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Integrating Educational
Technology into Teaching (7e)
M. D. Roblyer
Chapter 4
Technology
Tools for 21st
Century
Teaching:
The Basic Suite
Developed by:
M. D. Roblyer and
Paige R. Wiencke

Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching
(7e) by M. D. Roblyer
Copyright © 2016, 2013, 2010 by Pearson Education, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Chapter 4:
Main Concepts
 Background on software tools
in the “basic suite”
 Word processing
 Spreadsheets
 Presentations

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Benefits of all tools:
 Improved productivity
 Improved appearance
 Improved accuracy
 More support for interaction
and collaboration
Introduction to the Basic Suite:
Why use software tools?

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Phase 1: Analysis of needs
Phase 2: Planning for integration
Phase 3: Post-instruction revisions
Technology Integration In Action:
Can You Afford Your Dream Car?

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Overview of uses
Tool Name Functions Products
Word processing Creates documents
consisting of pages with
text and graphics
Student compositions,
poetry, and reports;
flyers; simple
newsletters; letters
Spreadsheet Puts numerical
information in row/
column format; allows fast
calculations,
recalculations
Budgets, checkbooks,
gradebooks, illustrations
of mathematics concepts
Presentation Displays text and
graphics in slide shows
Teacher demos, support
for lectures, student
projects, book reports,
practice items

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 Web-based collaboration tools
 Open-source software
 Mobile apps
 Web-enabled features
 Better file-exchange
compatibility
 Software suites and integrated
packages
Recent developments

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Word Processing Impact in Education
Why teachers use it
 Saves time
 Enhances
document
appearance
 Allows
sharing of
documents
 Allows
collaboration

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Research findings

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 When to introduce word
processing?
 Need to teach keyboarding skills?
 Effects of word processing on
handwriting?
 Impact on assessment?
 Inadvertent errors introduced in
text?
Issues

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 Supporting the learning of
writing processes
 Using a dynamic group product
approach
 Assigning individual language,
writing, and reading exercises
 Encouraging writing through the
curriculum
Word Processing in the Classroom:
Productivity and teaching strategies

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1. Prepare for teaching
2. Demonstrate the basics
3. Assign individual practice
4. Demonstrate formatting features
5. Assign more individual practice
6. Demonstrate procedures with
new files
7. Assign more individual practice
Word Processing in the Classroom:
Teaching word-processing skills

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 Save time
 Organize displays of information
 Support asking “what if”
questions
 Increase motivation to work
with mathematics
Spreadsheet Impact in Education:
Why teachers use them

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Research shows:
 Spreadsheets
can clarify
abstract
concepts
 Uses in many
content areas
Issues:
 Students who
fear
mathematics
also fear
spreadsheets
 Need more time
to get students
used to them
Spreadsheet Impact in Education:
Research findings and issues

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 Productivity
uses:
 Gradebooks
 Budgets
 Performance
checklists
Teaching uses:
 Visual demos
 Student products
 Support for
problem solving
 Storing and
analyzing data
 Projecting grades
Spreadsheets in the Classroom:
Productivity/teaching strategies

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 Prepare for teaching
 Demonstrate the basics
 Assign individual practice
 Demonstrate formulas and
formatting features
 Assign more individual practice
Spreadsheets in the Classroom:
Teaching spreadsheet skills

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Presentation Software Impact in
Education: Research findings
Research shows:
 No consistent
impact on
educational
outcomes
 Impact depends
on use
 Tend to focus
attention on
teacher
Issues:
 Impact on
shaping
information
 Impact on
teaching
style

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 Use large enough type
 Contrast text and background
 Minimize text per frame
 Keep frames simple
 Avoid too many “fancy fonts”
 Avoid gratuitous graphics/sounds
 Present in a dark room
 Do not read slides aloud
Presentation Software:
Rules to maximize impact

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Different criteria depending on use:
Presentation Software
Rules to maximize impact (cont.)
Individual:
 May use
smaller type
 More text
per frame
okay
Projected:
 Use larger
type
 Minimize text
per frame

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 Presentation of information
summaries
 Demos of materials to discuss
 Presentation of illustrative
problems/solutions
 Practice screens
 Assessment screens
 Brief tutorials
Presentation Software in the
Classroom: Integration Strategies

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1. Prepare for teaching
2. Demonstrate the basics
with sample presentation
3. Assign individual practice
4. Demonstrate advanced
features
5. Assign more individual
practice
Presentation Software: Teaching
presentation skills

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