My name is Katrina Shirley and I am an instructional technology student at the University of West Georgia. My goal for this blog is to provide ideas of how to incorporate technology into a lesson to actively engage students, add value to the lesson, and support the standards addressed in the lesson. Hopefully, the articles, posts, and comments throughout this blog will help you learn how technology can work for you as a teacher, not how you have to work for technology!
I believe that effective technology integration is the incorporation of electronic tools to enhance teaching and learning in the classroom. It begins with the school system having the technology available and accessible for use. The teachers should have the skills necessary (through trainings and in-services) to use the technology in their classrooms as a routine, habitual way to support student learning. The main focus is student learning. If the technology is not providing an opportunity to increase student learning and add value to a lesson, then it is useless! The process of using technology integration is one of constant reflection, adaptation, and continuous improvement centered around student learning!
References
Egbert, Joy. (2009). Supporting Learning with Technology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Katrina -- Looks like you have a good beginning of a blog here. I like the books as background. Also, good image of children on laptops to include in your blog. * Dr. B
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