Tech+Integration

This Artifact is created due to the assignment given in EDT. In this assignment we the students were given the task to explore technology integration into the classroom. We were assigned to view different slides and websites to expand our current knowledge about technology integration into the classroom. Technology integration is used to describe the concept that teachers apply technology to supporting their teaching and students’ learning. I believe this artifact has limited use because all teachers that read this must already understand technology integration. Go ahead and read, and you will learn how I found technology to fit in the classroom. Here I describe what part of the assignment I liked the best and how I think technology is going to play a role in my classroom. Enjoy!

I really enjoyed Victor Wooten’s video about nature and music and the connections that he makes between the subjects. Victor is an amazing bassist in a number to musical groups. On his free time he likes to teach students in the outdoors. He makes the connection of how his musical notes are already there and will always be there and have been there before some time. However, Victor makes a point that in science, the information is already there just like musical notes. What matters is how we perceive it and organize it, which determines how well we can learn it. Victor describes how science and music both heavily rely on free expression. “The only way we can grow to our full potential is by making room for free expression.” Victor ties in how free expression is a part of us and not a learned subject. However, I personally believe he makes a good point about free expression and I also believe some of his information is invalid.

http://www.edutopia.org/victor-wooten-music-nature-awareness-video

Technology integration is vital in all schools. I find myself using the Internet all the time and so do the students. Weather it is in class or out of class for a report, operating technology is almost unavoidable. I see myself integrating technology in a computer for my personal work and for the use of other pieces such as smart screens. The students on the other hand will do projects researching the World Wide Web and for activities in class. They will use technology in there labs. To be more specific, my students will be working on Microsoft Word and Excel. The Excel will be the most constructive because the students will understand and perform hands-on learning with organization of data and plotting it on graphs. Like I said, technology is unavoidable in the class and will be a large component for effective learning.