TECH EDUCATION

14 Ways On How to Integrate Technology In Classroom

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Technology-based teaching methods can effectively engage students and build their skills in a classroom environment but the only problem is that teachers encounter difficulties when it comes to implementing technology into classrooms. However, finding the best technological tools that both the teachers and students can use will help to improve the entire teaching-learning experience. So, below are some of the best ways to integrate technology into a classroom without experiencing a lot of difficulties.

 

List of technologies that can be integrated into classrooms:

  1. Tryout a PowerPoint Review: Today, many tech-teachers have used Microsoft PowerPoint to create reviews on different topics and these templates are actually available online for teachers to download and use in classrooms. However, teachers can also teach their students on how to use Microsoft PowerPoint to create presentations which can be used in classrooms hence improving on the entire learning process.

 

  1. Use videos for mini-lessons: teachers can also consider using videos for short-lessons in order to give hint on different topics or even run stand-alone videos for some topics. Additionally, there are many websites that host teacher-made video content like TeacherTube which is an education-based version of YouTube that covers core school subjects. All in all, adding multimedia elements to your lessons helps to improve on the retention-rates of visual learners.

 

  1. Tryout a Webquest: A Webquest helps to guide students when searching the internet for specific information. For example, students can be asked by the teacher to search the internet on a particular topic and then collect and use that information during classroom discussions or presentations. In fact, there many Webquest-platforms out there and they are actually a great way for teachers to start integrating internet searches into their curriculum.

 

  1. Co-ordinate live videos: Today, video-conferencing technology allows teachers to deliver lessons in real-time. These lessons can be received from another school or seasoned expert that teachers and students can reach out to hence exposing your students to new ideas. For example, Skype is a great video-conferencing network that even features a list of guest speakers who can voluntarily speak about their topics of expertise. Additionally, you can even add a person as a contact on Skype or Google Hangouts in order to receive lessons in real-time. However, as teacher you will need to ask students to prepare questions before they start participating in video-conferencing lecture.

 

  1. Play Podcasts in the classroom: playing relevant podcasts in the classroom will help to supplement your lessons, engage audio-learners and even as a learning station. in fact, students can receive lectures from experts through podcasts or teachers can design a project that allows students to create and play their podcasts during presentations in the classroom.

 

  1. Add Multimedia objects to presentations: A slideshow that is entirely made-up of text can be boring for students but sideshows with multimedia-elements help to make students more attentive hence improving on the learning process. So, consider adding multimedia elements like; images, graphs, podcast-clips, sound-effects and short-videos into your presentation in order to make student learning more interesting.

 

  1. Create a class webpage: This webpage can be anything from a basic site where students can post announcements or a more advanced website that includes class photos and activities. For example, Webs.com offers learners with free and premium website services so that teachers can easily integrate technology into their classrooms.

 

  1. Use Smartphones and tablets in the classroom: There are several adaptive learning programs that students can access through tablets and Smartphones when in the classroom. For example, there are multiple mobile-apps that students can download onto their mobile-devices for convenient learning. Additionally, teachers can also create virtual classrooms in order to deliver assignments or run reports on their mobile-devices.

 

  1. Preview Field-Trips Virtually: Teachers and students can also consider using Google Earth to explore locations before actually visiting them. For example, if you class wants to go to the zoo then you can use Google Earth to find locations and travel through it virtually using a street-view feature which can be an interesting lesson for students. Additionally, you can even go to websites of popular field-trip destinations in order to view images and videos of what is in that place. To achieve this, you will just have to connect a projector or large screen to your computer so that the students can enjoy the preview.

 

  1. Use an online grading-system: There are many Apps and software’s that help teachers track grades, attendance and compile reports for their students. For example, MyGradebook.com provides teachers with an opportunity to track grades, record-attendance and even compile reports for their students online.

 

  1. Use E-mails: Today, there are various e-mail platforms but the most popular ones are Gmail and Yahoo-mail. So, teachers can easily email students and parents to allow them view updated grades or student-grades and even students exchange emails with other students in different schools especially when studying the same material. Additionally, teachers can also accept emails from students on a particular topic and this helps to improve on the entire learning process.

 

  1. Create and share an online class-calendar: in-order to keep students informed about class-schedule, create and share a class-calendar that details lessons and highlights important dates. For example, Google-Calendar will help you create great class-calendars but you should remember to email the calendar’s hyperlink to every student or their parents.

 

  1. Run Learning Stations: This will involve placing a smart-device like a tablet at each station in order to provide podcasts, videos, slideshows and pictures to student’s in-order to help them solve different challenges so as to improve their understanding over different topics. In fact, learning-stations will help to deliver a wide-range of content and even provide students with different ways of processing information in a classroom environment.

 

  1. Setup student blogs: Blogging is a great technology for students’ in terms of improving on their computer skills like writing and online-discussions. In fact, there are many free blogging-platforms like WordPress that can be used to host every student’s blog. So, as a teacher you should try to help your students create blogs with poems, short-essays, historical-information and a lot more while in a classroom environment.

 

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