What is Effective Technology

Integration for 21st Century Learners?

Jessica WatsonEducation 3508

Technology Integration

• With proper instruction, technology integration uses technology to teach content.

• Technology can motivate students to:

• think critically, solve problems, and evaluate.

Effectively Integrating Technology into a

classroom can be done by:

•using it as a resource to research, organize, evaluate and communicate.

•allowing use of digital technologies and networking tools appropriately.

•applying understanding of the ethical and legal surrounding technologies.

A Teacher’s Role•Teachers decided how technology will

be used in their class room.

•Teachers need to set guidelines for their students when introducing technology.

A Variety of Ways

•There are many ways to bring technology into the classroom.

•I will suggest three simple ways:

SMART Boards

• SMART boards combine a whiteboard and computer to create an interactive whiteboard.

• Smart Boards are:

• an excellent resource for students and teachers.

• interactive and engaging.

Presentations

• Technology can be put to use in the classroom through presentations.

• There are various presentation programs such as:

• Power Point Presentation, Prezi and Glogster.

Blogging

• Blogs allow anyone to publish text, artwork and links to other blogs or web sites on the internet.

• They can be used for education and brought into the classroom for many useful purposes.

• There are several websites for educational blogging and general blogging.

References• Slide 2: 2010 Wicomico County Board of Education. (2010). WCBOE Definition of Technology

Integration. Retrieved September 21, 2010 from, http://www.wcboe.org/programs/oit/definition.htm

• Slide 3: Route 21. (2007). ICT (Information, communications & technology) literacy. Retrieved September 21, 2010 from, http://www.p21.org/route21/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=8

• Slide 6: SMART Technologies. (2010). SMART board interactive whiteboards. Retrieved September 21, 2010 from, http://smarttech.com/us/Solutions/Education+Solutions/Products+for+education/Interactive+whiteboards+and+displays/SMART+Board+interactive+whiteboards

• Slide 7: Possible Presentation Resources: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/, www.prezi.com, www.glogster.com

• Slide 8: The McGraw-Hill Companies. (2010). Blog Basics. Retrieved September 21, 2010 from, http://teachingtoday.glencoe.com/howtoarticles/blog-basics

Possible Blogging Websites: http://edublogs.org/, www.blogger.com

• Photos: Jessica Watson