Kimberly Wilson: 5 Ways To Use Technology In The Classroom

1.) Use technology that will help a teacher! If it gets too confusing or frustrating for the teacher than remove it from the classroom. Chances are if the teacher is getting confused about it so are the students.

2.) Adopt the technology into your lesson plan! Using sources such as Khan Academy can help your students remember what they just learned and improves remediation.

3.) Do not fear technology that is open-source, these often cost less than anything else you would use.

4.) Teachers can use online portfolios to help measure the growth of their students! These online portfolios cost less than paper portfolios. Portfolios allow students to show their creativity.

5.) Embrace the Common Core Standards within the technology use. Teachers are required to teach certain material and they can incorporate anything they are learning into a video, a game, a PowerPoint lesson, a story. Most of the technologies out there they help student learning are inexpensive or even free. 

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