Technology Integration into teaching and learning

  • Students are more engaged
  • Students take more control of their learning

One Laptop per Child Study

  • study to show how laptops can teach children how to read who have never experienced technology and do not have the money to access technology

3 questions when contemplating whether to use screen time with your elementary students:

  1. Is it appropriate?
  2. Is it meaningful?
  3. Is it empowering?

Pros – can let kids have human experiences, can engage kids to communicate and build relationships, screen learning can give skills and understandings to take into the real world, can be used for assessment

Cons- distracting, accessing information they shouldn’t, parents have reservations

Risks – think about content beyond the screen, kids might not know what is real and what is not