8.3

My definition of technology integration is using Technology in the classroom to support  and enhance instruction and learning.

my definition has changed somewhat since the beginning of the class. when I first began I thought of technology as an appendage, now I think of it more as an integral piece of the whole machine the classroom.

1 of the things that I have really been struck with is the idea of getting the technology into the hands of the students to create. there are great tools to help teaching and these should certainly be utilized, but we also need to concentrate on getting technology into the students hands.

now technology integration means integrating it into the students' day for the products that they produce.

sometimes the field experience got a little depressing for me. at times I found it shocking how little teachers use the technology that they had available.  I also don't like how little professional development we offer our teachers in the use of technology tools for instruction.  we're still fighting the idea in some ways that technology means that students are just playing games.  administrators will need solid proof and data to show that these are real tools which helps students learn.

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