The document discusses how technology can be integrated into the classroom to engage students and prepare them for the real world. It identifies benefits like active learning, individual growth, and peer collaboration. Suggested technologies include online research, interactive whiteboards, digital presentations, and interactive websites. Specific apps highlighted are Sway for digital storytelling, Popplet for visual mind-mapping, and Thing Link for virtual field trips and lectures.

1. TECH IN THE CLASS
BY: AUSTIN GRAY

2. WHY IS TECH IMPORTANT IN THE CLASS?
• 1. Engages students and creates
active learners.
• 2. Encourages individual learning and
growth.
• 3. Facilitates peer collaboration.
• 4. Prepares students for the real world.
• 5. Creates more engaged and
successful teachers.

3. HOW TO INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY
• Online Research
• Interactive Whiteboards
• Digital Presentations
• Interactive Websites

4. TECHNOLOGY I LIKE
• Sway
• Popplet
• Thing Link

5. SWAY
• Create and share interactive reports,
presentations, personal stories, and
more. Sway is an easy-to-use digital
storytelling app.
• Make a presentation of yourself to
present on first day of class and open-
house before school starts
Who is Mr. Gray
Born and raised in the PNW in your very own
Portland, Oregon!!!
Go to this Sway

6. POPPLET
• In the classroom and at home,
students use Popplet for
learning. Used as a mind-map,
Popplet helps students think and
learn visually. Students can
capture facts, thoughts, and
images and learn to create
relationships between them.

7. THING LINK
• The easiest and most cost-efficient
way to build real-world learning
experiences without logistical hassle.
Suitable for online lectures, technical
and vocational education, workplace
learning, campus tours, and virtual
field trips