What is Technology Integration?
Technology integration in K-12 education requires students to actively use technology, not just view technology-based content created by their teachers. The goal of technology integration is for teachers to apply the use of technology in a seamless manner so that it supports and extends curriculum objectives and engages students in meaningful learning. Teachers should strive to make technology a part of everyday life in the classroom, while using it to enrich learning activities. They should not use technology just to use it. They should find ways to use it so that it enhances instruction and improves student learning. The focus of technology integration activities should not be on the technology that is used, but on the student activities that are conducted using technology. Technology integration does not happen by accident. Teachers must learn how to incorporate student use of technology into meaningful activities in their lesson plans. There is a learning curve to becoming proficient in technology integration, but once the skills are learned and activities are identified and located or developed, teachers find that technology can actually reduce preparation time.
Why is Technology Integration Needed? Education leaders have recognized the importance of students learning how to use technology and have enacted new technology standards that require teachers to integrate the use of technology into the curriculum for every subject. They have seen the great need for K-12students to learn to use technology as a part of their daily lives in order to prepare themselves for a future filled with technology. Almost all workers in business, industry, government, and education are now required to use technology. The technology skills and knowledge that students gain in the classroom will create a foundation for the technology skills and knowledge they will need in the future. There are many reasons technology integration is needed in education. Robyler (2003) compiled a list of reasons why technology should be used based on current research. Elements of a Rationale for Using Technology in Education
1. Technology provides motivation for students by:
• Gaining learner attention
• Engaging the learner through production work
• Increasing perceptions of control
2. Technology offers unique instructional capabilities, such as:
• Linking learners to information and educational resources
• Helping learners visualize problems and solutions
• Tracking learner progress
• Linking learners to learning tools
3. Technology gives support for new instructional approaches, such as:
• Cooperative learning
• Shared intelligence
• Problem solving and higher level skills
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ReplyDeleteLearning objective on the course outline for the course methodology and integration was to create a concepts map illustrating use of Integration of technology as it relate to the learning theories, teacher role ,student role ,methods of instruction. Then the following week were in presenting different learning theory. My group presented Constructionism. It is always interesting to learn about these theories because they explained everything as it relate to education. From first year I did several courses such as the learner we teach, three language course, Approach to counseling and classroom management etc. Each group research their theories and presented in PowerPoint format with a table showing the five major sections that was mention above. One of the technical issues that each group had was to fully explain their theories for instance Constructionism and Constructivism. The presentation learning process of Discussion. At the end our Lecturer goes over the whole presentation to clear up all uncertainty. The message was well presented. Since I started attend ICT Class I have accept best practice in doing all my assignment. I am now an owner of a laptop a. To design the concept map was new to me. It was the first time I was learning the skill. I remember when I was learning computer literacy at 2a camp Road, Kingston 5 and later Microsoft application basic at Heart Trust /NTA at Garmex was my Building blocks to really make it easy for me to be creative. The next learning activity was to create a Blog address. Creating a blog is the same as creating an account for email account example yahoo, Gmail etc. But to create a blog. Just log on to blog address on the site/Url which is blog at www.Blogger.com. The first thing was to have an existing email address then it was easy. It was like setting up an email address. My blog was Rickydashy.Blogspot.com. This tool was a new way of communicating for me and the children who is the recipients.
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