1. Welcome to EDU 590
INTRODUCTION
“Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works.”
by Howard Pitler, Elizabeth R. Hubbell, Matt Kuhn and Kim Malenoski
Central Michigan University

2. Introduction – Why Technology?
Technology can increase:
 Student learning
 Student understanding
 Student achievement
 Student motivation
 Student control over own learning
 Development of higher-order thinking skills (Bloom’s
Taxonomy – p. 4)
 Potential of differentiated instruction
 At-risk student achievement
 However….

3. Introduction – Why Technology?
ONLY WHEN LEARNING GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES ARE CLEARLY RELAYED
TO THE STUDENT
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4. Introduction –
9 Instructional Strategies
As identified by McREL research:
www.mcrel.org/instructionmetanalysis (Pitler, p. 8)
1. Identifying similarities and difference
2. Summarizing and note taking
3. Reinforce effort and providing recognition
4. Homework and practice
5. Nonlinguistic representation
6. Cooperative learning
7. Setting objectives and providing feedback
8. Generating and testing hypothesis
9. Cues, questions, and advanced organizers

5. Introduction – 4 Planning Questions
for Instruction
Pitler and co. identify 4 planning questions for
instruction (p. 10 – Figure 5).
1. What will students learn?
2. Which strategies will provide evidence of student
learning?
3. Which strategies will help students acquire and
integrate learning?
4. Which strategies will help students practice,
review and apply learning?

6. Introduction – 7 Categories of
Technology (Pitler, p. 12)
1. Word processing application
2. Spreadsheet software
3. Organizing and brainstorming
4. Multimedia
5. Data collection tools
6. Web resources
7. Communication software

7. Introduction
What instructional strategies work best
with which technology?
• Review Figure 7 on pg. 13.
• You may want to keep a copy of this chart when
you are doing your lesson planning.
•Do you agree completely with the matrix?
•Think about lessons you have created in your
classroom that integrate technology. What
technologies and instructional strategies did you use
– does it fit the matrix?