Integrating technology into the classroom can change how teachers teach and interact with students, as well as students' expectations. There are different stages of technology integration such as entry, adoption, adaptation, appropriation, and invention. When planning technology use, teachers should consider room arrangement, management and scheduling of computer time, and how technology will be integrated into lessons. Teachers can use technology for a variety of ideas like research, simulations, drill and practice, publishing work, and more.
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
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4. 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?
5. Room Arrangement
Easy access for students and for teacher
Easily supervised
Plenty of space
Neatly organized
6. 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
7. 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
8. Planning the How
Enforce expectations
Avoid floppy disks
Use students as
computer helpers
Get help
Steal!
Use scaffolds
Task cards
Checklists
Templates
9. 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
10. 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
11. Ideas
Drill and practice
Simulations
Adding adjectives and adverbs
Subject/verb agreement
Identify poetic devices
Brainstorming
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. Ideas
Quicktime movies
Venn diagrams
Color maps in Paint
Create a timeline
Diagram a sequence
Put the pictures in order
17. 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
Editor's Notes
Technology in the Classroom Karen Work Richardson karen@wmburgweb.com