Educators Guide to Technology Integration in the Classroom

Editor's Notes

• #3: The National Educational Technology Standards were developed and presented for educators through the International Society for Technology in Education. A group that meets annually to share the latest technologies available and currently being used in classrooms across the world. Many of the classrooms and forums at the annual convention are led by educators and students that are currently using the technology in their classrooms. 1. Creativity and Innovation: Students will use knowledge to demonstrate their ability to use new technologies 2. Communication and Collaboration: Students will use new technologies to work on or disseminate new learning. 3. Research and Information Fluency: Students will use technologies available to gather information. 4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making: Students will use digital technology as tools to solving problems and evaluating things critically 5. Digital Citizenship: Students will conduct themselves in a manner that is legal and ethical in the global community 6. Technology Operations and Concepts: Students will build a foundation of knowledge of new technologies being incorporated.
• #4: ISTE also created standards or guiding principles to help teachers deal with new technologies. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity: Teachers have a revised role in new technologies, we are no longer the primary source of information. We must accept that our role is now one of a facilitator. We are there to oversee and help students create their own learning. Touches upon the constructivist theory we will discuss later. Design and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessments: Educators need to create authentic ways in which to gauge student learning using new technologies. Model Digital Age Work and Learning: Educators are not expected to be experts in these new technologies, but should be able to show students that they are in the process of learning as well. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility: Educators must both exhibit and expect the highest standards of legal and ethical behavior of their students. Ensure that material is properly cited and only being used for educational purposes when allowed. We will speak more about digital citizenship later in the presentation. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership: Educators need to be students themselves and learn about the new technologies out there. By showing your ability to be a student and learning new things, you are setting an example for your students.
• #6: The graphic depicts the acquisition metaphor used for objectivism which describes knowledge as existing separately and filling the brain when you learn.
• #7: Graphic displays how learners generate knowledge from working together collaboratively per the metaphor for Constructivism.
• #8: Instructional design models help teachers implement and integrate these technologies at a practical level.
• #10: The 6E’s Learning By Design Model Engage: Get students interested in learning and figure out how much the students kjnow Explore: Let the students figure out how they understand the topic and create their own meaning. Explain: Students will reflect on what they’ve learned so far. Engineer: Students apply what they’ve learned to another topic. Enrich: Students reflect on what they’ve learned and explore it more. Evaluate: Assess what students and teacher have learned. Merrill’s First Principles of Instruction, as the participants move through various levels of understanding. The principles hold that: Learning is facilitated when learners are engaged in solving real-world problems. Learning is facilitated when existing knowledge is activated as a foundation for new knowledge. Learning is facilitated when new knowledge is demonstrated to the learner. Learning is facilitated when new knowledge is applied by the learner. Learning is facilitated when new knowledge is integrated into the learner’s world.
• #11: Gagné’s 9 Events of Instruction is a simplified actions steps or lesson plan to achieving integrated instruction. ADDIE was created for the US Military by Florida State University. It is a comprehensive process of identifying the instructional needs, finding the right tools, and then addressing the issue, then reflecting upon what worked in the end.
• #12: Statistically, 90% of parents want their child to study computer science and yet only 40% of schools teach computer programming. 71% of all new jobs in STEM are in computer, 8% of STEM graduates are in computer science. (code.org/promote, n.d.) Mind Mapping allows students a more creative way to plot their thinking, present material, organize thoughts
• #14: According to the NETS Standards for Teachers it is our responsibility to “advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethic use of digital information and technology” (ISTE Standards for Teachers, n.d.) There are free resources such as iKeepsafe.org to help children learn about internet safety. In our state of Nevada, the last legislature stepped up and created more stringent laws for those found bullying other individuals and that extends to cyberbullying as well.
• #15: Beware of Copyright Laws. Infographic is a great guide to determining whether or not you are able to use a picture and not violate any copyright laws. Remember, this infographic is only a guideline.
• #16: Do not Plagiarize! The infographic is a resource and guideline to determine whether or not you plagiarized. Once again, it is only a resource and should not be the only source of information that is referred to when determining if something has been plagiarized.