TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOMIntegration of technology in teaching and learning

What is technology integration?

Technology integration is the use of technology like

etc. for teaching and learning

Why technology integration?

The availability of new technology tools that can help the teacher in making teaching interesting and engaging

The technology skills and knowledge that students gain in the classroom will create the foundation for the skills and knowledge they will need in the future.

The decision of the National Curriculum Framework to use technology to support and extend curricular objectives

How does one integrate ? Make technology available and accessible

Allow technology tools to support the curricular goals, and help the students to effectively reach these goals

Incorporate students’ use of technology into meaningful activities in the lesson plans

Ensure some key components of learning: active engagement, participation in groups, frequent interaction and feedback and connection to real-world experts

What are the benefits of technology

integration?

• A. Can engage and motivate the learner -

Keeps students focused for longer periods of time.

Makes students more excited to learn.

Enables students to learn at their own pace. 

Caters to different learning styles

What are the benefits of technology integration? •B. Can support new approaches to teaching/learning, like:

Encouraging cooperative learning

Developing problem solving and higher level skills

Encouraging self learning

Catering to multiple intelligences

Different learning styles

What are the benefits of technology integration?

Develops new skills, like: Tech tools for visualizing and modelling help

students to experiment,

observe and view experiments in graphic ways

What are the benefits of technology integration? Develops skills required for an information age, like:

Children can express

understanding through

images, sound and text

How does it help the teacher?

Helps in producing interesting, diverse and student friendly material

Makes teaching interesting and fun

Gives access to more information

and ideas

How can teachers learn to integrate? Teachers need to learn :

Different ways of meeting the curriculum goals

The use of technology enabled methods of learning to make it an inherent part of the teaching learning process

To evaluate and integrate the available material into the learning process

Access, create and share knowledge

What are some potential pitfalls if not used well?

• Too much information

• Inability to choose relevant information

• Overemphasis on information rather than investigation

• Passive learning instead of active learning

• Technology becoming a replacement for hands• on experience

• Technology replacing a teacher

Get creative !

Technology is just another tool. Used judiciously and creatively, it can

bring about a change in the teaching learning process.