Practical Classroom Applications of Educational Technology

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Practical Classroom Applications of Educational
Technology

• Module 1
• PowerPoint Assignment
• LME 448

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Rational for Incorporating Technology into Daily
Activities

• Engage students with a multi-media enriched
  classroom
• Promote higher order thinking in the classroom
• Constructivist
• learning atmosphere

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Instructor Benefits

• Organization
• Planning templates and resources
• Statistical tracking made easier
• Performance task assessment
• Instructor presentations are
• engaging no longer only
• Blackboard Lectures
• Teacher is the
• facilitator of learning

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Student Benefits

• Students make meaning with projects that are
  authentic to them
• Students develop technological familiarity and
  ability
• Opportunities for self-expression
• Project flexibility
• Skills translate into real
• world applications

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Technological Tools

• Computer
• Video Recorders
• Digital Cameras
• Scanners
• Software
• Internet

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Why wait for a trip to the Computer Lab?

• Use Classroom Resources Effectively
• Internet for Peer Communication
• Topic Research
• Curriculum Supportive Games and Activities
• Classroom Web Page
• Web Quests
• Topic Links
• Homework Helpers
• PLEASE do not limit your computer to tests and
  quizzes!

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And Speaking of the Class Web Site

• Enhance Parent Communication
• E-mail links
• Letters to parents
• Post weekly progress reports
• Links to topic related sites
• Student Showcase
• Work samples
• Student developed resources

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Technology SuggestionsStudents can create

• Student Portfolios
• Project Reports
• Creative Writing
• Compilations
• Take Home Work
• Samples
• Artistic
• Demonstrations
• The Possibilities are endless!

Frogs by Allison 2004
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Technology SuggestionsInstructors can create

• Directed reading activities
• Lesson topic extensions
• Game Show quiz assessments
• Skill building exercises
• Virtual Field Trips
• Webquests
• Research

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Curriculum Integration

• Brings excitement to projects by integrating many
  subjects
• Provides personally authentic
• experiences for the students
• Provides instruction
• that benefits many
• different learning
• styles.

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References

• Butzin, S. (1992). Integrating technology into
  the classroom lessons from the Project CHILD
  experience. (Computers Helping Instruction and
  Learning Development). Phi Delta Kappan, 74,
  330-4.
• Hipschman, R., (1997). Your weight on other
  worlds. http//www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/i
  ndex.html
• Lacina, J., Austin, S. (2003). Technology and
  the writing workshop. Childhood Education, 80
  (2), 101-3.
• Lacina, J., (2004). Designing a virtual field
  trip. Childhood Education, 80 (4), 221-2.
• Lim, C., Tay, L. (2003). Information and
  communication technologies (ICT) in an elementary
  school students' engagement in higher order
  thinking. Journal of Educational Multimedia and
  Hypermedia, 12, 425-27.