outperformed comparison classes by 15% on standardized tests and 100% on tests targeting the curriculum-focused objectives (Cradler)

Strategies

Identifying Similarities and Differences.

Summarizing and Note Taking.

Cooperative Learning.

Generating and Testing Hypotheses.

Nonlinguistic Representations.

Technology Offers Collaboration•Powerful instructional strategy

•Additional learning opportunities

•Group learning and projects

•Applications are readily available

Technology is Individualized

•Meets the needs of each student-Advanced -Remedial

•Provides immediate feedback-Students see where they need help, improve individually, independent – don’t have to wait for the teacher

The Future

Transition to real-world

Beyond high

school - students careers

Technology

applications and tools

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