The document discusses instructional technology and its benefits for education. It can help teachers design lessons tailored to student needs by analyzing their strengths and weaknesses. While technology integration faces challenges like lack of teacher buy-in and dated hardware, instructional design and technology can be used to improve every aspect of teaching and learning. The specific school discussed aims to maintain its current technology and provide training to encourage greater teacher participation.

1. Instructional Technology in the Intermediate Classroom Brenda L. Carmon

2. Using Technology in the Classroom

3. Teachers and Technology Technology and teaching go hand in hand. We are teaching a digital generation, and need to get them ready for a future that is built on the latest and greatest technology. Because, ready or not here it comes!

4. Instructional Design & Technology- What is it Good for? Absolutely everything! Instructional technology and design are an invaluable tool in the world of education. They help teachers design instruction that is tailored to their students needs. It is a means to analyze student strengths and weaknesses. A better question would be to ask what isn’t it good for?

5. Defining the Field of Instructional Design & Technology (IDT) As a teacher and an avid technology user in the classroom, my personal definition of Instructional Design & Technology is probably pretty close to that of Reiser and Dempsey’s (Reiser & Dempsey 2012) in that they state, “The field of instructional design and technology encompasses the analysis of learning and performance problems, and the design development, implementation, evaluation and management of instructional and non-instructional processes and resources.” While instructional technology is ever changing, so is the way I need to teach and reach my students. Anything I can design to catch and keep their attention, to analyze their learning, and performance so that I can better design classroom instruction is not an option. it is a must to make it in education with a job description full of higher-level thinking standards, and testing. (n): The process by which instruction is improved through the analysis of learning needs and systematic development of learning materials. Instructional designers often use technology and multimedia as tools to enhance instruction. - http://www.instructionaldesign.org/

6. Patricia Intermediate Many teachers are not buying to the use of technology in the classroom, and the available resources are not being used. The hardware is beginning to become dated.

7. A Little bit of History In 2008 Patricia Intermediate was relocated to a brand New campus. Every classroom was revolutionized with promethean boards and projectors New school moto: “Success…whatever it takes!”

8. School’s Weaknesses School’s Strengths Lack of staff buy-in Time Constraints due to changes at the state and district level Hardware beginning to become dated Top performing school Peer Facilitator on campus Training available in a number of formats Promethean boards and projectors in all classrooms

9. Current Strategy Department web pages ActiveInspire software in every classroom Promethean Boards and projectors in every classroom

10. Future StrategyWhat’s the plan? Maintain current technology until there is a budget to update equipment Teacher web page creation Continued training and use of campus technologies

11. The Problem at Patricia Intermediate The specific problem at Patricia Intermediate is a lack of teacher buy-in due to a number of different factors such as: Age skill level time energy.

12. Alternatives Just do it Utilizing the Peer Facilitator Take online, Self-paced e-coursed Attend Face-to- face trainings

13. Conclusion Technology is one of the biggest influences in our society today. It moves us, and gets us where we need to be. To sit and do things you have always done in a world that is rapidly changing is not good enough. Teachers need to remember to be flexible, to be life-long learners, and to not be afraid to try something new in their classrooms. Our district and campus has given us the training and the resources; all we must do is choose to take advantage of them so that our students and ourselves can learn, implement, and grow.

14. References Digital Citizenship. (Producer). (2011, March 27). Digital literacy-using technology in the classroom [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ySocUyI7I&feature=pl ayer_detailpage Microsoft Office. (20110. Images from Microsoft office clip art. Picardo, J. (Producer). (2008, August 7). Top ten tips for using technology in the classroom [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiisteObuhk&feature=pla yer_detailpage Reiser, R. & Dempsey, J. V. (2012). Trends and issues in instructional design and technology (3rd ed.).Boston, Massachusetts: Allyn & Bacon. Yahoo! Images. (2011). Images from Yahoo! images.