Technology+Integration

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The video which I chose to watch was primarily about how teachers could integrate technology into their daily schedules that would better their students. A big thing that I liked most about the video was the fact that it showed how integrated technology can help out the teachers become better teachers, which in term becomes beneficial for the students. Bringing in specialist in different areas is such an amazing idea, and what they can offer to others in invaluable to both the teachers and the students. I always thought that to integrate technology would be done by telling the students how they can, but if given the resources, not only could you tell them, they can learn to do it themselves. I wasn't aware of all the different types of technology you can integrate into you classroom planning, lesson planning, and how much information you can share with one another, this video opened my eyes to all the possibilities as to how much you can do with integrated technology.

As a future teacher, I want to make sure that I can foster a learning environment that will enable my students to apply knowledge with the tools that they already have that will help aid in their learning process. Integrated technology doesn't put limits on the amount of information and resources student could have access to. Technology is growing everyday so as teachers we want to be able to expose our students to all that is available to them, they more they can use it/understand it, the more comfortable they will become and the more frequently they will use it. In my classroom, I will use integrated technology in my lesson plans, trying to find more projects/activities/lessons that will require the students to use more than just the information that is given to them in their textbook. Depending upon the grade level, the students will also have to demonstrate their knowledge of integrated technology. I will also share my knowledge, lesson plans that have worked, things I have found through the internet with my fellow teachers therefore they can use it/apply it in their classroom and pass it along to whomever else can benefit from it.