Mini-Lessons
No longer do teachers have to find
textbooks or order scientific journals that contain the data that they’ll
need to help their students learn the necessary information. Students can
simply type the subject matter they want to study into a search engine and
find all the information they need. Students can take notes of their
findings digitally and share it with the whole class. They can also create
digital surveys and create their own graphs, effectively making their own
data without having to ever leave the classroom. Technology is a part of the
everyday lives of our students. They are natives in this electronic age.
Technology can be integrated into a lesson to create an interactive and
effective means of engaging students in learning. Technology allows students
to become an active part of their own education, helping to promote critical
thinkers and independent learners. It also helps to prepare them for their
future jobs. The lesson plans below include a few ideas of how I plan to
integrate technology into my classroom. I used a Bee-Bot to teach
coordinates on a coordinate plane, HyperDocs to promote independent
exploration of planet growth, and QR Codes to give students a voice helping
to create change in the environment.