1. Technology in the Classroom
General Introduction
Ideas for Managing and Using Computers in the Classroom
Karen Work Richardson
June 2001

2. Integrating Technology May…
Change the way you teach
Change the way you interact with your students
Change the expectations you have for your students
Free you to really do what you do best: TEACH!

3. ACOT Stages of Technology Integration
Entry
Learn the basics of using the new technology (skill)
Adoption
Use new technology to support traditional instruction (create puzzles or worksheets, use for information)
Adaptation
Integrate new technology into traditional practice (application software)
Appropriation
Focus on cooperative, project-based, and interdisciplinary work
Invention
Discover new uses for technology tools

4. Web Resources The BEST Site for One Computer Classrooms:
A Sample Web-based Lesson:
A GREAT portal for Teachers:

5. Issues of Computer Use Expectations : What do you hope to achieve?
Room Arrangement
Where do students use the computer?
Management/Scheduling
When do students use the computer?
How do students use the computer?
Integration
Why do students use the computer?

6. Room Arrangement Easy access for students and for teacher
Easily supervised
Plenty of space
Neatly organized

7. Planning the When Be fair Be realistic Be consistent
Have the computer in use all the time
Consider using Friday as “catch-up” day
Use time or defined task to determine how long each child or group can be at the computer
Use technology to track usage

8. Planning the How Develop a system for using the computer Think small
Assign learning groups
Emphasize pre-planning
Limit data entry
Create a homepage with agendas and links
Use “class buddies” to update computers users who miss classwork

9. Planning the How Enforce expectations Avoid floppy disks
Use scaffolds
Task cards
Checklists
Templates
Enforce expectations
Avoid floppy disks
Use students as computer helpers
Get help
Steal!

10. Integration
Examine current unit or activity for ways to add technology
Rewrite the lesson unit to identify changes due to technology
Prepare materials and create schedule

11. Ideas… Look up info related to current class discussion
Daily info like sunrise/sunset, tides, temperature
Class newspaper or journal
Ongoing story
Class web page

12. Ideas… Drill and practice Simulations Adding adjectives and adverbs
Subject/verb agreement
Identify poetic devices
Brainstorming

13. Ideas…
Have students create task cards for a particular activity or web site
Draw story webs
Illustrate vocabulary words
Make lists, sort lists, organize lists
Print out clip art or graphics to use in collages
Add graphics and pictures to a class collection
Mini-lessons

14. Ideas… Use computer group work to teach cooperative learning skills
Have ongoing “personal” projects that children can work on for short periods of time throughout the year(write in journal or add to a web page)
Take or make a quiz
Complete or make a puzzle

15. Ideas… Group or class e-mail letter Class database
Enter group info into spreadsheet and graph
Electronic worksheets
Reading database
Class calendar
Add a label

16. Ideas… Create a school directory Make an alphabet book
Prepare for a field trip
Report on a field trip
Write a caption
Add a sentence

17. Ideas… Quicktime movies Venn diagrams Color maps in Paint
Create a timeline
Diagram a sequence
Put the pictures in order

18. Technology in the Classroom
Ideas…
Use commercial software
Find time for exploration and creativity
Chart information in a table
Collaborate on a banner
Model using the computer as a tool
Use a picture to illlustrate a topic
Karen Work Richardson