Kristen
Brown
LBSU
302
Week
7, Assignment 2: Blog Post
October
17, 2015
One of the addition sources I found for
the annotated bibliography was an eBook called Considerations
on Educational Technology Integration: The Best of JRTE. I
found this book through the Leatherby Library.
It was book through ISTE: the International Society for Technology in
Education. Author Lynn Schrum is a
professor and coordinator of elementary education in the College of Education
and Human Development at George Mason University. So, I considered this a reliable source. This book also had quite a bit of relevant
information for my research on integrating technology into the classroom. Including preparing teacher’s properly so
they can help students achieve higher success in the classroom. Integrating technology can help a student by
accessing their ability and creating information based on their ability and
prior knowledge. Technology can help
with how diverse students can be in their knowledge and ability. This has helped me to see I need to look
into more thoroughly if technology should be introduced into each individual
subject and if so, does this mean different software for each subject. How would teachers handle this new
software? Or is there a way to integrate
technology in general to promote the same academic achievement in the
classroom? There is more needed to
research this question to have a more thorough idea of integrating technology
into a classroom.
How can technology be integrated
effectively into a classroom to promote academic achievement?
Aesaert,
K., Vanderlinde, R., Tondeur, J., & van Braak, J. (2013). The Content of
Educational Technology Curricula: A Cross-Curricular State of the Art. Educational
Technology Research And Development, 61(1), 131-151.
This was a peer-reviewed article taken from a journal in the
Leatherby Libraries. In this article I
learned another angle to technology in the classroom. Technology is so prevalent in life, but what
about the children who do not have the basic knowledge for technology
utilized. Technology is such a prevalent
aspect of life, why not teach the basics?
Why not begin teaching children in elementary school to utilize technology
to promote their academic achievement throughout life? This has the potential
to enhance my research by looking into the angle of not just utilizing
technology in the classroom but implementing technology into the actual
curriculum.
Dagiene, Valentina & Valavicius,
Eugenijus (2004). Teacher Training via
Distance Learning Focused on Educational Issues of Information Technology. Informatics in Education, Vol. 3, No. 2,
179-190. https://doaj.org/article/8c4ca78faf6541b780b5e17e73bb1b8a
This
article was taken from a journal from doaj.org. This article discusses the
potential problems of applying information technology in education and in
course planning. It brings up the importance
of teachers being trained in modern tools and modern technology as to promote
success in the classroom. This article
also discusses how teachers can apply information technology in the classroom. Through this article, I am beginning to
understand that technology is seen as an overall positive addition to the
classroom; however, it seems that to promote the best success, teachers need to
have training or prior knowledge of technology to bring about that
success. Incorporating technology into
course planning takes some addition time, taking into consideration that not
all students have the same technological knowledge. Integrating technology into the classroom
takes both additional knowledge on both the students and the teachers
side.
Doty,
D. E., Popplewell, S. R., & Byers, G. O. (2001). Interactive CD-ROM
Storybooks and Young Readers' Reading Comprehension. Journal Of Research On
Computing In Education, 33(4), 374.
This article was found in the
Leatherby Libraries in an educational, peer-reviewed journal. The idea of instructional technology causes
quite a bit of debate with both teachers and parents alike. A study showed the comprehension of a
storybook was better with a CD-ROM version of the story versus a printed
book. The CD-ROM version was
interactive and engaged the students on a deeper level than simply just reading
the book. However, teachers are still
struggling with technology integration strategies and “only 43% of elementary
teachers assign computer work frequently” (p. 372). Most elementary teachers teach all subjects
and finding a way to integrate technology can be incredibly time consuming when
using different software’s for different subjects. But as the study discussed above shows, bringing
technology into the classroom on a regular basis could increase a child’s
ability to learn and engage the child on an emotional level to motivate
academic achievement. This article
brought to light more of the struggles faced by the teachers. What problems they have when considering technology
being integrated into their lesson plans.
Schrum,
L. (2011). Considerations on Educational Technology Integration: The Best of
JRTE. Eugene, Or: International Society for Technology in Education [ISTE].
This eBook was found through the
Leatherby Library. It was book through
ISTE: the International Society for
Technology in Education. Author Lynn
Schrum is a professor and coordinator of elementary education in the College of
Education and Human Development at George Mason University. This book discussed the use and integration
of technology through games, educational software and networking
equipment. Studies of integrating
technology and going through the barriers that still remain with technology in
the classrooms were also talked about.
The book discuses the importance of schools with principal support and
teacher collaboration around the use of software. Having support with integrating technology is
very important.
Smith,
G. E., & Throne, S. (2007). Differentiating Instruction with Technology
in K-5 Classrooms. Eugene, Or: International Society for Technology in
Education [ISTE].
This was an eBook found in the
Leatherby database. The author Smith
from this article has written several different books on Differentiating
Instruction with technology. This book
cited sourced from both the Center for Applied Research in Educational
Technology and a study by the North Central Regional Educational
Laboratory. The book discussed how
technology could create more engaging and relevant learning that can lead to
higher academic achievement. It also
spoke of how technology can improve success by adjusting to a student’s ability
and prior knowledge.
Wankel,
L. A., Wankel, C., & Blessinger, P. (2013). Increasing Student
Engagement and Retention Using Multimedia Technologies: Video Annotation,
Multimedia Applications, Videoconferencing and Transmedia Storytelling.
Bradford: Emerald Book Serials and Monographs.
This book discusses how the
different types of technology is changing and shaping the classroom. Not only can technology aide in the teaching
aspects of curriculum but also transform the way students learn all
together. The book discusses not viewing
technology as a distraction but as a way to motivate academic achievement. There are many authors to this book: Dr.
Laura Wankel, Dr. Charles Wankel, Ph.D., and Dr. Patrick Blessinger are a few
of them. After reading about each of
them from the end of the book, I concluded that both their credentials and
organizational affiliations are very qualified to speak on this subject. The book came from the Leatherby Libraries
and has a .edu URL which let me know its an educational website verses a public
website. Part of this book discussed “
learner’s abilities are formed to a large degree via their social interactions
(p. 5) which can lead to the fact that multimedia has the potential to increase
thought process and engage emotional interest and allow for a more interesting
class experience. I had not thought
along the lines that technology could create a more interactive, interesting
learning experience.
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