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Integrating Instructional Technology

Lee Whittlesey

EDU-225 Instructional Technology

February 26, 2017

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Part 1: Website or blog

Lesson plan can be found:

On website under lesson plan tab, click on picture

o http://truckingteacher.weebly.com/
Direct link to emaze
o https://www.emaze.com/@ATZLCOWR/place-value-grade-2-lesson

Part 2: Blog Post

Cell phones, tablets, Chromebooks, laptops, Smartboards, and Apple TV are just a few of

the sources that are available for use in classrooms today. Technology is a growing tool that is

blossoming within the classroom learning environment today. Technology has been made it

possible to teach in a new way that captivates students interest like it has never done in the past.

Technology can improve the dynamics between teachers and students, often leading to

enhanced learning (Granberg, 2000). Learning in todays world can be fast paced and

technology can help teachers and students in the learning.

In the past, lessons have been presented with books and papers supported by teacher

lectures. Teachers have spent countless hours developing aligned lesson plans that will meet the

requirements of the grade level learning. With technology lesson planning developing and

delivery can be easier and more interactive. When developing lessons, there are now planner

websites that give teachers the ease of putting together a lesson plan. One such site is called

Planbook and it has a low cost of only $12 a year. On this, teachers are able to develop lessons

to meet their own needs and includes built in state standard bank for easy standard alignment.

The delivery of lesson plans has also changed as technology increases. Supporting

learning with online games, videos, and presentations help learners in different learning styles

learn. When teachers can bring in different forms of support they can meet more of their
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students needs. Students who are delayed readers can benefit from the video supports or the

adaption of text-to-speech. The cutting edge is realizing the potential of games for learning

(Gee, 2005, p. 21) and when we can develop games into the learning the results of the learning

along with retention can be greater than with past resources. Kahoot is a great example of a way

to get the students more involved in the learning as they answer questions individually or as a

group during group discussions.

Assessments are part of learning as it can show what students already know about a

subject prior to learning or what they have learned after the lesson has been presented. With

technology assessing students can be easier and more interactive for both the teacher and the

students. With tools such as Quizizz, assessing can take the form of a game. Students can

answer questions independently and the results can be stored for teacher review or later review to

show progress. Other assessments such as district and state assessments have also become

digital. Infact, more than 90 percent of our 2015-16 summative assessments used computer-

based technology (PARCC, 2016). With this schools and states are now able to get information

on a students learning faster than ever before.

There are many different elements of technology that can be used in the classroom. Not

all technology that a teacher will find will work with the learners that they currently have but

allowing technology into the classroom can be a benefit. When teachers close the door to

technology they are closing the door to new learning, to a way that students can learn and retain

information better. Technology is the way that the future is going and using the tools that

technology can bring can help develop teachers into better educators and students into better

learners of today and tomorrow.

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References

Gee, J. P. (2005). Why Are Video Games Good For Learning? Retrieved from University of

Wisconsin-Madison: http://www.academiccolab.org/resources/documents/MacArthur.pdf

Granberg, E. M. (2000, Fall). How Technology Enhances Teaching and Learning. Retrieved from

Vanderbilt University: https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/library/articles-and-essays/the-teaching-

forum/how-technology-enhances-teaching-and-learning/

PARCC. (2016). Supports for Assessments and Classrooms. Retrieved from Partnership for

Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers:

http://www.parcconline.org/assessments/administration/technology
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