Applying technology successfully in the classroom

1. Applying Technology
Successfully in the Classroom
Created By: James Schoppe

2. The Issues/Problems
• Teachers have a lack of computer skills or
technical knowledge.
• Campus or district professional
developments emphasizes only on how to
use technology.
• Professional developments often fail to
train teachers how to create lessons that
incorporates technology.

3. Research
• “Technology use allows many more students
to be actively thinking about information,
making choices, and executing skills than is
typical in teacher-led lessons. Moreover,
when technology is used as a tool to support
students in performing authentic tasks, the
students are in the position of defining their
goals, making design decisions, and
evaluating their progress.”
(Singh, 2000)

4. Examples of Successful use of
Technology

5. Why use Technology?
• The “use of technology is more effective
as a learning tool when embedded in a
broader education reform movement that
includes improvements in teacher training,
curriculum, student assessment, and a
school's capacity for change.”
(Honey, 2005)

6. Why use Technology?
• Lessons that incorporate computers that
enhance student learning must include:
– Active engagement
– Participation in groups
– Frequent interaction
– Feedback
– Connections to real-world contexts
(Honey, 2005)

7. Attitude
• Teacher’s attitude towards technology effects the
usage, application, and the level of engaged
learning significantly.
• When teachers have a positive attitude about
using technology, they often excite students’
interest in technology.
• Increased student interest becomes higher
creativity and active learning environment.
(Valenzuela, 2004)

8. Results
• From an El Paso Texas middle school:
– Computer-trained teachers had students
score higher in math than students who had
teachers with out proper computer training.
– Technology is a tool, without proper training
the “tool” becomes only a novelty.
– Proper training allows for the teachers to use
computers as a “tool” to greatly aid students
in the learning process.
(Valenzuela, 2004)

9. Results
• Research exposes while it is crucial for teachers
to be trained on effective ways to use
technology, teachers and schools also must
change their attitudes on the changing world that
they live in in order to educate students at their
utmost potential.

10. References
Honey, M. (2005). Critical Issue: Using Technology to Improve
Student Achievement. Critical Issue: Using Technology to
Improve Student Achievement. Retrieved June 7, 2014, from
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te
800.htm
Singh, R., & Means, B. (2000). Effects of Technology on
Classrooms and Students. Archived: Effects of Technology on
Classrooms and Students. Retrieved June 7, 2014, from
http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/EdReformStudies/EdTech/effectsst
udents.html
Valenzuela, S. (2014, January 1). Technology's Effect on
Education . Technology's Effect on Education. Retrieved June
7, 2014, from http://www.dominicanu.com/masters-in-
education-resources/technology-effect-on-education/