What Every Teacher Needs to Know About Technology Integration

Monitor and Track the Process

A critical part of bringing technology into your classroom is monitoring your progress. While technology can be a valuable tool in the classroom, it can also be distracting, or take away from the lesson you’re trying to teach.

Monitor and track your use of technology using the following tactics.

Technology is most effective when students enjoy using it, which increases their engagement with the lesson and the material.

Ask your students: Technology is most effective when students enjoy using it, which increases their engagement with the lesson and the material. Use Google Forms or live classroom polls to gauge student interest in the tools you’re using.

Create a review sheet: Create a sheet to track all the important metrics for your lessons, such as comprehension, engagement or homework turn in rates. While this process can be a bit manual, it will help guide you in making the best choices for your students.

Be Flexible

Ultimately, the most important thing every teacher needs to know about technology integration is that it won’t be easy all of the time. You need to be flexible as lessons go in a different direction or as students struggle with learning something you thought would be simple.

In the end, when you’re looking at a classroom of intelligent, engaged, tech-savvy students who are excited about learning, the work you put in will be worth it.

Bio: Jessica Sanders is the Director of Social Outreach for Learn2Earn, an online fundraising platform that allows students raise money by reading books. She grew up reading books like The Giver and Holes, and is passionate about making reading as exciting for young kids today as it has always been for her. Follow Learn2Earn on Twitter and Facebook, and send content inquiries to [email protected]