Technology Integration Plan

Technology is an asset in any classroom. It can be used in a number of different ways and can enhance a student’s learning. Creativity, organization, patience and cooperative learning all occur when technology is used in the classroom. After taking this course, I gained valuable skills needed in order to teach different kinds of technology. Because I am going to teach Language Arts, I plan on utilizing the different kinds of technology that I’ve learned to enhance student’s reading and writing skills.
As a future educator, I plan to use many of the different types of technology we learned in class. Specifically, I plan to use blogs in my classroom. I think it would be a great tool to use for an entire year. Students could use their blogs weekly as a journal. They could also comment on each other’s thoughts and reflections. Lastly, projects, presentations and other resources could be uploaded onto blogs. By blogging, students could get to know their classmates on a more personal level, especially those who they aren’t very close to. I could assess the student’s blogs by having them submit their journal entries each week. I will make sure that they are taking time on their journal entries and fully answering to the prompt.
I also plan on using the Wordle tool with my students. I think this is an excellent tool to use for summarizing stories or when learning vocabulary. It’s so easy to use that I could even have my students create their own Wordle with spelling words that they are having trouble with. I think Wordle would be a handy tool to use after reading a story. You could enter in the characters, setting, plot and theme and students could use it to study. I will assess how Wordle is helping my students by observing what information they put into their Wordle.
Lastly, I plan on utilizing Podcasts in my classroom. I think Podcasts would be an excellent tool to use if I was ever absent. I could record myself giving my class expectations, directions and teaching them a lesson while I am not physically in the classroom. I could assess the students by observing how well they did on the work that was given to them from the podcast.
In the future, I will use examples of blogs, wordles and podcasts to show an employer. In an interview, I could introduce how all three technologies are fairly simple to use and engaging to students.
Along with these three technologies, I plan to utilize a few of the others we learned in class. For example, the wiki, the voicethread and the interactive powerpoint would also be valuable tools to use in the classroom. Technology is an important and valuable tool that is essential in teaching students. As a future educator, I will learn as much as I can about new technologies in order to develop proficiency in different types of technology. The use of technology in classrooms is crucial.