Strategies for Integrating Instructional Technology & ISTE Standards in the Class - 2

HOW to Integrate Technology in your classroom

https://www.edutopia.org/technology-integration-guide-implementation

If your class has an interactive whiteboard and projector:

§Try interactive websites such as BrainPOP.

§Dig in to Scholastic's whiteboard activities page.

§Show online videos related to the lessons.

§Explore virtual math manipulatives.

§Check out the native software that came with the board.

§Use the videoconferencing tool Skype to connect beyond the classroom.

If there is only one computer in your room:

§All of the above, plus…

§Assign one student to be the class scribe and take notes.

§Start a collaborative class blog.

§Check out the Skype an Author Network website.

§Try Voicethread, a collaborative multimedia conversation tool.

§Let students access review or intervention materials on a rotating schedule.

§Curate resources for students via a Livebinder.

§Build a Google Site to house class content.

§Encourage skills practice, research, or the creation of collaborative stories using Google Docs.

§Record Screencasts for providing onscreen instruction.

§Find more free resources and ideas from this Eduptopia blog post.

If you have a pod of three to five computers in the classroom or access to a library with a pod of computers:

§All of the above, plus…

§Encourage individual student blogging using Kidblog.

§Have students create digital stories using Voicethread.

§Explore student-created multimedia presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint, LibreOffice, Prezi, or Google Docs.

§Use Edmodo, Schoology, or Moodle to manage course content, assignments, and assessments.

§Get the students to create cartoons using ToonDoo.

§Have students make videos using Windows Movie Maker or Animoto.

§Build websites with students using Weebly or Wikispaces.

If you have access to a laptop cart or a computer lab:

•All of the above, plus…

•Enable students to work through course content at their own pace through the use of screencasts, e-books, and other digital media.

•Use Poll Everywhere or Socrative to poll students.

•Start live class discussions with TodaysMeet.

Explore enhanced digital note taking with Evernote.

If your students have 1:1 laptops or netbooks:

§All of the above, whenever you want, for however long you like (especially if students take their laptops or netbooks home).

If you have access to a handful of mobile devices:

§Have students create videos using the Animoto app

§Record group discussions using a voice recording app.

§Have students record themselves reading aloud for fluency checks.

§Assign student-created comics using the Puppet Pals app.

§Offer e-books for required readings.

§Upload and access course content using the Edmodo or Schoology apps.

§Conduct research.

§Foster skills practice using apps specific to subject area.

§Collaborate using apps like Whiteboard.

If your students have 1:1 mobile devices:

§All of the above, plus…

§Use them as multifunction devices (e.g., e-book readers, calculators, platforms for taking notes).

§Try out a tool like Nearpod to project information onto student devices.

Check out mobile apps for student polling from Poll Everywhere or Socrative.