Technology Integration the Sky is the Limit!

     Creating lesson plans that integrate technology is not a difficult task!  We love technology and look forward to utilizing it in our lessons.  Technology is captivating and useful.  It attracts the attention of students in a way that is unique to anything else.  Attention is the number one cognitive tool for proper learning and knowledge retention.  If you use technology in your lesson then you know that you have laid a sure foundation for proper cognitive learning and memory storage.

     Using technology in the classroom can be as simple as using a DVD player, or as complex, as using a Tablet PC demonstrating flash animation visuals, via power point, while jotting  down notes for the students in the margins projected up on the big screen.  It can be using an inquiry lesson to teach science and letting each student document their findings on digital cameras. Technology does not have to mean difficult.  In fact, in many ways it can mean simplify!  Using technology in the classroom also means synergy.  It creates an opportunity for teamwork like no other tool Google Docs and presentation accommodate team work nicely.  It even lets the synergy happen half way across the world using skype.

     In my classroom I will use a smart board, cell phones, ipods, digital cameras, and more.  I will engage students in the ways they enjoy learning.  I will use e-mail, and websites to communicate to students and parents.  You can look for my class on youtube because we will be there.  So if you'll excuse me...it looks like I better get busy contacting sponsors!!