This document discusses technology integration in the classroom. It defines technology integration as using tools like computers for teaching and learning. Technology integration is important because it engages students, supports different learning styles, and teaches skills needed for the future. The document provides tips for integrating technology, such as making it accessible and using it to support curriculum goals. Benefits include motivating and engaging students, supporting new teaching approaches, and developing important skills. Potential pitfalls if not used properly include too much passive learning instead of active learning.

1. TECHNOLOGY IN THE
CLASSROOM
Integration of technology in teaching
and learning

2. What is technology integration?
Technology integration is the use of technology like
etc. for teaching and learning

3. Why technology integration?
The availability of new
technology tools that
can help the teacher in
making teaching
interesting and
engaging
The technology skills and knowledge that
students gain in the classroom will create the
foundation for the skills and knowledge they
will need in the future.
The decision of the National
Curriculum Framework to use
technology to support and extend
curricular objectives

4. How does one integrate ?
Make technology available and accessible
Allow technology tools to support the curricular goals, and help the
students to effectively reach these goals
Incorporate students’ use of technology into meaningful activities in
the lesson plans
Ensure some key components of learning: active
engagement, participation in groups, frequent
interaction and feedback and connection
to real-world experts

5. What are the benefits of technology
integration?
• A. Can engage and motivate the learner -
Keeps students focused for longer
periods of time.
Makes students more excited to learn.
Enables students to learn at their own pace.
Caters to different learning styles

6. What are the benefits of technology
integration?
•B. Can support new approaches to teaching/learning, like:
Encouraging cooperative learning
Developing problem solving and higher level skills
Encouraging self learning
Catering to multiple intelligences
Different learning styles

7. What are the benefits of technology
integration?
Develops new skills, like:
Tech tools for
visualizing and
modelling help
students to
experiment, observe
and view
experiments in
graphic ways

8. What are the benefits of technology
integration?
Develops skills required for an information age, like:
Children can
express
understanding
through images,
sound and text

9. How does it help the teacher?
Helps in producing
interesting, diverse and
student friendly material
Makes
teaching
interesting
and fun
Gives access to more
information and ideas

10. How can teachers learn to
integrate?
Teachers need to learn :
Different ways of meeting the curriculum goals
The use of technology enabled methods of learning to make it an
inherent part of the teaching learning process
To evaluate and integrate the available material into the learning
process
Access, create and share knowledge

11. What are some potential pitfalls if not used
well?
• Too much information
• Inability to choose relevant information
• Overemphasis on information rather than investigation
• Passive learning instead of active learning
• Technology becoming a replacement for hands
• on experience
• Technology replacing a teacher

12. Get creative !
Technology is just another tool. Used judiciously and creatively, it can
bring about a change in the teaching learning process.