This presentation will help you define what educational technology tools you should master to make integrating technology more beneficial for your students. Also, there are tips on lesson planning that integrate technology.

1. Welcome to Basic
Technology Tools to
Master
John Woodring
www.johnwoodring.com

2. Goals
• Identify basic technology tools to use in the
classroom
• Planning technology integration based on
standards and lesson planning schema

3. Think about it!
What are some essential ways you use
technology in your daily life that could be
applicable to students’ learning?

4. • Prepare the 21st Century learner/worker
• Great tools for formative and summative assessments
• Increases rigor in your curriculum (Blackburn, 2013)
• Differentiated instruction
• Asynchronous learning
• Students are more willing to create better looking
products to demonstrate deeper learning (Bebell & Kay,
2010)
Why use technology?
Bebell & Kay (2010)

5. Think about it!
What has worked with education technology in
your school?
What have you learned from the experience?

6. • Read
• Write
• Compute
• Communicate
• Collaborate
• Critical thinking
• Creativity
What do we want
students to do?

7. Gerstein (2014)

8. Think about it
What challenges are you experiencing in
your school with meeting the needs of all
learners?

9. Meeting the needs of all learners
• Literacy Resources
• Web Tools
• Digital Information Resources
• Social Networking Sites
• Learning Management Systems
Grant & Basye (2014, pp. 26-29)

10. Literary Resources
• Ebooks
• Blogs
• Discussion forums
• Text-to-speech tools

11. Web Tools
• Podcasts
• Wikis
• Media editors
• News aggregators

12. Digital Information Resources
• Provides students with immediate answers
• Encyclopedia sites
• Podcasts
• Expert websites
• Blogs
• Media sites

13. Social Networking Sites
• Edmodo
• Schoology
• Edsby

14. Learning Management Systems
(LMS)
• One website that provides:
• Wikis and collaborative documents
• Links to video and other online resources
• Self and peer assessments
• Productivity apps such as calendars and to-do
lists
• Online discussion forums
• Due dates and assignment instructions
• A showcase where students can share products

15. LMS Examples
• Edmodo
• Schoology
• Edsby
• Moodle
• Blackboard

16. Dickerson (2011)

17. Lesson Planning

18. No amount of
technology will save a
bad lesson plan!

19. Lesson Planning Apps
• My Lesson Plan (iOS)
• Common Core Lesson Planner (Android)
• Common Curriculum (Chrome & Web)

20. GANAG
• G: Set the learning goal/objectives
• A:Access prior knowledge
• N:Acquire new information
• A:Apply thinking skills or real-world
situation
• G: Generalize or summarize back to the
goal/objective

21. Goal Setting
• Figure out the basic things you want
students to do
• From here you should be able plan the
lesson assessments and materials.

22. CCSS RH.6-8.8
• Distinguish among fact, opinion, and
reasoned judgement in a text.
• What do we want students to do?
• How do we want them to demonstrate
this?

23. Access prior knowledge
• Do the students know the technology tools
you want them to use?

24. Acquire New Information
• Teach the students how to use the
technology tool the way you want to use it
• Teach it yourself if you can
• Call for aTechnology Coach or Specialist
to help you.
• Give examples of what you want
• Provide rubrics
• Scaffold

25. Apply the Knowledge
• Allow the students to use the tools to
complete the assignment
• All students do not have to apply the
knowledge the same way
• Provide both content and technical
feedback

26. CCSS RH.6-8.8
• Distinguish among fact, opinion, and
reasoned judgement in a text.
• What do we want students to do?
• How do we want them to demonstrate
this?

27. Generalize or Summarize
• Ask students how they created their
project
• Especially if it was something unique

28. What do
• you know?
• you still want to know?

29. References
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Beaufort County School District Summer Institute, Beaufort, SC.
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