1. Welcome to the 21st
Century!
Technology in the
Classroom…
by:
Natrisha Baskin

2. Do you remember when…
 Radio was the newest form of
communication?
 TV first appeared and everything
was black and white?
 Color first arrived to our living
room sets?
 You bought your first pager or
cell phone

3. What does this have to do
with today?
 These developments were just the
beginning of the advancement of
technology
 At first many people thought they were
needless and too confusing to operate,
yet, we all became accustomed to having
them in our every day life.
 Today we live in a Cyber World and as
Educators we owe it to our students to
learn the latest technology that the
world has to offer.

4. Making ourselves aware of
today's cutting edge
technology.
 New tricks of the trade
 Ways to get the information
 It all starts with the WILL to
want to learn something new!

5. What is Technology?
 Any modification of the natural world
designed by human beings to solve
human problems, enhance human life,
or extend human capability.
 It was identified by the United
States Department of Labor as an
essential workplace competency in a
1992 report called the Secretary's
Commission on Achieving Necessary
Skills (SCANS).

6. Why do we need to include it?
 Students should be able to select
equipment and tools, apply technology to
specific tasks, and maintain and
troubleshoot equipment.
 The Department of Education recognized
its importance by including technology
in the original cross-content workplace
readiness standards. Standards 8.1, 8.2
 Technological literacy has been further
emphasized by its inclusion as a
separate standards area which focuses on
both computer and information literacy
and technology education.

7. Creating a 21st Century
Environment…
 IPods
 Incorporate music appreciation
 Students hear the language/develop listening
skills, speaking skills, vocabulary, confidence
with the language!
 Computers
 Taking notes- organized and neat
 EASY ACCESS TO IMPORTANT COURSE MATERIAL
 Newsletters, Emails
 Textbooks on-line
 gain knowledge through other mediums, some
websites read text to students and allow ESL
students to hear stories in their native
language
 Cameras
 Classroom photographers
 Recording

8. What are we looking at as
educators?
 Children can broaden their
knowledge through the use of
technology.

9. Our role as educators…
 It is, indeed, our responsibility to
meaningfully integrate technology
into our classrooms
 The question that we ask ourselves
is, to what extent is technology
useful and how should it be properly
used?
 How can we “scaffold” activities
integrating technology so that
students can maximize their
experiences?

10. It’s time for change!
 Integrating technology and
multimedia activities helps to
prepare students to “accept, adapt
to, and thrive upon change.”

11. What needs to be done…
 According to a report in 2002 from the National
Academy of Engineering:
 Learning about technology should begin in
Kindergarten and should be infused into all
subjects across the board as a tool for
instruction in curricula, teaching materials and
in student assessment
 Educators must understand the difference between
knowing what “technology” is and what it means to
be technologically literate
 Educators must be taught how to teach technology—
how to integrate it into a well balanced program
in which all subjects infuse technology
 Technology can no longer be viewed as a separate
subject (IE: computer class, shop class)—now, it
is part of every class!