Techonlogy+Integration

Elaine Crowe Assignment 1 EDT 3010 Dr. Hsin-Te Yeh 6/11/10  Video Reflection on Technology Integration The video, “Tech-Fueled Differentiated Instruction,” was a very informative video in regards to the possibilities that technology in the classroom can provide. This was an awesome video because it showed various ideas as to how to use technology to create lessons, use as a way to assess progress, and most importantly makes learning interesting to the students. I believe technology integration is vital in today’s schools, because education has become so competitive and there are so many learning opportunities through technology that enhances learning and creates children who want to learn. The importance of technology integration is that it creates a learning environment that is filled with opportunity and discovery. The way technology created a media center and a NASA station was very creative and gave children the opportunity to explore science in a whole new dimension. As a prospective special education teacher, using technology to differentiate instruction would be a huge asset in helping children learn in different ways that will be meaningful and peaks their interest. Creating a learning environment that will make children want to learn is all a teacher can ask for and I believe that using technology integration is the most effective way to accomplish that. It will give my students a new way of learning, which in special education is critical to each individual child. I would like to be able to create an environment that gives my students and the general education teacher’s new ways of teaching the curriculum that will make it interesting to be at school. Special Education requires the use of differentiated instruction because of the different levels of abilities that students have. Using technology and being able to have stations that accommodate to the different ways in which children learn would be beneficial to their learning. Wouldn’t it be great if students talked about what they learned in school instead of saying how boring class was?

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