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Tiffany Crisp
Introduction
Technology is all around us in today’s world. It has become an integral part of our daily
lives and students need to learn how to use it appropriately. Mehmet Arif Ozerbas and Bilge Has
Erdogan, authors of The Effect of the Digital Classroom on Academic Success and Online
Technologies Self-Efficacy, point out “the main purpose of integrating many digital technologies
into the learning environment is increasing the quality and success of education” (Ozerbas &
Erdogan, 2016). In the classroom, I love to incorporate technology and media every day in my
curricular-based lessons to try and benefit the student’s learning. I try to use technology while I
am teaching while also giving the students an opportunity to utilize the technology too. Two of
the ways I’ve incorporated technology/media resources in the second-grade classroom was when
I taught a lesson on calendars and when the students use Imagine Learning during their reading
stations.
Calendar PowerPoint-
informational slide had two calendars shown on it to represent an incorrect way of writing in the
numbered days of the month. Often times, students have the misconception that each month
starts on a Sunday, when in reality, each month starts after the day that the previous month ended
on. In the lesson, I pointed out the incorrect calendar on the first slide, and on the following slide
I had the example of the correct calendar. On the final slide, I displayed the month of February
for the students to copy down on their calendar template. I used the February slide to talk about
Imagine Learning-
Every day, during reading centers, students use the program Imagine Learning to get
more practice with the language arts curriculum. Imagine learning is an online, content and
standard-based curriculum program. Imagine Learning “builds core reading and academic
language skills” (Imagine Learning, 2018). The teachers assign the Imagine Learning program to
the students for them to complete. Teachers can monitor student progress by analyzing how the
students are doing academically on the program. Using these results, teachers can modify
instruction and remediate the class on what they are struggling with or have confusion over.
Reflection
with today’s culture and modify their instruction to better their students. Ozerbas and Erdogan
comment on the new age of technology: “The rapid development of information and
communications technologies inevitably affects education” (Ozerbas & Erdogan, 2016). Ozerbas
and Erdogan also point out that today’s classrooms look vastly different than the classrooms
from just 50 years ago. They say, “Learning environments enriched with technology have shifted
from simple computer labs to highly technological environments equipped with computers,
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projection machines, internet connection and communications technology” (Ozerbas & Erdogan,
2016).
students, it doesn’t mean that technology a drawback to the students. Some people oppose using
technology in the classroom, but I think technology can be a good tool if used correctly. Part of
the role of a teacher is to teach students how to work technology/media and how to use it
appropriately. Computer programs made for students can increase learning and provide more
practice opportunities for children to increase their content repetition. I believe that abuse of
technology happens in the classroom when teachers use it to teach the children. In my future
Technology also benefits the students by giving them opportunities to learn a lot about
many different subjects. Carlo Perrotta, author of Do school-level factors influence the
on a study she conducted stating that “the most prevalent benefit identified by teachers related to
digital technology giving access to a wider range of learning content and resources” (Perrotta,
2013). I believe this is a great advantage to using technology in the classroom. My cooperating
teacher assigned a research project to each student and they did their own individual research and
were able to learn a lot about their subject matter assigned to them.
Conclusion
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learn how to incorporate it into their teaching. Technology can be used to make facilitating
lessons easier, but it can also be given to students to use to increase their learning. Overall,
technology in the classroom is highly beneficial to the teacher and the students.
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References
Imagine Learning. (2018). Imagine Learning & Literacy. Retrieved from Imagine Learning:
http://www.imaginelearning.com
Kim, P., Suh, E., & Song, D. (2015). Development of a design-based learning curriculum
Ozerbas, M. A., & Erdogan, B. H. (2016). The Effect of the Digital Classroom on Academic
Society.
Educational Technology.