Tips for Successfully Integrating Technology

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Tips for Successfully Integrating Technology

• Love kids and education 1st technology 2nd
• Classroom climate should be challenging but not
  threatening to students
• Center approach to teaching (students are
  explorers)
• Heterogeneous grouping
• Appointing a student moderator for each group
• Good discipline and classroom management
• Know your software
• Be a facilitator not lecturer
• Collaborate with other teachers

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How to Set Up Computers in Your Classroom?

• Presentation station-Teach a lesson, lead a class
  discussion, let students take center stage, class
  research to build background knowledge
• Learning station-Students work on programs and
  projects individually or in small groups,
  research topics
• A classroom computer can be a motivating and
  powerful tool. It can increase self-concept
  through participation in exciting projects!

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Two students working very hard at their project!
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Natalie Broussard

• The flag stands for people who fought
  in the war. The flag doesnt stand far ar. The
  flag stands for 50 states. Why in the world do so
  many hate? The flag is like the U.S.A.
  I think we all should pledge
  to pray.

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Kids Using the Digital Camera
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Pac Man Frog

• The Pac Man frogs common name is called a
  horned frog. Its families name is a
  Leptodactylide. The frogs are called mouths with
  legs because the mouth appears to be the entire
  front half of the body. Our pac man frog has will
  eat mice one day but now he eats crickets. Taylor
  Touchet

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Our Rabbit Luly

• When you get a rabbit it can easily learn how to
  use a litter box. If you want to play with your
  rabbit you will have to be gentle. If you want an
  adult rabbit add a little hay. You want a card
  board box to let it hide. You still have to clean
  its do. Rabbits are wonderful pets.
• Jordan Lange

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Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches Kaitlin L.

• Males and females are 3 to 4 inches in length.
  Females have 20 to 40 babies per month, that the
  adults do NOT eat. The babies will be adult size
  in 2 to 3 months. A cockroach is so smooth and so
  soft, it is easy to chew for other reptiles. Our
  roach is fun!

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Last Day of School Writing
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Rewards of Technology

• Projects done by the students create ownership
  and reinforces learning
• Students are motivated
• Increases self-concept of students
• Projects require higher level thinking
• Real-world application that supports research,
  design, analysis, composition, and communication
• Has power to help students obtain, organize,
  manipulate, and display information

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Alexs Amazing Trip To Saturn

• Dear Mrs. Turner,
  I have been looking for facts about
  Saturn. I have found lots of interesting
  facts such as Saturn was named after the
  Roman god of agriculture, Saturn is the
  sixth planet from the sun, Saturn is the
  second largest planet in our solar System,
  Saturn has thousands of rings, and Saturn
  has over twenty moons ! I have written
  lots of information about Saturn. Saturn is
  my brothers favorite planet. I think
  Saturn is interesting because of its
  rings. I know lots of things about Saturn,
  but there is a lot more to go !

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Technology Binders to Highlight their Work!
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How much time is needed?

• Technology integration takes longer to implement
  with students
• Requires more advance planning and preparation on
  the teachers part
• Once the planning is done and the students begin
  to work the teacher becomes facilitator
• Recess time used for kids to catch up with their
  work

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Student File Saving

• One of the greatest challenges to technology
  integration is file saving
• Without clear guidelines from the teacher that
  become habits, students may
• Not name files they save
• Not save files in the right place
• Not save files at all
• Start project over because theyve lost it

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Saving Files to the Network

• Teach students to do two things
• Name the file
• Where to save the file
• The greatest advantage to saving the file on the
  network is that it can be accessed from other
  computers on the network!

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Create a Website Folder

• Quickest way to encourage students to waste time
  on a computer is to give them a URL (internet
  address) to type by hand.
• Instead create a shared folder on the network
  with the sites for a lesson bookmarked.
• Download a shortcut on all other computers

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What should drive the activities?

• Strong curricular content should drive the design
  of technology-supported activities.
• Keep the focus on educational needs and
  instructional goals.
• Research has shown that technology and
  heterogeneous grouping will help at-risk student
  to develop higher order skills and to function in
  the world beyond the classroom
• Authentic tasks should have real-world
  application. Higher HOTS are important components
  of these tasks.

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Assessment of Student Work

• Develop procedures, checklists and rubrics to
  help monitor and document each students
  progress. Let the children know ahead what is
  expected of them.
• Assign points to each stations assignment.
  Students are accountable for the work done. There
  is no time for wasting valuable minutes.

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Research on Cooperative Learning

• Research strongly supports the advantages of
  cooperative learning over competition and
  individualized learning.
• Leads to higher group and individual achievement
• Higher quality reasoning strategies
• More frequent transfer of these strategies to the
  members
• More new ideas and solutions to problems
• Students more intrinsically motivated,
  intellectually curious, caring of others, and
  psychologically healthy.

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Technology Incorporation into Reading

• Story Wild Shots
• To build background I used the laptop/projector
  to do a web, and dev vocabulary
• Tues.-Fri. stations were set up
• Station 1 Tech. research classroom pets and
  animals of the Galapagos Islands
• Station2Research pets using the printed
  information
• Station3Observe pets
• Station4Guided reading Hunting with My Camera

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• Next story Little Grunt
• Researched on laptop/projector about dinosaurs,
  caves, volcanoes, author, fossils, did a web in
  Kidspiration Why Kids Want a Pet
• Station1 Tech. Pet Research Powerpoint
• Station 2 Rock Painting
• Station3 Research dinosaurs/volcanoes (rubric
  for packet)
• Station 4 Guided reading Pets Need People

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Science Stations the Same Week

• Mon. discussed ecosystems and the stations
• Station 1 Technology Research different
  ecosystems that are bookmarked, note cards
• Station 2 Complete ecosystem booklet using the
  text to research
• Station 3 Group guided non-fiction bk. 3 index
  cards
• Station 4 Guided reading with teacher
• All of the research will used to make an
  ecosystem at home.A rubric and checklist is
  provided. (due in 3 weeks)

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A FieldTrip to St. Martinville 2003

• Come on a trip with us to view Cajun life of long
  ago.
• Memories were made on this day of May 22, 2003!

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Were ready for an educational day out of the
classroom and away from Dozier! Ready, set, go!
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Our first stop was at this beautiful church which
is over 100 years old. Come with us to view some
of the grounds.
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E-mail Mitzi Turner
mturner_at_vrml.k12.la.usDozier Elem. Vermilion
Parish

• Become comfortable learning about
  technology along with the students, and
  repeatedly model higher order thinking skills so
  that students can see positive ways to approach
  new learning challenges. Good luck incorporating
  technology into your curriculum! God Bless!

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Take Chances, Make Mistakes, Be a Risk
Taker!Incorporate TechnologyExpect students
to take ownership of their work!