How does technology integration improve student learning? by Katherine Whitlock https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl Got TECH? en-us 2016-06-15 17:23:35 UTC 2025-12-24 12:38:56 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png 4. Technology and GT https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117467681 2016-08-03 15:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117467681 Question  https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117467838 2016-08-03 15:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117467838 1. Innovation & Engagement https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117467856 Teachers need to utilize technology that students are currently using.  This will increase student engagement , ownership, & success in the classroom & in the world beyond it.

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4 reasons technology might not be helping students learn include:

#1. You’re using technology for technology’s sake.
#2. The technology distracts from understanding.
#3. The teacher is still the audience.
#4 You’re neglecting authentic student voice & choice.

Students need multiple people to be their audience and technology should be used as a way to enhance the learning not just another format of output.  






]]> 2016-08-03 15:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117467883 6. The Transmediated Learner: https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468059 "Rather, technology-based transmediation tools empower students to “process” information in ways only educators could in the past."  This allows students to become co-creators of their learning and more actively engaged.
 ]]> 2016-08-03 15:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468059 5 https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468169 article: 4 reasons that technology might not be helping them learn

This article talked about how teachers should caution themselves to make sure technology is being used purposefully in the classroom. The article said we as teachers need to make sure that students have ownership and choice in the work they do when they use technology.
Also, it mentioned that we should not always rely on technology for our lessons and should be able to teach without it.  


]]> 2016-08-03 15:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468169 2 https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468209 2016-08-03 15:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468209 https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468220 2016-08-03 15:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468220 2 DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468255 Exploring Digital Portfolios is a fantastic way to gauge you and the students you teaches progress. For the teacher its great cause you can save materials/notes/lessons from year to year and see where you have grown or declined. Having students do this, and starting them at an early age/early grade, they get to see how they've grown the older they get. And with technology being the future, the potential of doing this in a larger, grander format, the skies the limit. Possibly trying this when a student first enters grade school, even if the teacher has to do most of the input via the early, early years, it would be amazing to document a kids complete growth from K-12.]]> 2016-08-03 15:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468255 https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468298 2016-08-03 15:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468298 Question 4: Technology in Gifted Learning https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468369 According to the research that was collected for this article, data showed that technology improved and engaged student learning in the classroom. When writing a reflection or essay, male students wrote more when using the computers. For the female students, they wrote more with paper and pencil.  Students stated that they missed face-to-face learning with teacher. ]]> 2016-08-03 15:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468369 1.  https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468387 "Mixing videos and pictures and sound together to bring the audience into the actual experience he was describing made for an entertaining talk."

When people know more about a source or topic, they can relate more widely with the crowds (similar interests).  When using technology, this just takes all this a step further and makes the experience more entertaining and memorable. ]]> 2016-08-03 15:47:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468387 3. The article was stating that although technology is a great tool to use in your classroom to enhance student learning, it is just that, A Tool... It should be used appropriately and it must be relevant. https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468396 2016-08-03 15:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468396 2 Myths about technology: https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468416 If you help your students to be creative, aware and selective when using technology in the classroom, technology will improve classroom learning.]]> 2016-08-03 15:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468416 2. Ex https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468486 2016-08-03 15:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468486 3.  https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468522 Technology is great if it is used as a resource in and out of the classroom but we have to be aware of how much time we spend on it. Sometimes over using it bores the students and then it becomes non engaging. Use it when it is going to be effective and have a productive outcome.]]> 2016-08-03 15:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468522 https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468540 2016-08-03 15:48:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468540 The connection between Innovation and Engagement https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468559


]]> 2016-08-03 15:48:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468559 6. Technology integration allows teachers and students to express, explain, and view concepts in many ways.  As our students (and some teachers) are already what The Transmediated Learner calls "hyper-connected," meaning they are always plugged in, the evolution of classroom instruction should naturally include tech integration to re-fashion ideas for more appealing student consumption. https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468575 2016-08-03 15:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468575 2. Exploring the potential of digital portfolio.   https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468582 I really enjoyed the fact that this type of planning can allow students to see their growth over the years.  A students writing in 4th grade and then in 8th grade allows the student to learn from their own understanding, add ideas to a topic they wrote about earlier, and it allows them to keep everything in one place. :-)

]]> 2016-08-03 15:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468582 Five Myths about Classroom Technonlogy https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468591 Technology should be used as a resource. It is not the "Holy Grail" of the classroom. Overuse of technology can create technology zombies.]]> 2016-08-03 15:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468591 4. Gifted students reported a positive perception when using technology with their learning.  https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468592 2016-08-03 15:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468592 5 https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468659 The better their understanding of the specific application and providing a purposed audience, empowers them to drive for knowledge and enhancement of understanding the concepts. ]]> 2016-08-03 15:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468659 1. https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468663 Engagement only happens when there is high attention. So regardless of the innovative work or practice, if the attention isn’t there then engagement won’t show up either. ]]> 2016-08-03 15:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468663 6. Transmediation, the act of translating meanings from one sign system to another, increase students’ opportunities to engage in generative and reflective thinking because learners must invent a connection between the two sign systems https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468733 . Help students to develop or acquire a process for working through raw information, making sense of it, and then finding a way to express it.]]> 2016-08-03 15:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117468733 https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117469098 2016-08-03 15:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitlock1/49un8ugmvyzl/wish/117469098