Rationale for Technology Integration: Why Use Technology?

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Rationale for Technology Integration Why Use
Technology?

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Determining rationale for the specific technology

• Technology solves an existing problem of access.
• Technology removes barriers that may exist for
  some students.

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Rationale Skills for the Information Age

• Technology Literacy
• Technology literacy is the ability to responsibly
  use appropriate technology to communicate, solve
  problems, and access, manage, integrate,
  evaluate, and create information to improve
  learning in all subject areas and to acquire
  lifelong knowledge and skills in the 21st century
  
• Information Literacy
• The ability of a student to recognize when
  information is needed, and to locate, evaluate,
  effectively use, and understand ethical issues
  related to information in its various formats.
• Visual Literacy
• Visual literacy is the ability to interpret,
  negotiate, and make meaning from information
  presented in the form of an image. Visual
  literacy is based on the idea that pictures can
  be read and that meaning can be communicated
  through a process of reading.

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Rationale Motivation

• Gains learner attention
• Visual and interactive features
• Engages the student through production work
• Promotes creativity, self-expression and esteem
• Increased perception of control
• Students may be more motivated by feeling they
  are in control of their learning/special
  implications for at-risk students (intrinsic
  motivation)

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Rationale Unique instructional capabilities

• Linking students to information and education
  sources outside of the classroom
• Promotes multi-cultural awareness
• Improves communication and research skills
• Helping students visualize problems and solutions

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Rationale Increased teacher productivity

• Help teachers cope with their ever-expanding
  paperwork load resulting in higher productivity
• Resources
• Word processing
• Spreadsheet
• Database
• Desktop publishing
• Test generating software
• E-mail and websites
• Online research

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Rationale Assistive Technology

• Address the needs of low performing, at-risk, and
  students with learning disabilities
• Repetition
• Word prediction
• Word processing
• Graphic organizers
• Speech to text
• Text to speech
• Lots more

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Rationale Universal Design for Learning

• New teaching and learning philosophy that
  provides a rationale for technology use.
• Helping all students achieve by
• identifying and removing barriers from teaching
  methods and curriculum materials.
• Three kinds of flexibility
• representing information in multiple formats and
  media.
• providing multiple ways for students to express
  knowledge.
• providing multiple ways to engage students
  interest and motivation.

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Examples of Rationale

• Technology Using maps from the
  Internet.Rationale Up-to-date information is
  available.
• Technology Using a word processor to type a
  report.Rationale Editing a report is much
  easier.
• Technology providing access to e-books or audio
  book textbooksRationale Printed materials are
  barrier for students who are not able to keep up
  with reading loads (slow or inefficient readers).
  

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Examples of Rationale related to UDL

1. Technology Using digital images to show examples
   of fractions (i.e. ½ a pizza).Rationale Visual
   examples clarify concepts.
2. Technology Creating a podcast in collaborative
   learning groups about global warming.Rationale
   Active participation is motivating for students.
3. Technology having students create a public
   service announcement related to energy
   conservation rather than write a
   reportRationale Students who arent strong
   writers but know the material can tell you what
   they know.

UDL concept Multiple options for representing
information
UDL concept Multiple options for engaging
learners
UDL concept Multiple options for expressing
knowlege
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Your task

• In Groups
• Using the information on the rationale for
  technology in education, create a podcast.