Technology Tools in a Classroom Environment

Technology tools are tools that student and teachers utilize to facilitate learning in a virtual, hybrid, or a
traditional classroom environment.

- Refer to software that can be used to develop or support online course content.
- Ex. Blogs, wikis, authoring tools such as adobe captivate and Lectora, Web 2.0 tools
- Increases interaction between teachers and students
- Technologies has been continually integrated everyday in a physical classroom
- Technology tools has allowed teachers to scaffold learning and offer more resources than
before.
- In response to covid 19 pandemic, technological tools had become more valuable because it
helps to bridge the gap between students and teachers in this new learning environment.
- There are so many technological tools that are simple and easy to use

Google drive- the google drive app enables students and teachers to collaborate more effectively on
papers, spreadsheets, and presentations. The beauty of google suite for education is several people can
contribute simultaneously, so it’s truly designed for collaboration. Being able to collaboratively edit
documents and worksheets opens up a world of possibilities for interactive classroom activities and
projects.

Flipgrid- simple to use and a very wonderful tool of building classroom community. With flipgrid, a
teacher can post a topic and students can react and response to a topic with a short video. Students can
also comment and respond to the video of their classmates.

Padlet- a tool to create bulletin board style pages that can be easily customize to fit a specific theme.
Students can create their own post and engage with peers by leaving comments and likes. With padlet,
students can engage in discussions and share resources for a project, working groups and even create a
collaborative map.

Popplet- a tool for creating mind map and flowcharts. Thay can be created independently or
collaboratively and they can be easily linked, embedded, or downloaded. When the collaborative option
is used, the individual popples are labeled with the name of the user that created it so the teacher can
easily see who participated the final tool.

Mindmeister- a tool that enables students to work in a group and share ideas to plan projects effectively
through brainstorming.

GoSooapBox- a response tool that can be used to ask a variety of questions without students having to
create accounts. Students simply need an “event code” provided by the teacher to access available
activities. It can be used for polls, discussion questions, quizzes and more.

Kahoot- a game-based classroom response system. It is used for brainstorming that motivate students to
be the leaders and presenter of their own quizzes to the class.

Collaborative Learning
 - Students work together in groups of two or more to achieve a common goal.
- That goal might be: solving a problem, completing a task, learning a new concept, or creating a
new product. During this time, students are expected to be demonstrating active learning and
take responsibility of their own learning.

Benefits of Collaborative Learning

- Fosters the development of 21st century skills that are vital and real life and social employment
situations.
- Critical thinking, collaboration, problem-solving, communication, self-management, leadership
skills.
- Additionally, students have become active partners in the learning experience rather than mere
passive consumers of knowledge. Instead of receiving knowledge from a teacher, they are now
creating and discovering that knowledge on their own and with their classmates.
- The fact that students are actively involved in the learning process, increases their overall
interest in the entire experience.

Why should technology be used in a collaborative learning?

- Makes sharing, interaction and collaboration between students much easier.

- Enables two-way communication and contribution between students.
- Increase student’s motivation to work and learn both intrinsically and extrinsically
- It can also increase student’s understanding of technology which can help strengthens student’s
attitudes towards technology and in a positive way
- Increase student’s satisfaction in the end result or outcome of their collaborative learning
experience.

References

Bonita, J. M. (2022). Technology Tools in a Collaborative Classroom Environment. Video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=temR5WcaaXE&t=113s.
Poth, R. (2017). 10 Edtech Tools for Encouraging Classroom Collaboration.
https://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/01/22/10-edtech-tools-classroom-collaboration/