2. To
add
technology
into
our
classrooms
we
will
need
to
change
the
culture
of
our
teaching
and
learning

3. Technology
can:
1. Keep
students
focused
for
longer
periods
of
:me
2. Make
students
more
excited
to
learn
3. Allow
students
to
learn
at
their
own
pace
4. Prepare
students
for
the
future,
our
technological
world

5. Most
kids
now
rely
on
the
internet
to
finish
homework,
the
informa:on
they
receive
in
class
is
just
minimal
to
what
the
internet
can
offer

6. New
way
of
taking
notes,
or
recording
lectures

7. The
benefits
of
technology
have
already
outweighed
the
textbook
style
of
learning

8. Classrooms
without
technology
are
just
not
s:mula:ng
enough
anymore
for
kids

9. Many
kinds
of
devices
are
now
at
our
disposal
all
varying
in
price
making
them
affordable
for
families

10. Learning
is
not
set
in
stone,
it
is
constantly
changing.
Through
technology
we
can
integrate
the
social
worlds
in
our
teaching.

11. Benefits
of
apps
as
educa:onal
tools:
1. Apps
are
interac:ve
2. Ability
to
track
progress
online
3. Portability
(school
and
home)
4. It
is
a
FUN
learning
tool

12. By
incorpora:ng
technology
in
our
educa:on
systems
we
will
be
able
to
fill
the
gap
between
IEP
students
who
already
use
technology
as
aids,
and
our
main
stream
students

13. 40%
of
families
now
own
tablets,
7%
of
children
have
their
own
tablets

14. “We
need
technology
in
every
classroom
and
in
every
student
and
teacher’s
hand,
because
it
is
the
pen
and
paper
of
our
:me,
and
it
is
the
lens
through
which
we
experience
much
of
our
world.”
–David
Warlick

15. Technology
allows
us
to
have
two
paths
to
choose
from
on
our
educa:onal
journey

16. People
are
not
becoming
more
tech
savvy,
instead
technology
is
becoming
easier
to
use,
or
in
other
words
KID
FRIENDLY

17. “Teaching
in
the
internet
age
means
we
must
teach
tomorrow’s
skills
today”
–
Jennifer
Fleming

18. With
the
use
of
technology
in
our
educa:on
we
can
create
mind
maps
that
help
store
every
li]le
idea
we
have
running
through
our
brains.
This
spikes
students
crea4vity.

19. School
simply
cannot
func:on
this
way
anymore,
the
world
has
changed,
we
have
become
dependent
on
our
technology

20. “We
live
today
not
in
the
digital,
not
in
the
physical,
but
in
the
kind
of
minestrone
that
our
mind
makes
of
the
two.”
–Paola
Antonelli

21. “Is
evolving
due
to
the
impact
of
the
internet.
We
cannot
teach
our
students
in
the
same
manner
in
which
we
were
taught.
Change
is
necessary
to
engage
students
not
in
the
curriculum
we
are
responsible
for
teaching,
but
in
school.
Period.”
–April
Chamberlain

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