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Introduction
Technology is essential in the society that we live in today. Children grow up knowing how to
work an iPhone or an Android device. Chromebooks and laptops are becoming easier for
students to use in the classroom, as well. Allowing our students to have access to multiple types
of resources is beneficial for growth. Technology is an effective way of having these resources.
Having access to working internet helps prompt student learning. Allow students to have
different forms of education is also beneficial. For example, my students have audio textbooks
as well as a regular online textbook. By having access to these types of resources, we can
differentiate learning to meet the needs of our students. Technology allows students to not only
grow in their learning, but it also helps them with learning proper cyber citizenship.
My first artifact is a picture of me conducting a small group and using our View Sonic
board. During this small group, I was teaching the students how to dissect and answer word
problems. I would use technology as well as a whiteboard and marker for each student. The
View Sonic board is not only helpful during small groups, but it is also extremely beneficial
during whole group lessons. When trying to explain and teach word problems to my students,
the interactive board was helpful. I was able to attach my laptop to the board while I used a
Google document that I created the problems on. This use of technology was beneficial due to
the length and multitude of steps that are required to answer word problems.
Chromebook. I created a Kahoot game for the students to have after we completed an objective
in Virginia Studies. In my Kahoot, I asked questions to review material from the past objective.
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The students were able to have a mini competition while having fun all at the same time. Many
of the students were passionate about getting the answers correct and cheering on their
classmates along the way. This proved to be an effective way not only to incorporate the use of
their Chromebooks but the use of another technology resource. Kahoot is not only an interactive
game that students love to play, but it can also be used as an informal assessment to gauge which
students do not understand the concept well. Kahoot’s are fun to make and allow the students to
Throughout my courses at Regent, I have learned a lot about incorporating technology in the
classroom. I think that technology is beneficial for the students to have another outlet to search
on. It also allows our teachers, students, parents, and school to be connected. Our world is
rapidly growing with technology every day; nearly every year, Apple and Android products are
releasing new phones and other gear for consumers. Our students are playing with children's
tablets, parent's cell phones, and other electronics before they could probably talk. Children
today are used to having this technology that they can learn from, why not have this as a resource
for them in the schools as well. Students have the world at the click of a button these days.
Teachers can incorporate “some science lessons now use virtual labs from companies such as
Labster. These give students the freedom to experiment without the safety and financial
constraints of the real world” (Owens, 2018, p.3). Students can use technology to experience
One interesting idea that I learned in a class was the idea of the backward classroom.
This is when “the teacher 'flips’ the traditional learning model, assigning their class video lessons
using YouTube or Vimeo and saving the classroom for group projects and individualized
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instruction," and with technology, this is possible (Technology in… education, 2014, p. 6). I
have personally liked the idea of the flipped classroom. I believe that my students learn best by
doing hands-on or interactive learning. This can be done using manipulatives in the classroom or
experiencing virtual ones on their computers. By allowing students to go home and to learn the
necessary knowledge about a subject, they can spend time in class, showing that they can
complete the problem or experiment without merely remembering facts. Even being a college
student, it was hard to stay engaged during the course. When we used technology in the
classroom, it helped me stay engaged and enjoy learning even more. I believe that our young
students experience the same struggles. By allowing our students to have the internet and
electronic resources at their fingertips, technology becomes “a personal tool in the hands of the
learner to challenge, motivate and engage” (Goldberg, 2018, pg. 1). From my experience in a
classroom with 1-1 Chromebooks, technology can be exciting and useful, as well as challenging
at the same time. Students can quickly get distracted and not use computers as they should. I
believe that despite those challenges, technology is essential and should be utilized in the
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