Technology Integration

1. engagement

1.1. tools should focus students' attention on the learning goals and the task rather than be distracting

1.2. students should engage in active learning

1.3. instructional strategies include monitoring, think-alouds, modeling, etc.

2. instructional strategies

2.1. must understand pedagogical principles that are specific to the use of technology in an instructional setting

2.2. effective technology integration is dependent on the content specific learning goals and pedagogical strategies used in conjunction with technology to meet those learning goals.

3. application of use

3.1. used for creating and exploring

3.2. teachers should use tools that help students elicit higher cognitive thinking

3.3. skills include inquiry, hypothesis, analysis, and reflective thinking practices.

4. authenticity and prior knowledge

4.1. learning should be situated in real contexts.

4.2. creates deep learning which can lead to long term retention

5. co-use

5.1. person to person social use of a digital tool: when a child works with a parent, teacher, or digital device.

5.2. teacher and student working together to navigate a reading software

5.3. students collaborating using GoogleDocs

5.4. navigating content within the software can lead to higher order questions such as predicting, inquiry, etc.

6. access

6.1. giving students access to a device will hopefully motivate them to learn more.

6.2. one to one devices are not always beneficial but schools that employ them have more success focusing on creating content and learning material around technology tools .