Bridgett Rayner

EDU-225
September 28, 2014
Tim Florian
Setion !" #ntegrating #n$tr%tional Te&nology o' t&e (ompre&en$i)e (la$$room Te&nology
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Te&nology &a$ beome a &%ge part o' e)eryday li'e in t&e +orld t&at +e li)e in today,
E)eryone &a$ a p&one, omp%ter, laptop, or tablet, -o$t people t&at are in yo%r irle o' 'riend$
&a)e $ome $ort o' $oial media ao%nt t&at t&ey are 're.%ently )i$iting, T&at i$ /%$t t&e reality o'
t&e +ay t&ing$ are no+, Some people 'ro+n %pon t&i$, and many people lo)e all t&e ne+
te&nologial inno)ation$ t&at &a)e ome abo%t, B%t +&at i' te&nology o%ld at%ally bene'it a
$t%dent in learning +&ile at $&ool0 #' it i$ tr%e t&at e)eryone learn$ in di''erent +ay$, per&ap$
te&nology, and it$ many %$e$, o%ld &elp a $t%dent t&at i$ $tr%ggling, #n t&i$ e$$ay, # +ill $&o+ a
'e+ +ay$ t&at te&nology en&ane$ t&e la$$room in$tr%tion t&at ta1e$ plae on a daily ba$i$,
2ne +ay t&at te&nology en&ane$ la$$room learning i$ it inrea$e$ $t%dent
a&ie)ement, 3&en a tea&er p%t$ toget&er a *o+er*oint pre$entation to en&ane an already
ta%g&t le$$on, or tea& a ne+ one, t&e $t%dent$ $ee t&e tea&er4$ e''ort$ and organi5ation, 6n
organi5ed le$$on t&at t&e $t%dent$ an loo1 ba1 on an be )ery bene'iial in &elping t&em
$%eed, 6not&er e7ample i$ a la$$ +eb$ite, 8a)ing a la$$ +eb$ite allo+$ t&e tea&er to be able
to learly on)ey e7petation$ 'or t&e $t%dent$, 9(oo1, n,d,:, T&i$ &elp$ bot& t&e $t%dent and t&e
tea&er be on t&e $ame page, $o t&at t&ere i$ no on'%$ion, 2n a la$$ +eb$ite, a tea&er an po$t
anno%nement$, a$$ignment$, reminder$, $t%dy g%ide$, r%le$, +&ate)er t&ey +ant, and all o' t&e$e
t&ing$ are t&ere to $%pport t&e $t%dent in and o%t o' t&e la$$room,
Te&nology &a$ $&o+n t&at it an not only en&ane learning, b%t it an do all t&e tea&ing
on it$ o+n, T&ere are program$ on i*ad t&at tea& 1id$ di''erent lang%age$, allo+ t&em to ma1e
art, and e)en p%t toget&er pit%re$ and )ideo$ to $end to a digital pen pal 'rom aro$$ t&e +orld,
9;e1, 2014:, #t i$ ama5ing t&e amo%nt o' re$o%re$ t&at are opened %p +&en te&nology i$
introd%ed, By /%$t adding tablet$ to a la$$room, $t%dent$ $%ddenly &a)e a +&ole +orld o'
po$$ibilitie$ t&at are literally at t&eir 'ingertip$,
St%die$ &a)e $&o+n t&at it i$ not at%ally &a)ing te&nology t&at en&ane$ learning, b%t it
i$ &o+ t&e tea&er uses t&e te&nology t&at ma1e$ a di''erene 'or t&e $t%dent$, 98oyer, 200<:,
T&e tea&er m%$t 'ind ne+ a reati)e +ay$ to apt%re t&e $t%dent$4 attention long eno%g& 'or
t&em to retain t&e 1no+ledge, #' t&e tea&er an %$e t&e te&nology in t&e rig&t +ay, it an
en&ane not only t&e le$$on b%t inrea$e time on ta$1, o$t red%tion, moti)ation, and inrea$e
t&e $t%dent$4 te$t $ore$, 98oyer, 200<:, T&i$ i$ a big deal, and an ma1e a big di''erene in a
&ild4$ li'e by &elping t&em gain on'idene,
Te&nology i$, +it&o%t a do%bt, &ere to $tay, Some may $ay t&at it i$ ta1ing o)er too
m%&, or inter'ering in people$4 li)e$, b%t $ome al$o belie)e t&at it i$ only &ere to bene'it t&e
li)e$ o' t&e people t&at &oo$e to %$e it, #n $&ool$, it i$ abo%t 'inding t&e rig&t balane and %$ing
te&nology in t&e rig&t +ay$, T&i$ e$$ay aimed at $&o+ing a 'e+ o' t&e +ay$, t&at te&nology
en&ane$ learning, and it i$ lear t&at te&nology an be %$ed to &elp $t%dent$,
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