Educational TechnologyFoundations of Effective Technology IntegrationTheory and Practice

What Is Technology?

• Computers– Hardware, software

• Media– Voice, video, interactive media

• The Internet• Web 2.0

What Is Educational Technology?

• Educational technology is a combination of the processes and tools involved in addressing educational needs and problems, with an emphasis on applying the most current tools.

• Instructional technology deals directly with teaching and learning.

Why Use Technology?

Motivation Enhanced instructional methods Increased productivity 21st Century Skill Development Did You Know?

21st Century Skills

Creativity and Innovation Communication and Collaboration Research and Information Fluency Critical Thinking, Problem Solving

& Decision Making Digital Citizenship Technology Operations and

Concepts

What Is Technology Integration?

• Technology integration refers to:– Understanding all of the 21st Century

skills and technologically integrating them into the everyday learning of our children.

– It is the use, in and out of the classroom, of every type of media to prepare our children to take their places in the global community.

– It is constructivist learning.

Constructivist = Inquire-based Technology Integration

• Concepts to be learned are abstract and complex; Hands-on, visual activities are essential to see how concepts apply to real world problems.

• Teachers encourage collaboration and/or allow alternative ways of learning and showing competence.

• There is time to allow unstructured exploration to motivate students and help them discover their own interests.

Technology Integration Planning Model - TIP

• Phase 1 – Why should I use a technology based method?

• Phase 2 – How will I know students have learned?

• Phase 3 – What teaching strategies and activities will work best?

• Phase 4 – Are essential conditions in place to support technology integration?

• Phase 5 – What worked well? What should be improved?

SOFTWARE

Instructional Software

• Programs designed specifically to deliver instruction or support learning.

• They serve one or more to these functions:

- Drill and practice- Tutorial- Simulation- Instructional game- Problem solving

Drill and Practice

• Students work example items, usually one at a time and receive feedback on correctness

• FastMath • Earobics

Simulation Software

• A computerized model of a real or imagined system designed to teach how the system works.

• There are two types of simulation:– Simulations that teach about

something• Physical simulations• Interactive simulations

– Simulations that teach how to do something• Procedural simulations• Situational simulations

Simulations

• SimCity 4 • Oregon Trail • Operation Frog Deluxe

Instructional Game

• Software designed to increase motivation by adding game rules and/or competition to learning activities.– Math Blaster – Carmen Sandiego – Math Games – publishers of textbooks

Problem Solving

• Alien Rescue• The Geometer’s Sketchpad• Logical Journey of the Zoombinis • Thinkin’ Things • Math Mission

The Basic Three

• Word processing: creates documents of pages with text and

graphics• Spreadsheet: puts numerical

information in row/column format; allows quick calculations;

creates graphs for analysis• Presentation: displays information

for an audience; outlines important facts; creates

interactive learning

Productivity Applications

For word processing: creating handouts or other instructional materials, lesson plans and notes, reports, forms, letters to parents or students, flyers, and newsletters.

For spreadsheets: keeping club and classrooms budgets, preparing performance checklists, and keeping grade books.

For presentations: displaying information for student response; to question or perform required tasks; to synthesize information.

Teaching and Learning TasksFor word processing: Supporting the

learning of writing processes, using a dynamic group process approach, assigning individual language, writing, and reading exercises, and encouraging writing across the curriculum

For spreadsheets: Making possible visual teaching demonstrations; and supporting student products, mathematical and what if? problem solving, storing and analyzing data, and projecting grades

For presentations: displaying research; interactive teaching of main ideas; student display of projects.

Hands-on Technology Session

• WORD : create a teacher newsletter template

• EXCEL: create an interactive graph• WEB 2.0: Wordle

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