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Technology Enhanced
Teaching Lesson
Exemplars
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LESSON
ORGANIZATION
Computers help you better organize and present your information.
Typing up your notes in Microsoft Word or Google Docs, or creating
a PowerPoint presentation, helps you focus less on how you’re going
to teach and more on what you’re going to cover. During class, you
can project those notes onto a big screen to give students an
indication of where the lesson is going. If you do have a tendency to
take rabbit trails, or if your class is especially proficient at finding
them, it’s easy to refocus and redirect when the lesson content is
neatly organized on screen.Having the notes projected onto a big
screen also helps you focus on the overall content instead of getting
lost in the minutiae. Rather than taking the time to write everything
up on the board with a marker while you’re giving the lesson (and
simultaneously having to worry about your handwriting and spelling),
you can instead focus on expounding the content.
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VIDEOS
A short, entertaining, instructional video is a great way to
get students excited about learning. Video clips can be a
great tool to assist students in gaining that deeper
understanding of content. It’s important to be mindful of
how often and how much we use video—it’s important to
have a clear purpose for using that film, documentary, or
news clip.
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BOARD WORK
WITH A SMART With this technology, you can easily project your computer
BOARD screen onto the board while still retaining the functionality
of a traditional classroom whiteboard. This means that you
can display any pictures, notes, or practice work from your
computer and then write all over them as you discuss
different elements of the lesson. Students love coming up
and writing on this board, too; this makes practice work for
subjects like math, grammar, and languages especially
fun.If you don’t have access to a SMART board but do have
access to a computer and projector, you can achieve
similar results by simply projecting the image from your
computer onto a whiteboard.
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GAMES

Educational games are a great way to reinforce your

lesson and engage your students. Students can play
pre-selected games on individual computers, or you
can project one game onto your board and play it as
a class.
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PRESENTATIONS
When it comes to presentations, computers provide a
fun variety of ways for students to share their
knowledge. PowerPoint is definitely a favorite that can
be used with all ages. Students can write a story, display
graphs and pictures, and practice public speaking as they
navigate through the slides in an oral presentation.
Students can also present what they’ve learned by using
tools such as Microsoft Publisher to create bookmarks,
brochures, posters, or postcards.