Talk:Technology integration

Toy sign up

I signed up for the student response systems. I have used this a little in my classroom and am anxious to learn more. If someone else would like that I could switch to the whiteboards. I was also wondering, what about delivery technology like the clickers you use to advance a Powerpoint or the remote boards that you can use to control your computer. Is that the same as the interactive whiteboards? CPS has them and I think it is a great resource if your classroom is set up. As I mentioned earlier, do we want to add assessment delivery like Exam View in the list? Maybe under installed applications? rltoy (talk) 21:14 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Technology Integration Increasing Students Academic Scores

In the Wikipedia article under the section titled “Benefits”, this section dives into the various benefits that students will receive by involving technology integration into their academic progress. One main benefit student’s will gain by integrating technology into their academic progress is that this can keep students on task, as well as focused, for a longer period of time. I found this specific detail very interesting as well as valuable for enhancing our Wikipedia article. Also, in an outside article I found titled “Technology Can Close Achievement Gaps, Improve Learning”, by the Stanford Graduate School of Education, this article explains the benefits of technology integration in the classroom.

Continuously, in the article the authors dive into the statistical reports on how incorporating technology in the classroom helps students who are at an academic risk to improve their academic performance. This article also explains the comparison of students' availability to technology in both high-poverty schools as well as affluent schools. “More dramatically, only 3 percent of teachers in high-poverty schools said that their students have the digital tools necessary to complete homework assignments, compared to 52 percent of teachers in more affluent schools” (Hammond et al., 2014).  This could be a reason why technology is not as integrated as it possibly could be. The reason being that unfortunately technology is not available to all students. As the future is among us the hope is that this can change so more students' Sam.Cowger1 (talk) 23:35, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Interactive Whiteboards and the Advantages

Interactive whiteboards and digital displays can enhance classroom instruction and learning for both students and educators. In the wikipedia article the authors go into detail about the immense benefits and the importance of incorporating interactive whiteboards as well as digital displays. In the article titled “The Ultimate Guide to Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom”. This article is by Becca Patten. This article shares various topics with us such as what an interactive whiteboard actually is, as well as the key features of the device and the advantages that are influenced on both educational staff and their students (Patten, 2023). An interactive whiteboard is a traditional whiteboard that incorporates advanced digital technology within the equipment.

Over the years interactive whiteboards have continued to grow more popular and are being placed in more educational settings. Also some of the key features include the bigger screen size, the options you have for mounting, the tools you are provided with for drawing, and the collaboration aspect (Patten, 2023). As we can see there are many advantages to using an interactive whiteboard both for the educator as well as the students. Lastly, some advantages include the multisensory learning environment, the hands-on learning that takes place, as well as the access to digital resources and lastly the digital organization that can take place as well (Patten, 2023). As we can see there are many advantages in incorporating interactive whiteboards. Sam.Cowger1 (talk) 23:37, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Stubbified

I've just stubbified the article as the article has been written in a largely essay-like and unencyclopedic style since its creation, and couldn't be easily fixed. For anyone wishing to improve it from here, I've compiled a list of potentially useful sources that can be used to expand the article. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 11:09, 12 April 2026 (UTC)