Hello, fellow educators! I hope this collection can help you add some useful resources to your teacher toolkit! On the lading page, you’ll find different sections of technology integration you may be able to use to create an accessible, engaging, and culturally relevant classroom.
Some may shy away from involving technology in their teaching because of various reasons including traditional-style habits, misunderstanding or lack of knowledge in regards to technology, and/or not being comfortable or confident with using tech in the classroom. Hopefully these resources will give you a better understanding of how to integrate tech smoothly into your classroom.
Tech Integration best practices
Powerpoints: Using daily slideshows is an easy way to use technology to seamlessly engage students in learning. Making a daily Powerpoint with goals for the day, links to any digital resources, and any other specific instructions or a whole lesson can help students focus in on what they are expected to accomplish for the day as well as any information they need to keep in mind. Daily slideshows are also helpful to archive and keep available for absent students to see what exactly was covered in the class they missed and for any students who would like to refer back to information they forgot.
Turn-it-in: Another excellent resource to use consistently in any subject is Turn-It-In. It’s a program that scans digital documents for plagiarism including AI and previously submitted assignments. It comes with a very useable UI and has a very low learning curve. While Turn-It-In is most often associated with English essays, it may be used for any sort of digitized submission an educator would like to scan for plagiarism. In addition, Turn-it-In can help students with editing for grammar, punctuation, and parallelism since it can also catch where writing can be improved. Views editing suggestions and the scan for original content can be toggled on and off so neither the teacher nor students feel overwhelmed by the program’s comments, highlights, and suggestions.
Closed Captions: This best practice is most useful for those who are in need of extra audio support, but closed captions or transcripts for all videos and audio media such as podcasts or audiobooks can help all students. Those who are hard of hearing as well as English Language Learners benefit greatly from being able to read as well as hear audio, and transcripts are great supports, especially if the audio includes a person with an accent or if the audio isn’t of the best quality.
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