What is technology Integration? ITECH 711 Summer 2007 Trena Noval, Instructor Adapted from the GLEF

Why use Technology? Technology is the environment in which our children are growing up it - it is their language of expression and media understanding Technology is in their homes and all around them Technology is transparent to children

Builds 21st Century Skills Personal and social responsibility Planning, critical thinking, reasoning and helps them to explore their creativity Strong communication skills Cross cultural understandings Visual learning and decision making skills Knowing how and when to use technology

Roles of students and teachers in a 21st Century classroom Student as learner Student as teacher Teacher as learner Teacher as mentor and guide

What does effective integration look like? Using technology in the classroom can offer students and teachers: Access to up-to-date, primary source material Methods of collecting and recording data Ways to collaborate with students, teachers, and experts around the world Opportunities for expressing understanding via images, sound, and text Learning that is relevant and assessment that is authentic Training for publishing and presenting their new knowledge

Technology integration begins when: Teachers and students use technology because it is the right tool to use. It is students using the Internet to do research Students creating Web sites to teach others about what they are learning in class. It is students creating multimedia presentations and presenting them to their classmates, parents, and community.

What is can look like: A teacher has her students illustrate a Kindergarten alphabet book using a paint program like KidPix Students publish their work Students create in word with their writing illustrated with images that they print and create a class book that is sent home for the parents to view Students making slideshows using their alphabet drawings or the sounds the orchestra makes Students recording their voices talking about books they read and what moved them about those books, posting them as podcasts online to encourage other kids to read