TEACHING WITH

TECHNOLOGY
 Questions to be answered:

Why should we
What Constitutes How will this
embrace Is technology
technology in the improve learning
technology in a really needed?
classroom? for students?
classroom setting?
 Definition of technology:

What
constitutes
technology
in the
classroom?
 What does technology look like in
the classroom?

Instructional tools
Project-based
Games-based Learning with like interactive
Online learning and activities
learning and mobile and whiteboards and
blended classrooms incorporating
assessment handheld devices student response
technology
systems

Web-based Student-created
Collaborative online
projects, media like Using social media
tools like wikis or
explorations, and podcasts, videos, or to engage students
google docs
research slideshows
Why should
we
embrace
technology
in a
classroom
setting?
◦ Engages students and creates active learners

◦ Encourages individual learning and growth

How will this
◦ Facilitates peer collaboration improve
learning for
◦ Prepares students for the real world students?
◦ Creates more engaged and successful
teachers
 HOW CAN I
USE
TECHNOLOGY
TO HELP
REACH EVERY
STUDENT?
Is technology really needed in
classrooms?
Productivity
applications:

◦ Class manager
◦ Class timetable
◦ iStudiez pro
◦ iResponse
◦ Grade it
◦ Drop box
◦ Evernote
◦ Google drive
Interactive
sites for
reading:
Interactive
sites for
math:
Interactive
sites for
science:
Interactive
sites for
vocabulary:
Interactive
sites for
social
studies:
Writing and
comprehension
resources:
Social and
organizational
resources:
 AS NEW GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS
START THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEYS IT
IS APPARENT THAT TECHNOLOGY HAS A
PLACE ALONG SIDE OF LEARNING AND
IS CHANGING THE WAY TEACHERS
UTILIZE SUPPORT. WITH TECHNOLOGY AT
OUR SIDES, WE ARE ABLE TO REACH A
WIDER VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL
NEEDS AND LEND STUDENTS THE
RESOURCES THEY WILL NEED TO
SUCCEED.
 Blending technology and
classroom learning: Jessie
Woolley-Wilson at TEDxRainier-talks
about the changes in the
classroom and the direction of
education.