2. With Technology Without Technology
Students feel Students feel
connected to the disconnected and
outside world. isolated from the
Teacher and students outside world.
may access high- Research and
quality information information
quickly. gathering is less
Less downtime readily accessible.
means more time for More
teaching and downtime, means
learning. more potential for
problems.
4. 1.Focus student attention with a
PowerPoint or SmartBoard. Be sure all
students can see the board
2.Direct instruction with a projector will
appeal to visual learners and allow all
students ready access to notes.
5. 3. Monitoring with a lab set-up, in which each
student has a computer, allows the teacher much
greater detail in seeing the student’s work.
Handwriting concerns are moot, so that teachers
may focus on the content of the writing and not
its presentation.
4. Modeling is as easy as an over-head projector.
6. 5. Non-verbal cues help children to focus. This
is as easy as clicking the SMARTBoard on.
6. Your environment can change as often as
you wish when you are able to take students
on visual tours of art galleries and
cities, broadcast political speeches and add
levity with sit-com clips that segue into the
lesson.
7. 7. Low-Profile Intervention is somewhat more
possible when students are focused on the
projected image or computer screen and do not
notice a word that a teacher will give to a
student who is off-task.
8. Explain expectations with I-messages, such
as “When you … I must… Which makes me
feel….”
8. 9. Assertive discipline is to the point: No
student will prevent all students from learning.
10. Use I-messages to describe requested
behavior clearly: “I want you to…I need you to
… I expect you to….”
11. Use positive language instead of negative
language:”Work quietly” instead of “Stop
talking.”
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