TechnologyModule ObjectivesTechnology: Tools for ChangeTechnology: Tools for ChangeEducational TechnologyTechnology Use in the Classroom Can:Motivating LearnersSlide 8Slide 9Breaking Down BarriersSlide 11Slide 12Breaking Down Special Needs BarriersSlide 14Breaking Down Cultural BarriersSlide 16Slide 17Breaking Down Distance BarriersSlide 19Breaking Down Distance BarriersBreaking Down Gender BarriersBreaking Down Cultural BarriersSlide 23Unique Instructional CapabilitiesSlide 25Slide 26Slide 27Slide 28Slide 29Slide 30Slide 31Slide 32Slide 33Slide 34Slide 35Slide 36Slide 37Slide 38Slide 39Slide 40Learning to LearnSlide 42Slide 43Slide 44Slide 45Slide 46Changing ClassroomsSlide 48Slide 49Slide 50Slide 51TechnologyTechnologyTools for ChangeTools for ChangeModule ObjectivesModule ObjectivesDescribe change including technology and Describe change including technology and how it affects the classroom.how it affects the classroom.Explain how technology can motivate Explain how technology can motivate learners.learners.Give examples of how technology advances Give examples of how technology advances can break down many types of educational can break down many types of educational barriers.barriers.Describe how the use of technology Describe how the use of technology enables unique instructional capabilities.enables unique instructional capabilities.Describe instructional changes that can Describe instructional changes that can occur with the addition of technology to occur with the addition of technology to the classroom.the classroom.Technology:Technology:Tools for ChangeTools for ChangeChange is a possible Change is a possible outcome of learning.outcome of learning.Change is inevitable in Change is inevitable in society, work society, work environments, and environments, and classrooms.classrooms.Change is rarely easy.Change is rarely easy.Technology: Technology: Tools for ChangeTools for ChangeEducational Technologists Educational Technologists face many challenging face many challenging issues as they strive to issues as they strive to promote systemic change promote systemic change in the educational in the educational environment while breaking environment while breaking down the barriers. down the barriers.Educational TechnologyEducational TechnologyEducational Technology is Educational Technology is “a combination of the “a combination of the processes and tools involved in processes and tools involved in addressing educational needs addressing educational needs and problems, with an and problems, with an emphasis on applying the most emphasis on applying the most current tools: computers and current tools: computers and their related technologies.”their related technologies.”(M. D. Roblyer, 2000)(M. D. Roblyer, 2000)Technology Use Technology Use in the Classroom Can:in the Classroom Can:Motivate student’s learning. Remove societal barriers. Provide unique instructional strategies.Encourage life-learning skills.Motivating LearnersMotivating LearnersStudent’s Student’s perception of perception of themselves as themselves as being in control of being in control of their own learning their own learning can be intrinsically can be intrinsically motivating for motivating for most students.most students.Technology’s visual and Technology’s visual and interactive interactive characteristics capture characteristics capture and hold students’ and hold students’ attention which is attention which is essential essential for effective instruction.for effective instruction.Motivating LearnersMotivating LearnersSee See Motivation through ICTMotivation through ICT in Featured Links. in Featured Links.Technology can Technology can engage the learner engage the learner throughout a longer throughout a longer time span, such as the time span, such as the “production” process “production” process of creating, editing, of creating, editing, illustrating and illustrating and publishing a story. publishing a story. Students’ pride in final Students’ pride in final polished products is polished products is often evident.often evident.Motivating LearnersMotivating LearnersBreaking Down BarriersBreaking Down BarriersTechnology can provide resources Technology can provide resources and alternatives for overcoming and alternatives for overcoming many barriers to learning.many barriers to learning.Presenting information Presenting information differently.differently.Re-teaching lessons or specific Re-teaching lessons or specific skills.skills.Providing enrichment activities.Providing enrichment activities.LessonplansearchLessonplansearch is just one of hundreds is just one of hundreds of available lesson plan resources for of available lesson plan resources for technology integration. See Featured technology integration. See Featured Links.Links.Breaking Down BarriersBreaking Down BarriersTechnology use can bridge learning Technology use can bridge learning gaps caused by:gaps caused by:Special needsSpecial needsGenderGenderSocio-economicSocio-economicDistanceDistanceCulturalCulturalLanguageLanguageBreaking Down BarriersBreaking Down BarriersTechnological Technological advances can provide advances can provide powerful assistance powerful assistance for special needs for special needs students allowing students allowing them increased class them increased class participation and peer participation and peer interaction.interaction.Watch a Watch a screen reader demonstrationscreen reader demonstration presented by Pat Sheehan of U. S. Veteran’s presented by Pat Sheehan of U. S. Veteran’s Affairs Office.Affairs Office. See Featured Links.See Featured Links.““[Technology] is an [Technology] is an enabling tool – allowing enabling tool – allowing [special needs students] [special needs students] to function as other to function as other students without the students without the barriers that their barriers that their handicaps impose.” handicaps impose.” (M. D. Roblyer, 2000)(M. D. Roblyer, 2000)Breaking Down Breaking Down Special Needs BarriersSpecial Needs BarriersSee See Computers for People with Special NeedsComputers for People with Special Needs in Featured Links. in Featured Links.Many of today’s current and emerging Many of today’s current and emerging technologies were developed as technologies were developed as adaptive or assistive technology.adaptive or assistive technology.ExamplesExamplesJoysticksJoysticksVoice Recognition SoftwareVoice