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Email Article To From Note Privacy & Terms How to Help Teachers Use Technology in the Classroom The 5J Approach By Mary Burns / September 2010 Print Email Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on more var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; Comments (2) Instapaper (function() { var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0], rdb = document.createElement('script'); rdb.type = 'text/javascript'; rdb.async = true; rdb.src = document.location.protocol + '//www.readability.com/embed.js'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(rdb, s); })(); Recent reports (from The Chronicle of Higher Education and Walden University [PDF], for example) point to teachers' continuing difficulties integrating technology into classroom learning. Despite access to technology and despite the fact that novice teachers are entering the classroom with far more advanced technology skills than their counterparts of an earlier age, only 39 percent of teachers report "moderate" or "frequent" use of technology as an instructional tool (Grunwald Associates, 2010).

ntegrating technology into a high school classroom isn't a one-step process. "You can't just slap a netbook [computer] on top of a textbook and say, 'Great, now we have technology,"

digital learning starts with teachers,

performance is enhanced by technology

he first annual Digital Learning Day falls on February 1 and will celebrate innovative K-12 instructors who successfully bring technology into the classroom by assigning online course content,

When a school says, 'OK, we want to use technology better,' you have to develop your goals and what learning outcomes you're trying to reach,"

As technology evolves, so must the teachers. "For the last 100 years, teachers have essentially been the sage on the stage," Wise says. "They're the only access point of knowledge."

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3. Become an educational designer: As technology evolves, so must the teachers. "For the last 100 years, teachers have essentially been the sage on the stage," Wise says. "They're the only access point of knowledge."But now, Wise says, teachers are more like designers, who get to choose and develop what kinds of content their students access and which technologies they use. Wise says that with new content technologies, too, teachers can quickly see assessment results of their students."They have tools so that instead of seeing 25 students sitting in front of them looking the same," Wise says, "they now know that this student needs this particular assistance, and this student needs that something else."

Quick, easy Polling Applications

are two of many applications that make it quick and easy to create simple polls that can let you gather feedback from students – determine if they are struggling with a topic, if they know the correct answers to questions you ask, and so on. They can often participate in these polls using a smartphone.

You can also gather feedback by creating a “back channel” using Twitter.

2. Gamify It

Leveraging gaming mechanics can make learning more fun is probably easier than you think. For example, any time you bring competition or levels of achievement to a classroom exercise, you’re gamifying your classroom.

Here’s a variety of resources and ideas for using gaming in the classroom:

3. Let Students Create

4. Get Interactive

Here’s a few tools and ideas to consider.

Online Interactive White Boards

Bounceapp

Interactive apps that work with Smartphones

5. Have Students Collaborate

Here are a number of tools and techniques for classroom collaborations.

6. Project Based Learning

7. Simulations

Economics

Marketing

Medical:

Business

8. Bring in a Guest or Two

With the power of video conferencing apps like Skype, Google Hangout, Facetime, and others, our ability to connect with people all across the world has never been better or less costly. Teachers have been using Skype and similar tools to being guest lecturers, experts, students, and others into the classroom for years

Get rid of the overhead projector and start using presentation

"Microsoft Power Point"

"Corel Presentation

Tools to Assist in Communication