Technology-Infused Classrooms

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Twenty years ago, most classrooms contained at best one teacher computer and a television. Forty years ago, there might have been a movie projector.  Today, the kinds of technology found in an average classroom are varied and numerous.  There is specialized technology designed to help those with special needs, technology designed to help the teacher present knowledge, technology to help monitor behavior and more.  The level of technology is every growing and changing and will likely only increase in the future.                                    

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As any good teacher can explain, simply having technology is not the same as having a technology infused classroom.  Just as having a classroom library does not make students literate, teachers must use the technology as a regular part of classroom learning.  Technology can add flavor and excitement to a variety of classroom experiences.  It can support and enliven nearly any learning topic while also providing students with the skills they need to be prepared for their futures.  

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In order to infuse technology in my classroom, I started by adding technology to every lesson plan.  This often started by having a Smartboard component to every lesson.  This is a great place to start because teachers already use their dry erase or chalk board, so this is not too much of a stretch.  The Smartboard can be used as a simple writing board, but as a teachers skill level grows, they find that the interactive components will smoothly add to any lesson.  From there, I grew frustrated with only having one student interactive at a time.  That is where the individual student computers come into place.  Using the student computers, 6 students, or 12 working in pairs could interact with the technology at once.  Technology can be used in small groups, by individuals, or whole group.  It can be a main component of any portion of a lesson plan.  The point is that it must be used, and students must be actively engaged in its use

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